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GAY TIMES • Issue 540 January 2024

Editor’s Letter

Gotta Have It

On Orquídeas, Kali Uchis comes into full bloom • In this bilingual interview, the singer-songwriter opens up about celebrating femininity, Latinidad and love on her latest album

How to chirpse in Polari, the lost language of queer men • Joe Bobowicz speaks to veteran drag stars and queer fairy godmothers about the secret code of queens

Queerplatonic relationships are transforming our understanding of intimacy • Lois Shearing explores the relationship style that’s disrupting the romantic/platonic binary

Your non-monogmomy questions, answered

How queer mutuals on social media helped me combat the teenage well of loneliness • Zoya Raza-Sheikh shares how finding community online helped them to explore their identity and be gentler with their closeted self

Love isn't just about romance it’s about community care • Radical Intimacy author Sophie K. Rosa traces the history of queer cohabitation from London squats of the 1970s to warehouse shares of today