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tis the conclusion of a large 12 months when it comes down to queer area, spread with downs and ups, gains and setbacks, development and so what can on occasion feel just like regression.

During end-of-year festivities, don’t forget to watch out for both, and search for hugs and buddies whenever they think essential.

At Archer mag HQ, we’ve had a big 12 months, as well. In June, we founded our
SHE/HERS problem
, stuffed with stories by female distinguishing men and women. This month, we established the
THEY/THEIRS problem
, spotlighting the encounters of non-binary and gender-queer people.

We varied our mags in Germany for the first time, put-on events in Adelaide, Sydney and Melbourne, expanded our very own
volunteer team
, and published very much varied voices in the subjects that interest united states many: intercourse, sex and identity.

Check out a number of all of our most-read articles, here. We’re always curious observe repeats from
a year ago’s record
, such as stories about
drug-use in queer communities
,
polyamory
and
being Aboriginal and homosexual
.

As usual, we’re obsessed about the website subscribers and readers. I hope the break period brings you-all countless cuddles and some slack from clutches of capitalism.

We’re going to view you next calendar year.

Amy Middleton could be the founding publisher and manager of Archer Magazine.

The 10 most-read stories of 2016

1. The pinkwashing of Melbourne ‘Pride’
by Bobuq Sayed

“The protest at the season’s yearly Pride march in Melbourne, additionally the aggressive response it afterwards obtained, draws crucial awareness of the ethical compromises the queer community made to achieve the ability, financial support and presence we now have.”
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2. handling crystal meth: tina and homosexual males
by Nic Holas

“Tina is sensible once the drug of choice for homosexual males post-AIDS. The drug removes the obstacles to delight and intimacy having established over three decades of HIV.” (printed 2015)
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3. Assimilation, fetishisation and issue with white queer activism
by Muhammed Taha

“several times in a queer collective, I’ve been asked to verify my queerness. Just a white queer activist could view some body they don’t understand and decide just how queer they’re.”
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4. Homosexuality and Aboriginal tradition: a lore unto themselves
by Steven Lindsay Ross

“if you are Aboriginal, you are always reminded of the difference… When you’re Aboriginal and homosexual, there are levels of difference and this can be frustrating for some people.”
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5. a lady’s work: Intercourse as a fat woman
by Maeve Marsden

“teaching themselves to make use of my body as something which could bring delight and satisfaction to other individuals, versus as a niche site of disappointment or discomfort, was actually bloody effort.”
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6. backside politics: The complexities of anal intercourse
by Dion Kagan

“The anus is actually associated with an envisioned ‘feminine’ passivity, and, as also the the majority of amateur Freudian will tell you, elegant passivity is the antithesis of phallic manliness.”
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7. Non-penetrative sex: Shame, heteronormativity and climaxing without any destination
by Xiaoran Shi

“it is necessary to discover the seriously tricky aspects which have well informed advocacy for non-penetrative gender, particularly for women, and how these types of repressive causes have actually added on ongoing fetishisation of penetrative gender.”
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8. Loving myself: just how genital stimulation made me understand I became queer
by Deirdre Fidge

“it was not until I found myself 24, freshly single after a relationship, that i got myself me a present-day. It came in a discerning unlabelled plan and I signed for it with trembling fingers, like I’d bought a kidney off of the black market.”
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9. The delight of polyamory
by Anne Hunter

“at first, we didn’t have a phrase for what we had been doing – all we realized was that i did not desire to be monogamous. I happened to ben’t into the kinds of non-monogamy I already realized of. I didn’t should move: I wasn’t into intercourse for the very own sake.”
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10. Polyamory: The on a daily basis realities of being crazy about two different people at the same time
by AngelBaby

” we rapidly fell deeply in love with staying in really love because of so many folks simultaneously – it had been wonderful, therefore the even more I appreciated, more really love I’d to offer.  We never ever had gotten perplexed, never labeled as someone the wrong name and never believed compromised during my feelings for just about any of my enthusiasts.”
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