Tom Rasmussen

Books

This Is the 'Live Laugh Love' Slogan of LGBTQ Rights

Read an exclusive extract from Tom Rasmussen’s new book ‘First Comes Love’, out today.
Tom Rasmussen
7.8.21
The Stupid Issue

How Memes, GIFs, and Tweets Became the Language of a Generation of Queer People

In an increasingly ominous world, Gay Twitter is a place where those with politicized identities can come to find solace in stupidity.
Tom Rasmussen
3.9.20
TV

I Headlined the First 'Eastenders' Pride Parade Episode

Appearing on a Pride-themed soap ep isn't the most radical, progressive step out there, but it meant everything to my mum.
Tom Rasmussen
8.19.19
Recognise Me

How to Run a Truly Inclusive Club Night

"Safe spaces" are complicated and important. We spoke to the people behind BBZ, The Shayshay Show, Femmetopia, The Cocoa Butter Club and Femmi-Erect to see how they can be achieved.
Tom Rasmussen
10.10.18
Privacy and Perception Issue

How Being Radically, Unapologetically Open About Sex Freed Me

I spent a decade building a separate life as an A-grade dress-wearing, dick-sucking moral vagrant. Then I realized that the secrecy only served to deepen my shame.
Tom Rasmussen
6.20.18
The Privacy and Perception Issue

How Being Radically, Unapologetically Open About Sex Freed Me

I spent a decade building a separate life as an A-grade dress-wearing, dick-sucking moral vagrant. Then I realized that the secrecy only served to deepen my shame.
Tom Rasmussen
6.18.18
VICE UK Is 15

The Cheeky Girls Sent Us a 1500-Word Music Industry Conspiracy Theory

I spent a week trying to track down 2002's biggest one-hit wonders and then shit just got weird, in a really long email.
Tom Rasmussen
12.1.17
literacy

What It Feels Like to Be Illiterate All Your Life

The reason illiteracy often disappears under the radar is because, by its very nature, it is socially, culturally, and financially exclusionary.
Tom Rasmussen
3.6.17
LGBTQ

A Look Inside Vienna's Rainbow Ball

Viennese balls are normally the site of conservative heteronormative tradition. But this night was different.
Tom Rasmussen
2.16.17
Remembering Things

What Happened to All the Iconic Dance Singers of the 1990s?

From N-Trance's "Set You Free" to Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone," these soldiers guarded and unleashed positivity. But where are they now?
Tom Rasmussen
10.5.16
Interviews

Cracked Foundations: What Happened to Kate Nash?

"I was surrounded by men that made a shit load of money from me. Nobody nurtured me, nobody gave a fuck about this young girl."
Tom Rasmussen
9.1.16
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