Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21 Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha 6/6/21

Poet Rabha Ashry on ‘loving the alien’, Black Sunflowers, and Playing Foreigner

Winner of the 2020 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, Rabha Ashry probes her different identities, navigating Arabness, queerness and more, in her chapbook “loving the alien”, published by UK’s first crowdfunded poetry press Black Sunflowers. Tusshara Nalakumar Srilatha reviews her poems and talks to Ashry about her process and practice

Ali El-Chaer 3/8/21 Ali El-Chaer 3/8/21

GoodBye

Palestinian-American, genderqueer artist Ali El-Chaer offers a living, collaborative photo series about their transition

Damaris Swass 12/7/20 Damaris Swass 12/7/20

M(OTHER)WORK

Documenting the labor and love of a stay-at-home-mother, Damaris Swass’s photos peer into queer, radical motherhood and claim their own agency

Paul Anagnostopoulos 2/9/20 Paul Anagnostopoulos 2/9/20

The Empty Space You Left Behind, & Others

With nods to the same motifs of excess, kitsch, and camp often found in ancient displays of worship, this art series serves as a contemporary temple devoted to the celebration of queer intimacy, history, and life.

Paul Anagnostopoulos 10/7/19 Paul Anagnostopoulos 10/7/19

“Monster in My Bed” & Others

A series of paintings depicting queer narratives through mythological figures, by Paul Anagnostopoulos.

Apu 7/1/19 Apu 7/1/19

Thrown Out

"Thrown Out" is part of an art series by non-binary artist Apu from northern Germany.

Kat Cassar 6/3/19 Kat Cassar 6/3/19

A Message to Cisgender Artists

This mural reflects on a common trope for cisgender artists, that is to create work about transgender people, but only address the person for their physical characteristics or medical transition.