Gender
An Instagram quiz by Electronic Beats uncovered the troubling statistic...
A recent poll of Instagram users revealed that 73% of clubbers wouldn’t decide against going to a festival with an all-male line-up.
The question was...
New festivals to join the cause include Big Day Out, Field Maneuvers, JazzFest Berlin, more...
Over 100 festivals have joined the Keychange pledge, which encourages “festivals to sign up to a 50:50 gender balance pledge by 2022,” according to the...
The episode’s title is Theme from Q: The Toilet Episode...
Dance inc. is a new podcast from regular DJ Mag contributor Goldierocks and radio producer Sarah Myles, which aims to shine a light on some...
On a line-up boasting over 300 acts there are a total of nine non-male names included...
Dutch festival Mysteryland has locked an absolutely baffling line-up of over 300 acts from across the dance music spectrum for this year’s edition, running between...
White male dominated line-ups remain a serious issue throughout the festival landscape...
45 major international music festivals have signed up to be a part of a new initiative by the PRS foundation which aims to tackle gender...
Ready to talk openly about her traverses as a trans DJ, we sit down and get to know Octo Octa over Skype...
Shortly after coming out as transgender, Brooklyn’s Octo Octa released ‘Where Are We Going’ on Honey Soundsystem, an exceptionally classy piano-led house/techno album on which she embraces...
Jaye Ward, Honey Dijon, JD Samson, Mandidextrous and DJ Sprinkles talk gender identity, safe spaces, privilege and the power of the internet...
Words: JOE ROBERTS // Pics: JEF McMAHAN, COMATONSE RECORDINGS
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“Trans is so hot right now,” chuckles Jaye Ward, the Hackney-based DJ whose lineage of...