"What feminine part of yourself did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world?" questions queer performing artist and writer Alok Vaid-Menon in their new collection of poetry, Femme in Public. Chronicled in a chapbook, Vaid-Menon's words offer "a dream of what it could look like to celebrate transfemininity in public--both in ourselves and for the people who desire us."
In an OUT interview with Vaid-Menon, discussing the political power of art, they described their practice as "improvisational, cheeky, disarming, intense and confessional." The artist continued, saying they believe "artists have the ability to create and practice the type of world we are fighting for with our craft."
You can order a digital copy of Femme in Publiconline, or in physical form at one of Vaid-Menon's shows, which they regularly announce on Instagram.
A queer 'Anne of Green Gables' retelling hopes to help LGBTQ+ youth
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Dan in Green Gables, from author Rey Terciero and illustrator Claudia Aguirre, adapts a children's classic for the 21st century. Here's an exclusive excerpt. Keep Reading →
Julie Murphy and Jonathan Van Ness wrote 'Let Them Stare'
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Jonathan Van Ness has been working on his first fiction book, Let Them Stare, for three years. The Queer Eye star originally got the idea for the young adult novel in the summer of 2022, and then spent years collaborating with author Julie Murphy (“she’s so incredible,” he says of the bestselling Dumplin’ and Side Effects May Vary writer) and stretching a new artistic muscle before releasing the book this May. Keep Reading →
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An overview of the sexiest and most popular visual creations by queer artists published throughout 2024. Keep Reading →
Exclusive Comic Strip for Out Magazine by Rex Ogle author, Bre Indigo illustrator
Author Rex Ogle and illustrator Bre Indigo created an exclusive graphic novella for Out detailing their experience after their book was banned in Louisiana for featuring LGBTQ+ characters. Keep Reading →
Many people consider the Stonewall uprising to be the beginning of the modern gay rights movement. But before the raid that launched a thousand Pride parades — and many more rainbow-washing advertisements — activist entrepreneurs were leveraging capitalism to build both queer equality and community, work that later secured one of America’s earliest Supreme Court victories for gay rights. Keep Reading →
In the new book Young Queer America, photographer Maxwell Poth has gathered portraits and essays from 73 LGBTQ+ young people — mostly teens, but one as young as 9 years old — from across the United States. Through Poth’s lens and in their own words, these young people share stories of growing up and coming out as queer and/or transgender. Keep Reading →
After teaching an entire generation of girls, gays, and theys about modern womanhood, Trixie Mattel and Katya are back on the book shelves with a new book, Working Girls: Trixie and Katya's Guide to Professional Womanhood. Keep Reading →
