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Yes, I’m queer, but I’ve never dated a woman

ELLA GAUCI on learning to balance her dating history with her identity

Goodbye long hair, hello lesbianism

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Coming out… again

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BEING KELLY

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WE FEEL MOST SEEN AT NIGHT

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Gender Heroes

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRANSGENDER, NON-BINARY AND GENDER NON-CONFORMING TRAILBLAZERS WHO ARE CHANGING THE WORLD

IS QUEER POLYAMORY A RADICAL FEMINIST ACT?

HOW POLYAMORY INTERROGATES THE PATRIARCHY BEHIND THE MONOGAMOUS BLUEPRINT

A digital archive of my queerness

WE ALL HAVE VIRTUAL RECORDS OF OUR QUEER LIVES ON OUR PHONES. GEORGIA DIMDORE-MILES EXPLORES HERS AND DISCOVERS WHAT THIS ACT OF NOSTALGIA CAN ACHIEVE

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NIC CROSARA EXAMINES THE POWER OF LGBTQIA REPRESENTATION ON HBO’S ‘THE LAST OF US’

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These fictional WLW characters serve up onscreen visibility

GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES

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SHADOW AND BONE

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Trash-talking, The L Word and #CancelYourGays

WITH THE RECENT NEWS OVER THE FATE OF A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, SHOULD WE BE WORRIED ABOUT THE L WORD: GENERATION Q?

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HOW THE LAVENDER MENACE QUEER BOOKS ARCHIVE IS DOCUMENTING OUR PAST AND INSPIRING THE FUTURE

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JESSICA* SHARES HER STORY

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Putting intersex visibility centre stage

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