INTERVIEW | QUEER ARTIST'S TREE | ISSUE FIVE | PUORO O AOTEAROA / LOCAL MUSIC Interview by Maebh McCurdy (she/her) | @leighapparently | Trans Music Aotearoa Interview with A.V Des Forges (she/her) | @vraikalzre | Musician, producer, & animator Welcome to the first edition of Queer Artists’ Tree. A column where I sit in a tree (not really) with a queer artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau and talk to them about their craft, and how their queerness interacts with their artistry. This week, I sat in...

COMIC | FEATURE | ANAMATA / THE FUTURE Comic by Maebh LEIGH McCurdy (she/her) | @leighapparently | Social Media Coordinator

FEATURE | PŪRĀKAU / MYTHOLOGY Written & illustrations by Maebh LEIGH McCurdy (she/her) | @leighapparently | Social Media Coordinator...

COMIC | FEATURE | RONGOA / DRUGS Written & illustrated by Maebh LEIGH McCurdy (she/her) | @leighapparently | Social Media Coordinator

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FEATURE | PUORO O AOTEAROA | LOCAL MUSIC Written by Maebh McCurdy (she/her) | @leighapparently | Social Media Coordinator I used to be a boy (Allegedly). A boy who liked girls. All very standard stuff, really. Pedestrian, even. One night I attended a gig at Whammy Bar, I can’t remember which. A pretty boy sat next to me on the grass in Myers Park. We had known each other for a while throughout the all-ages music scene. We shared a bottle of soju and made out with each other passionately. By...