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To understand the idea of transmaxxing—a fringe concept born from the fever swamps of internet extremism—you need a crash course in the language of the alt-right, incel forums, and their peculiar mix of grievance, misogyny and nihilism. In the shifting borderlands of the internet, where irony passes for truth and despair is weaponised as ideology, a new word has surfaced with the air of...

‘The History of Sound’ Longing in a Minor Key

Oliver Hermanus’s “The History of Sound” opens in 1910 Kentucky, where young Lionel possesses perfect pitch—a gift that will lift him from rural poverty to the Boston Conservatory. By 1917, now played...

POLITICS PROFILE

Zohran Mamdani is the New York’s Socialist Pro-Queer Mayor

In a city where ambition often outpaces idealism, Zohran Mamdani’s rise from Queens activist to New York’s first socialist mayor signals a new chapter in the politics of conviction. Last night of...

THE9+. Queer News. 5 November. Netherlands Gay PM, Mamdani is Mayor, Berlin Shooting— and Much More

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT TRUE CRIME

A weekly digest of the essential queer news in your backyard! This week, THE9+ is edited by me, Taylor Abbot, the News Editor, with the support of the editorial team. If you...

The Lover Who Brought Death and Danced Covered in Blood

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT POLITICS

When a London couple welcomed a young Colombian man they’d met online, they thought they’d found family. Instead, they invited death into their home—a friendship that ended in blood, betrayal, and a...

Europe’s Next Culture War: Athena Forum and the British Connection Against the Trans Movement

Sasha Brandt and Archie Marks

Europe’s long-simmering gender debate has crossed the Channel. What began in Britain’s tabloid columns and feminist salons has now taken root in Brussels and Vienna, reborn as an intellectual crusade under the...

POLITICS

The Argentine Who Might Become the Netherlands’ ‘First Gentleman’

In Buenos Aires this week, a curious story dominated the headlines — not about politics at home, but about a romance unfolding nearly twelve thousand kilometres away. “After a queen, Argentina may...

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Opinions

OPINION POP CULTURE

What Does Taylor Swift Owe to Her Listeners?

Amidst a resurgence of physical media in the music industry, Taylor Swift is exploiting fans’ buying habits to an unprecedented extent – and breaking more records than ever before. In the throes of our cost-of-living crisis, it might be surprising that vinyl – that expensive method of music consumption –...

OPINION POLITICS

THE9+. Queer News. 29 October. King Charles LGBT Tribute, Child Abuse in Vienna, Big Parade in Taipei — and Much More

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THE9+. Queer News. 8 October. Hungary’s Defiance of Orbán, Czech Billionaire’s Win, FBI Fires Gay Agent — and Much More

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Austria’s Most Beloved Humanitarian Became Its Most Shameful Secret

Sasha Brandt and Archie Marks

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT LONG READ

Three Years From Bratislava Gay Bar Attack and the Global Network of Hate

Raz Ion

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Girl. Sometimes You Don’t Know Who You Are Until You Put On a Mask

Alexander Chee

Sometimes you don’t know who you are until you put on a mask. H A I R The year is 1990. The place is San Francisco, the Castro. It is Halloween night. I am in my friend John’s bathroom, alone in front of the mirror, wearing a black turtleneck and...

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Queer News and Journalism is a GAY45 original podcast published every week on Wednesday. Each episode, our podcast presents a curated digest of the most vital and compelling queer news, reportage, and interviews.

Film and TV

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Queer Horror Films to Watch This Halloween

Halloween has always been camp. From the glamour of drag to the gothic indulgence of midnight cinema, it thrives on artifice, transformation, and the thrill of being other....

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World: Björn Andrésen Died

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Music

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A Landmark Exhibition on Queer Modernism

Raz Ion

“Queer Modernism: 1900 to 1950” is the first comprehensive exhibition in Europe dedicated to queer contributions to modernism, featuring more than 130 works by thirty-four international artists. The...

MUSIC

Queer Pop’s Political Fashion Theatre: The 2025 MTV Awards

HISTORY MUSIC

Opera Has Always Played with Gender, So Why are Queer Performers Finding it so Hard?

Viv Wang

MUSIC POP CULTURE

Why I Love Lana Del Rey, Ethel Cain, and their Social Media Feud

Pop Culture

POP CULTURE

K-Pop and the Hidden Politics of Desire

Kadaman Watson

In the K-pop industry – which is built on strict image control and polished fantasy – few dare to be themselves. But a new generation of queer idols...

FILM AND TV POP CULTURE

The Queerest Emmys Yet? 2025 Brought Wins, Snubs, and Sass

Kadaman Watson

FASHION POP CULTURE

In Defence of Performative Men

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Mr Gay Europe: Do We Still Need Beauty Pageants?

Profiles

A glimpse in the lives of visionaries, artists and trailblazers shaping culture and creativity

The Queer Journalist Who Took on a Dictator and Won the Nobel Prize

Josephine Baker: The Black Dancer Who Defied Empires Inducted in Panthéon

The Naked Otherworlds of Chinese Photographer Ren Hang

Vladislav Mamyshev-Monroe: Russia’s Prophet of Postmodern Protest and His Curious Death

Doechii, a Queer Rapper Changing the Game

Andrew Scott: A Love Story

Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar, Trans

Celebrate the Beauty of the Proletarian Body: @homocommunist

Shelley Saraniti and Her Journey as a Lesbian at Merrill Lynch

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OPINION

Opinion: the Lesbian Boyfriend

Ione Gildroy

By Ione Gildroy In a recent interview on her upcoming film Nosferatu, actor Lily-Rose Depp told MTV that she likes to keep her boyfriend’s hair in a locket, adding, ‘I like lockets. I think they’re very romantic.’ Depp’s use of the term “boyfriend” sent people into something of a frenzy,...

Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni Iranian 16 and 17 y.o. teenagers were publicly hanged on July 19, 2005. 20 years later, the UN discovered the violation of gay rights. Photo by witness.

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Achi and Lia, wordlessly close. Still from Crossing (2024) dir. Levan Akin. Courtesy of artist and MUBI.