Leigh Bowery’s nightclub Taboo is mythologised as London’s most decadent nightclub of the 1980s.
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“Information Pleases”: Dictionaries and Trans History
Dictionaries—in their contested and flawed glory—can teach us much about the multiplicity of gendered and sexual possibilities of history.
Translation as empowerment: toward a grammaticalization of the non-binary in Spanish
How to translate genderqueer language if linguistic authorities acknowledge neither queer-gendered language nor the people it would represent?
The rediscovery of a homoerotic poem by Torquato Tasso: Ganimede rapito
Torquato Tasso composed a poem on Ganymede and Jupiter, but self-censored it because of its underlying theme: homoeroticism.
A Polymorphous Activist: Mario Mieli
Activist Mario Mieli plays with language and vocabulary as a stylistic and political tool promoting queer and revolutionary ideas.
Dismantling Borders: (Un)Naming the Queer Diasporic Algérienne
In Garçon Manqué [Tomboy], Nina Bouraoui explores nation, culture, gender identity and queer desire.
Filth, Flamboyance and Fun in Gay Slang Polari
Polari is the language of survival—a play on words, a political act.





