This is a complex question I've often asked myself for years, and I've yet to come to a concrete answer. I've always enjoyed the forms of my expression that reflect femininity but was discouraged by ...

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It’s 2003 and I’m in a tattoo parlor in Toronto’s Gay Village getting a pink star inked on the inside of my right wrist. A discursive indie rock anthem blares as I explain to the artist that it’s my ...

The most revelatory aspect of the art of drag is how it lays bare the centrality of performance in our everyday lives. That’s most obvious when it comes to thinking about gender. Wigs, heels and ...

Filmmakers Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping unleash a loaded cinematic punch after a homophobic attack spurs both a vengeance plot and a troubling love story. In our cancel-happy times, there’s hardly ...

The "Femme" actors and filmmakers speak to IndieWire about their slippery assault thriller, which takes an unlikely empathy-for-all approach to the attraction that forms after a homophobic attack. An ...

Femme, a queer thriller written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choo Ping, had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and stars George Mackay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. The film ...

Navigating womanhood as a lesbian comes with many frustrations. In a society where social spaces and media narratives centre around heterosexuality, ‘girl talk’ is often seen as a straight activity, a ...

Recently, it feels as if queer media is almost at a standstill. Thankfully, with films like Passages and shows like Fellow Travelers it feels like queer media may be seeing a turn, offering audiences ...