LGBTQ+

Grindr at 15: Has the app ruined gay sex forever?

The platform is regularly criticised as a source of racism, fatphobia, depression and disordered eating. As it celebrates its 15th anniversary, we look at how it has changed gay culture, for better and for worse

Life & Culture

Mar 25, 2024

James Greig

Film & TV

Robot Dreams, a romantic animation about loneliness in 80s New York

Director Pablo Berger talks about his Oscar-nominated new film, Robot Dreams – a ‘joyful and depressing’ tale of queer love in the big city

Film & TV

Mar 25, 2024

Nick Chen

Film & TV

Margaret Qualley on her new lesbian sex comedy, Drive-Away Dolls

The actor and her co-star Geraldine Viswanathan discuss their new film – a raunchy, Ethan Coen-directed road trip with a love story at its heart

Film & TV

Mar 15, 2024

Nick Chen

Life & Culture

The UK Fetish Archive reveals its secrets

Featuring leather, rubber, latex and just about every kind of kink you could imagine, the archive showcases over 100 years of fetish history

Life & Culture

Mar 13, 2024

Suyin Haynes

Life & Culture

NHS to stop prescribing puberty blockers to young trans people

Puberty blockers are internationally recognised as a safe, reversible treatment with benefits to mental health. So why is the NHS banning them?

Life & Culture

Mar 12, 2024

James Greig

Art & Photography

Meet the 8 emerging queer artists from our global open call

As part of Queer History Month, we invited our readers to submit their photo projects exploring queer culture, experiences, desire, and identity – here are the artists we selected to feature in No Turning Back at the Dazed Space

Art & Photography

Mar 07, 2024

Life & Culture

La Camionera: How the stars aligned for London’s new lesbian bar

Following a viral launch that saw hundreds of lesbians take over Broadway Market, Dazed spoke to the owners of La Camionera about their plans to open a permanent space

Life & Culture

Mar 01, 2024

Hannah Connolly

Art & Photography

This immersive exhibition recreates the clubbing experience

Ahead of the opening of move/003, we speak to DJ and producer SHERELLE and co-curator Kobi Prempeh about celebrating the enduring legacy of Black and LGBTQIA+ rave culture at the Dazed Space

Art & Photography

Feb 29, 2024

Alyshea Wharton

Life & Culture

Ghana passes bill making it illegal to identify as LGBTQ+

The new law imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ and up to five years for anyone who forms or funds LGBTQ+ groups

Life & Culture

Feb 29, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Platonic love: why it’s time to bring back lavender marriages

As the word of dating becomes more bleak and the loneliness crisis continues, could gay men and straight women shacking up be the answer?

Life & Culture

Feb 26, 2024

James Greig

Art & Photography

These images demonstrate the transformative power of queer art

About Face: Stonewall, Revolt, and New Queer Art traces five decades of groundbreaking queer artists ‘bringing the periphery into focus’ and illustrating the power of art to shift perceptions

Art & Photography

Feb 23, 2024

Miss Rosen

Art & Photography