GAY TIMES Magazine

19 April 2024

The May issue of GAY TIMES celebrates the power of a queer, DIY ethos across both the personal and political spheres. Heading up the issue is legendary musician and synth pioneer Beverly Glenn-Copeland. At 81 years old, the trans elder has inspired musicians such as Arca and Blood Orange, yet only received his flowers later on in his career, when his pioneering 1986 album Keyboard Fantasies was rediscovered in 2015. However, despite only taking on a public-facing role in recent years, he has lived a full and vibrant life: becoming one of Montreal's McGill University's first Black students in the 1960s, performing on children's TV for twenty-five years, and publicly identifying as a trans man from 2002 onwards. For our May 2024 cover story he reflects on love, queer legacy and inspiring the next generation in conversation with Christine Kakaire, with intimate, at-home portraits supplied by Wynne Neilly. While our first cover story reflects on themes of legacy, our second cover star is a Gen Z favourite: Norwegian singer-songwriter girl in red, who at only 25-years-old is at the beginning of her creative journey. She speaks to GAY TIMES Features Editor Zoya Raza-Sheikh in a candid interview exploring her progress with social anxiety, leaving behind her lo-fi indie sound and embracing her "goofy era" of renewed self-confidence after a mental health break.