GAY TIMES Magazine

23 February 2024

March marks Women’s History Month and, in 2024, the celebration is as vital as ever. There’s no denying that plenty of progress has been made towards gender equality over the last few decades – but it feels like we’re on the precipice of a cultural backlash that may reverse the positive movement that has been so hard won. Heading up this thought-provoking issue are two women at the helms of their respective industries. Hot on the heels of the release of her fourth album, Venus, Zara Larsson opens up to Nick Levine about how Taylor Swift inspired her to buy her masters, navigating male-dominated music spaces throughout her teens, and her close relationship with the LGBTQIA+ community. Our second cover star is writer, editor and trans activist Raquel Willis, who discusses her memoir The Risk It Takes To Bloom: On Life and Liberation. The interview is conducted by Jazmine Hughes, in her first assignment since leaving the New York Times.