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Make Kin, not Cameras. Interview with Leslie Kern
In most cities, we rely on surveillance cameras and police to create safety. Leslie Kern counterargues that true urban safety comes from care: mixed-use spaces, community presence, and addressing root causes like poverty and mental health crises.
All of Us Together: A Zine Exploring what Fascism in the United States Means Beyond Borders
In the wake of Donald Trump’s 2025 re-election and the global surge of right-wing politics, Billy Branca created Perspectives, a Queer zine.
The law should describe criminal acts as closely as possible – if the logic of rape is consent-based, so should the legislation
Researcher Otava Piha argues that if rape is about lack of consent, the law must say so—to better protect the rights of both victims and suspects.
To Be Held: Notes from a Trans Foreigner in Estonia
A journey from anti-trans hostility in the US to safety, solidarity, and healing in Estonia’s queer and trans community.
Culture
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A Renaissance for Estonian Drag: Gender Play and the Queer Sublime
Estonia's drag scene is booming. Meet the artists behind the movement creating spaces for queer joy, gender exploration, and splendour.
The “fascist femboys” of Baltic German artist Elisàr von Kupffer. Interview with historian Ben Miller
Ben Miller is a historian who has studied the racist history of the gay liberation movement, spanning from interwar Weimar Germany to 1970s San Francisco. In this interview, he discusses in more detail the Baltic German artist Elisàr von Kupffer, who was born in the Estonian territories.
Creative contest for feminist merch
We are looking for memes and designed slogans that can be printed either as stickers or printed on clothing, by October 17, 2023.
Constellations: a graphic novel about growing up transgender, and addiction. Interview with author Kate Glasheen
American comics artist Kate Glasheen presented in Haapsalu, Estonia, their graphic novel Constellations about growing up transgender in Troy, NY.
World
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What’s Really Behind Latvia’s Rejection of the Istanbul Convention?
Latvia's Parliament voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Explore the political manoeuvring, populist trends, and potential Russian interference behind this controversial decision.
Recognition to regression: protecting transgender rights ended in striking down self-perceived gender identity and its expression in Pakistan
Pakistani human rights activist Uzma Yakoob writes about the biggest victories and losses of the Pakistani trans community over the past decade.
How Vienna focused on gender in urban planning
Stefanie Blümel looks at how the city of Vienna has attempted to become more inclusive by applying gender mainstreaming in its urban planning processes.
Member of the Icelandic parliament: the consent law gives us a chance to reform education and our mentality
In 2018, Iceland’s parliament passed an affirmative sexual consent law which states that sex without free and clearly communicated consent is rape.