ISSUE VIII: ART

Discover how sex and sexuality are involved in the historical and contemporary landscapes of artistic expression.

ARTICLES

Featured

Artist Feature: Inside the Mind of José Insunza

Most of us think of Photoshop as deceptive. José Insunza uses it to uncover deeper truths.

The Myth Of Obscenity

How do we separate pornography from art when the line between them keeps moving?

Black and Queer in the Harlem Renaissance

In an age of racism and homophobia, black and queer artists carved an unprecedented space for themselves to flourish.

Zach and the City: Fuck Art

A thirst-trapping New York writer learns to see through art-world posturing—by striking a few poses of his own.

About the Author

A straight writer reckons with the ethicality of his long career penning queer erotica.

The In-Between: The Poet and the Athlete

A lifelong poet and football player learns to punt the exhausting double life for a play right up the middle.

Drag in South Africa: The Art of Expression

In Rainbow Nation, drag began where diversity was said to end.

My Body and Other Adventures: The Woman in the Picture

Seeing herself with another lens, an insecure lover discovers the nuance, and beauty, of letting it all hang out.

The Art of the Thirst Trap

Notorious attention getters, is there more to sexy photos than meets the horny eye?

Poetry

Tributes

Bisexual, athlete and poet, sacred and mundane: an NFL player’s ethereal verse embodies the dualities of love.

Soy la Muxe Juchiteca

In roving, sacredly quiet verse, a poet of the third gender weaves meaning from daily rituals and the variousness of love.

Painted Stories

Featured

Juan Pablo’s Story

Juan Pablo was an actor who didn’t feel the need to come out in public - until he found himself doing it in front of an audience.

Jacq’s Story

For Jacq, stripping is a funny business.

Thomas & Lyle’s Story

Two brothers changed majors to follow their passion for photography. Together, they made a groundbreaking documentary about black queer families.

Kat’s Story

In her fetish photos, Kat connects to her womanhood by turning herself into an object of meditation.

Kakyo’s Story

In conservative Uganda, it’s not always easy for queer people to connect with each other. Kakyo helps them do it through fashion.

Sharp’s Story

Tom of Finland was an artist whose queer erotic images have become iconic. For S.R. Sharp, that’s a legacy worth preserving.

MariNaomi’s Story

They told her there were very few queer cartoonists of color. She proved them wrong and built a database full of them to share with the world.

Kai’s Story

Nearly six feet tall, bi, and black, Kai didn’t fit in traditional dance spaces. So she created one of her own.

Business of Sex

Featured

Damian Emba

Between fire-slinging, this Bi Foundation translator finds friction in immovable phrases.

Miss Darby Doll

Costumer, designer, and burlesque dancer Miss Darby Doll wants your attention. For that, she has a little number or two.

Thomas Whitfield

This sex educator–turned-therapist, YouTuber, and adult-toy blogger has many outlets to plug.

Dr. Cara Quant

A cadaver inspired her interest in the body, but it was lived experiences that birthed Viva La Vulva.

Bree Mills

For the purpose-driven porn director, Adult Time straddles a Trojan horse.

Black Girl Bliss

The Pussy Prayers author built it, and they came.

Sara Blaze

This President of an alt-lifestyle group is caught between keeping up appearances in her role while keeping it off her resume.

Duane Ward

A sex doll purveyor’s playthings are positioned to please.

ISSUE VIII: ART

ISSUE VIII: ART

ARTICLES

Poetry

Painted Stories

Business of Sex

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