Creating My Kink Universe: A Personal Essay
I believe the way I got into kink is related to how my sexual experiences began. After my parent’s divorce, I spent the school year with my dad in Delaware and summers with my mom in California, which is where I met my first partner. She was very into exploring – “let’s do this, let’s […]
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Let It All Out: A Look Inside Atlanta Ballroom Culture
A look inside the Atlanta ballroom culture, its traditions and how the city energizes and inspires the community with Tia Blahnik (House of Blahnik), Candice Revlon (House of Revlon), Zo Balmain (House of Balmain), and Elijah Ebony (House of Ebony). Footage taken from the Red Bull Music Presents: ATL Is Burning ball. Film presented by Red […]
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The Bingeworthy Queer Docu-series That You’ll Be “Putting On” Your Screens
The first docu-series to hit queer streaming service Revry, “Putting On” follows the life of Israeli born model, influencer and entrepreneur, On Mekahel. Combining our guilty pleasure for reality TV with a still relatively untapped niche – queer TV – “Putting On” is a trailblazer that is answering the queer community’s cry for more variety […]
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Alabama Blonde’s “Matrimony”: Melbourne’s New Edge
Alabama Blonde is a mix of soft grunge and heavy metal while using latex, leather and my favourite word – FRINGE! The experimental Melbourne designer recently came out with a third collection called Matrimony – a nod to Australia’s recent political stance on gay marriage. The show held was in an iconic queer space – […]
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Flu$h: Removing Outdated concepts of Sex Work and Sexuality
Sex work is a subject that you don’t often see explored in mainstream American media, especially not in a positive or neutral light. So when I stumbled across short film Flu$h by chance at this year’s Outfest I was immediately hooked. Presenting a side of sex work within the queer world that is rarely explored, Flu$h […]
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Disco Dining Club is the Culinary Sorority You’ve Been Craving to Join
Upon arriving at the illuminated mansion in the highly-coveted West Adams region in LA suburbia, I immediately sensed that this was going to be a debaucherous affair. Stepping through the exterior brick arches and into the foyer, I was instantly greeted by a host who handed me a refreshing spritzer as I politely nodded to the […]
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Inside a Special Night for Atlanta’s Ballroom Community
What many from the coasts of New York City to Los Angeles don’t know, is that the Atlanta LGBTQ/POC community and their ballroom scene – which is “yas”, very real – has been thriving for almost three decades, just as it once did during the times of Jenni Livingston’s 1991 documentary film, Paris is Burning. […]
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Subvrt x TWOCC Party
We threw a Subvrt party to raise money for non-profit organisation Trans Women of Color Collective. There were weird and wonderful performances, wild looks and, of course, beautiful souls supporting a great cause. Check some of the snaps below. Photos by Jose @callmebyjose & Taylor Kim @itsteacake Don’t miss our next event, Subvrt’s short film night […]
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TwoLips “Slow Sex” is a Playful Reclamation of Female Pleasure
LA-based musical artist, TwoLips, is premiering as an independent artist with a brand new song and music video to match. “Slow Sex” marks TwoLips’ transformation from a collaborative band to a solo act. “Slow Sex” is a playful reclamation of female pleasure, and the video is not shy of straying from this point. With an […]
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XVÑERAS: Celebrating Independence in Mexico
XVÑERAS was inspired by September in Mexico, the month that marks Independence Day (Día de la Independencia). It is a Mexican holiday that celebrates the “cry of independence” that took place on September 16, 1810, which started a revolt against the Spaniards. It follows from the day of the Cry of Dolores (El Grito de Dolores), a historical […]
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