The writer, actor and artist talks to PRUDE about their debut novel and the importance of going against the grain in the publishing industry.
“When did you know you were dead?” is the harrowing line with which Lauren John Joseph begins their debut novel, immediately flipping the trope of the queer character that dies at…
A ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill has been signed into law in Florida, banning teachers in the state from educating kindergarten to grade three schoolchildren on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The bill, which is called the Parents Rights in Education bill, became law on March 28 when Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, gave…
It’s a Friday afternoon at Dalston Superstore. The upstairs bar is lit up by the late sun, and the seats are filled with smiles as old friends catch up over mimosas and pornstar martinis. It’s the calm before the storm: as evening sets in, the shutters come down and the party stretches its legs and…
Discourse surrounding transgender people in sport is not a new topic of conversation. But the problem with these debates is that the majority aren’t coming from fellow athletes, but outside observers. Thankfully, it seems sports governing bodies for higher education are trying to give all students a fair opportunity to compete. They’re doing this by…
When the idea of creating PRUDE first crossed my mind a few months ago after my oversharing friends and I had just concluded a rather lengthy gossip about our sex lives, I hardly thought I’d be here with you all today, writing my first Editor’s Letter. Yet here we are.
Six months later, PRUDE is…
Mystified by monogamy? Lost in the lingerie aisle? Confused by kinks or struggling with sex in general? Our resident agony aunt Prudence offers answers to PRUDE readers’ problems, to help direct and soothe, or at least make you laugh…
Q. How do I have casual sex as a trans man? Bored of having whole ass…
The LGBTQIA+ community are offended by Boris Johnson after a comment he made during Prime Minister’s Questions on 23 March.
After saying that when people transition, they should be treated with “generosity and respect”, the Prime Minister added: “When it comes to distinguishing between man and woman, the basic facts of biology remain overwhelmingly important.”…
There are so many pride flags out there, representing the variety of identities on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum – it can be hard to distinguish between them.
This is the fourth episode of a series of videos where PRUDE talks you through the most common pride flags and their meanings. This episode covers three non-binary gender…
‘Being non-binary is brilliant. No-one is saying that enough’ – navigating sexuality with Ben Pechey
Ben Pechey is the ray of sunshine everyone needs in their lives. A freelance writer, fashion critic and LGBTQIA+ activist, they’re paving the way to a more positive world for non-binary folk to live in. PRUDE caught up with Ben in the lead up to their book release ‘The Book of Non-Binary Joy’ on 19…
“No I’m not,” I snapped. It was a knee-jerk reaction without a thought. A classmate, doing what 14-year-old boys did at my school, said I was gay. Neither of us had much understanding of what that meant.
For us, “gay” meant gross, shameful, and unmanly. It meant all these things because that was what we…