Michel Foucault’s Legendary “Le Gai Savoir”, “Le Gai Pied”, and the Birth of Radical Queer Discourse
By Sasha Brandt On 10 July 1978, Michel Foucault sat down for an interview with Jean Le Bitoux, a conversation...
By Mila Edensor LAIKKA is an Austrian electronic duo that injects the effervescence of queer culture into every performance. Pegged...
By Gustavo Forcada Pop music has always been about more than a catchy tune—it is and always has been a space for rebellion, self-expression, and identity formation, particularly for LGBTQ+ people. From the euphoric anthems of Charli XCX to trailblazing performances by David Bowie or Bronski Beat, queer voices have...
By Mila Edensor When they first donned the Fearleaders uniform, the colours worn by the all-male cheerleading squad for the...
By Mila Edensor Victoria Verseau is a Swedish artist and filmmaker who revels in the unknown. Inspired by her journey...
By Ione Gildroy Following Donald Trump’s election as President of the USA, inclusive and radical spaces are feeling all the more important in resistance, protest and community building. To find out more about the importance of these spaces, GAY45 spoke to two queer radical bookshops, one in Paris, one in...
By Mila Edensor Pulsing at the fringes of the fringe is a fiercely independent network of trans POC creators –...
By Jude Jones Floppy hair, skinny jeans, and XD emoticons. Emo was one of the defining – and one of...
By Mila Edensor Recently screened at Queer Porto, the short film, Homecoming Queenz (2012, Dir. Elias Wakeem) delves into a fraught encounter with Israeli border security, triggered by gender expression outside societal norms. When armed with but lipstick and a high heel, why would a nation see you as a...
By Miruna Tiberiu Raised in the North Caucasus and living in Tbilisi, Salomeya Bauer is an artist and documentary filmmaker. Her works,...
