The website for high-end luxury fashion line Gucci’s 2017 cruise collection features a surprising statement: “Queercore, the gay punk movement of the mid-1980s lends its name to a new collection of ...
In the landscape of radical ‘80s and ‘90s expressions of punk, from riot grrl to grunge, the term “queercore” (or “homocore”) doesn’t have the same cultural saturation. Director Yony Leyser’s ...
We’re in the internet era where everything is being slapped with the aesthetic-core label. From goth cottagecore vibes to scenecore, there’s a funky internet trend title for everything. But queercore ...
The rejection of mainstream gay culture and the full-throttled embrace of an alternative to the fight for widespread acceptance are among the defining characteristics of a queer underground scene born ...
That a scene sharing its name with a slang term term for male prostitutes could be homophobic has long been one of the dumbest things about punk. Men could dress up in fetish gear, spit on each ...
Initially some might find the fact the book is an academic study of the subject somewhat off putting. However, after becoming accustomed its formality you come to appreciate how the distance it ...
The Christmas music genre has always felt a bit queer-coded, with its jangly production, ignorantly optimistic lyrical cliches, and goosebump-inducing high notes – not to mention our decades-long ...