Queercore

The Dead Bettie, credit to Jonathon Marin

The Dead Betties Release New Single Tackling Victimization

Queercore punk band The Dead Betties have never backed down from handling tough subjects in…

The Dead Betties

Joshua Ackley of Queercore Band The Dead Betties Looks Back On the Ups and Downs of the Band’s Career

It was back in late October when we sat down with The Dead Betties’ frontman…

Exemplary Manners

Exemplary Manners: Queerness in the Ethics of Punk Rock

There’s this meme that floats around on social media with a quote from Joe Strummer—the…

Plasma Canvas

Catching Up With Local Punk Band Plasma Canvas

Here at OFM, we like to keep up with our friends in Plasma Canvas as…

Pansy Division

Queer Punk Icon Jon Ginoli Talks 30 Years of Pansy Division

Punk rock is getting gayer and gayer. Today, LGBTQ punk bands like Against Me!, We…

Middle-Aged Queers

Middle-Aged Queers Talk “Shout at the Hetero”

The Middle-Aged Queers have been one of the premiere queercore bands to come out of…

Conversion Therapy

Norwegian Queercore Punks Conversion Therapy Are Out to Normalize Queerness

Conversion Therapy is a queercore pop punk band out of Norway, and they’re looking to…

Belted Sweater

Queercore Project Belted Sweater Shares New Track, ‘Dominion’

Los Angeles queercore/synthpunk project Belted Sweater is sharing the first single, “Dominion,” from his upcoming…

Queercore

Smells Like Queer Spirit: The Lost History of Queercore Punk

A few years ago, I was arguing with someone on a  punk website who told…

Queercore: Decades of Challenging the Mainstream

As part of an “alternative culture,” LGBTQ people have often intersected with the forefront of…