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=== 2010s === In the UK, record label [[Tuff Enuff Records]] was formed in 2012 from [[Brighton]] "queer/riot grrrl/DIY"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://riotsnotdiets.bandcamp.com/ |title=Music | Tuff Enuff Records |publisher=Riotsnotdiets.bandcamp.com |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> club night ''Riots Not Diets'' and focused on releases by queer-identifying bands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/15882-various-artists-i-know-why-the-caged-girl-sings-review |title=Reviews | Various Artists |publisher=The Quietus |date=2014-07-31 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> Elsewhere, events such as ''Pussy Whipped'' ([[Manchester]], and later, [[Edinburgh]]) and ''Queer Riot'' ([[London]]) provided a space for like-minded artists,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thefword.org.uk/2012/09/edinburgh_gets_pussy_whipped/ |title=Edinburgh gets Pussy Whipped! |publisher=The F-Word |date=2012-10-01 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thefword.org.uk/2014/06/pussy_whipped_again |title=Edinburgh gets Pussy Whipped again |date=13 June 2014 |publisher=The F-Word |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/cabaret/haf-queer-riot |title=HAF: Queer Riot at the RVT - Cabaret - Time Out London |access-date=2017-12-25 |archive-date=2017-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226020907/https://www.timeout.com/london/cabaret/haf-queer-riot |url-status=dead }}</ref> and since 2015, annual festivals ''Queer We Go'' (aka Queerfest) and ''Bentfest'' have been organised in [[Leeds]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/leeds/blog/have-a-queer-old-time-at-wharf-chambers |title=Have a queer old time at Wharf Chambers |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020606/https://www.timeout.com/leeds/blog/have-a-queer-old-time-at-wharf-chambers |url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[London]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/queers-to-the-front-bent-fest-the-queer-diy-punk-scene-142 |title=Queers to the Front! Bent Fest & the Queer DIY Punk Scene |access-date=2017-11-02 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025128/https://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/queers-to-the-front-bent-fest-the-queer-diy-punk-scene-142 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bands in the [[post-punk]], [[riot grrrl]] and [[indiepop]] genres continue to be associated with queercore including Dazey and the Scouts, [[Shopping (band)|Shopping]], [[Wolf Girl (British band)|Wolf Girl]], [[Martha (band)|Martha]], ONSIND, [[Colour Me Wednesday]] and Guttfull.<ref>{{cite web |author=fortherabbitsmusic |url=https://fortherabbits.net/2018/05/30/queer-summer-jams-a-mixtape-by-wolf-girl/ |title=Queer Summer Jams β A Mixtape by Wolf Girl β For The Rabbits |publisher=Fortherabbits.net |date=2018-05-30 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=340115612 |title=Text-Only NPR.org : The Pop-Punks Of Anarchy |publisher=Text.npr.org |date=2014-10-09 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/benjean/docs/issue_3_final/6 |title=Issue #3 by Delinquent Magazine |publisher=Issuu |date=2017-09-09 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loverboymagazine.com/guttfull |title=Guttfull |publisher=Loverboy Magazine |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> In the US, the 2017 book ''Queercore: Queer Punk Media Subculture'' by Curran Nault<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Beth |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/gay-place/2017-10-03/queercores-punk-media-subculture/ |title=Queercore's Punk Media Subculture: Curran Nault's book sheds new light on being queer and punk - Qmmunity |publisher=[[The Austin Chronicle]] |date=2017-10-03 |access-date=2020-01-20}}</ref> brought renewed attention to queercore via a historical overview and theoretical exploration of the homology{{vague|date=October 2019}} between queer theory/practice{{vague|date=October 2019}} and punk theory/practice{{vague|date=October 2019}} at the heart of queercore mediamaking. Retrospective documentary ''[[Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution]]'', directed by [[Yony Leyser]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/queercore-how-to-punk-a-revolution |title=Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution |publisher=Frameline.org |date=2017-06-17 |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-date=2017-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020939/https://www.frameline.org/festival/film-guide/queercore-how-to-punk-a-revolution |url-status=dead }}</ref> was released the same year. An oral history put together from the transcripts of the film as well as additional interviews called ''Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History'' by Liam Warfield, Walter Crasshole and Leyser was released by [[PM Press]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution: An Oral History |url=https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1098 |access-date=2020-07-30 |website=www.pmpress.org}}</ref>
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