Raving for our rights

At Downing Street’s Pride reception in July, prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said attendees were there to “celebrate that truly transformational work” carried out by LGBTQ+ organisations. “I want you

a straight guy said to me on a recent (bad) date, neatly summing up the gendered differences with biphobia today. For bi women like me, our over-sexualisation by the male gaze grants us a mainstream c

The PEUGEOT Attitude PRIDE Awards Europe, supported by British Airways, took over The Peninsula London on 4 July. Now in its ninth year and with a brand-new name, the event honoured 10 brilliant chang

We are living through an interregnum of sorts, stranded between different waves of feminism. The movement’s fourth was followed by backlash and rapid upheaval: in the United States, the first election

I grew up in Broken Hill, a tiny mining town in outback New South Wales, Australia. People think it’s progressive because of the Broken Heel Festival and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert being filmed th

With a flurry of hits and a flair for tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, the globetrotting singer has achieved the status of international icon. In-between stops on her whirlwind tour, she reflects on literature, letting love in and the transformative power of live performance