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.

Elska magazine shines a light on Bangkok – perhaps Asia’s queerest city – for its latest issue
Features & Longread

Elska magazine shines a light on Bangkok – perhaps Asia’s queerest city – for its latest issue

Openly gay RNLI volunteer shares his experience of being part of the crew
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Openly gay RNLI volunteer shares his experience of being part of the crew

Friend of Dorothy – supplements to improve gay sex
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Friend of Dorothy – supplements to improve gay sex

Elska takes an intimate trip to the world’s most legendary queer city, San Francisco
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Elska takes an intimate trip to the world’s most legendary queer city, San Francisco

Ian Green OBE looks back on his past seven years leading Terrence Higgins Trust
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Ian Green OBE looks back on his past seven years leading Terrence Higgins Trust

Greater Fort Lauderdale: Welcome Nature Lovers
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Greater Fort Lauderdale: Welcome Nature Lovers

“I was subjected to over 100 violent assaults”: Peter Tatchell remembers the Bermondsey by-election of 1983
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“I was subjected to over 100 violent assaults”: Peter Tatchell remembers the Bermondsey by-election of 1983

Tales of the Second City: The Etiquette of Naked Dining
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Tales of the Second City: The Etiquette of Naked Dining

FEATURE: A Taste of the Good Life for Everyone Under the Sun
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FEATURE: A Taste of the Good Life for Everyone Under the Sun

The Safari Bar: a gay bar, in a zoo, in Bognor Regis, in 1983…
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The Safari Bar: a gay bar, in a zoo, in Bognor Regis, in 1983…

I used to be terrified of HIV – now I can have sex with confidence
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I used to be terrified of HIV – now I can have sex with confidence

Beating Down Barriers: my story as a gay professional wrestler
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Beating Down Barriers: my story as a gay professional wrestler