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Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Jan 27, 20185 min read

Mino reimagines your favorite cartoon characters as queer

words/photography: Joshua M. Jenkins model/art by: Mino Sanchez (@cocteautwinks) Last May, an old (tattoo) artist buddy of mine from...

Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Sep 7, 20174 min read

Holy Areoly

Concept + Photography: Joshua M. Jenkins Editor's note: Throughout my adolescence, tiptoeing around racial slurs and dodging homophobic...

Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Mar 6, 20172 min read

The Set Standard Playlist, Volume 1

Crop tops and bare skin are beginning to blossom as winter fades into oblivion. Hot lattes and white breath secede as bottomless mimosas...

Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Feb 21, 20176 min read

Luke Austin is calling out racism on his Instagram and I am living for it.

Two years ago, gay photographer Luke Austin moved to the United States to pursue a now successful career in photography. His muses,...

Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Dec 28, 20166 min read

Impenitent Pussy

Artist - Lauralee Benjamin (website | instagram) Photos - New York Rye (website | instagram) Words - Liza Tuchfarber Women (and so many...

Joshua M, Editor-in-Chief

Nov 21, 20165 min read

Cuerpo Hermoso / Body Beautiful

With Americans' current political climate (in which cis-straight-white America's President-elect and half of our citizens want to keep...