ISSUE VIII: ART

ARTICLES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

For Jacq, stripping is a funny business.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Pussy Prayers author built it, and they came.

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

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