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Level Up Your LGBTQ+ Game

Video games are a playground of possibilities. You can adopt any body shape, perform as whichever gender you choose, and lose your inhibitions in a fantasy realm of buff centaurs...

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Lust in Lisbon: The Men of Elska Magazine

The pandemic has taught us to rethink desire. Circuit parties and crowded gay bars took a yearlong disco nap, forcing us to turn inward and seek titillation online or in print....

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rIVerse: Turning Adversity Into Art

There’s a new group of superheroes on the scene – they’ve got the outfits, they’ve got the attitude, and they’ve got the superpower – turning adversity into art....

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Empower State of Mind: Inside the NYC Queer Scene

In the darkest days of the past year, community has felt like nothing but a brilliant memory. Gathering and cavorting until all hours of the intoxicating night was a hallmark of...

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Say It with Us Now: ‘Boys! Boys! Boys!’

Queer art straddles the intersection of lofty expression and underground decadence. We excavate the shadows for inspiration and elevate our dark desires for gallery...

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“Not Another Second” Acknowledges and Celebrate the Sacrifice, Bravery, and Contribution of LGBT+ Elders

For LGBT+ seniors, coming out was infinitely more difficult than it is today. As a result, many have lost years of not being their authentic selves fully and not being able to...

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From Russia with Love-Is-Love

Oppression is a sickness. It erodes every glimmer of hope, it leaches away the human spirit, and it shrouds every interaction with fear and contempt. LGBTQ+ rights have been under...

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Hibernate with Bobo Bear This Winter

Cold temperatures yield hot snuggles. There is nothing better than cozying up with your special someone and riding out the winter months by simmering in one another’s body heat....

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Lights, Camera, Attraction: The Art & Photography of Chris Lopez

Whether found on roadways or Renaissance paintings, curves can be dangerous. The alluring lines that draw our gaze around the powerful thighs of a model also spell out a sense of...

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Femininity Rules With Diane Russo

Sapphic sexuality is often conveyed through a male lens. Lipstick lesbians cavort in a sanitized “party girl” paradigm to titillate the audience, as if gay love were just a...

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Models Imitate Exposed Art

How would you feel if you entered an exhibit of male nude paintings and the models in the painting are touring the gallery posing nude and viewing themselves on the wall? Find out...

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