Features & Longread

Deep dives, untold stories, and bold perspectives. In this section, you’ll find longform journalism, personal essays, and reported features that explore the richness and complexity of queer life — from culture and politics to identity, history, and community. Take your time, dig in, and discover stories that stay with you.

Activism, Brighton and me: We campaign on Brighton’s roads, we kiss on the beach, we embrace on the Pier, we dance down the streets.
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Activism, Brighton and me: We campaign on Brighton’s roads, we kiss on the beach, we embrace on the Pier, we dance down the streets.

HIV, time’s up! A World AIDS Day message from Terrence Higgins Trust
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HIV, time’s up! A World AIDS Day message from Terrence Higgins Trust

Change Grow Live: Helping overcome drug and alcohol challenges
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Change Grow Live: Helping overcome drug and alcohol challenges

Lunch Positive – all about community!
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Lunch Positive – all about community!

Community HIV Specialist Services: community in action
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Community HIV Specialist Services: community in action

FEATURE: If you’re young and queer – Brighton is the place to be!
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FEATURE: If you’re young and queer – Brighton is the place to be!

Pioneers at Pride: Sussex Gay Liberation Front returns to the heart of LGBTQ+ communities
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Pioneers at Pride: Sussex Gay Liberation Front returns to the heart of LGBTQ+ communities

Elska shares the bodies and voices of queer Istanbul, the “gayest city in the Muslim world”
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Elska shares the bodies and voices of queer Istanbul, the “gayest city in the Muslim world”

Sex on drugs: The darker side of chemically enhancing your sex life
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Sex on drugs: The darker side of chemically enhancing your sex life

Jordan Gray, the first trans woman to headline the London Palladium with solo show, shares words of comfort to those entering into the second half of Edinburgh Fringe
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Jordan Gray, the first trans woman to headline the London Palladium with solo show, shares words of comfort to those entering into the second half of Edinburgh Fringe

FEATURE: Making healthcare safer for the LGBTQ+ community
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FEATURE: Making healthcare safer for the LGBTQ+ community

OPINION: Far-right faith leaders want to exclude LGBTQ+ people. That’s not the Muslim way
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OPINION: Far-right faith leaders want to exclude LGBTQ+ people. That’s not the Muslim way