“growing up indigenous and queer in darwin, i always felt different”

‘I DIDN’T HAVE a lot of hope before,” says Mohamed Ali Aguerbi, known to his friends as Dali. “Living in Malta gave me that. It gave me security and a glimpse of the future.” That glimmer of light was

GROWING UP IN FERRYHILL, County Durham, was a struggle for drag queen Tess Tickle. “I would never have dared say that I was gay — being here, it would’ve resulted in two black eyes, broken ribs and pr

‘I’VE NEVER HAD a problem with being open,” says Andy Bell. “I wear my heart on my sleeve.” It’s a simple statement, but one that has defined a career. From the moment he stepped into the spotlight wi

Eleven years on from the ‘transgender tipping point’ — a term coined by Time magazine when it featured Laverne Cox on its cover, and a moment of self-visualisation and representation for many a trans

I bellow, naked under a waterfall in the Welsh countryside, each drop of water as vital as a first kiss. But there’s no one around to hear me, save for countless trees swaying in the breeze as if expr

‘STANDING OUT AT school, I thought, ‘Well, you can either be different and then be scared and intimidated, or you can go, well, I don’t want to be the same as you anyway and take control of it.’” It’s