Commentary I’m Ugly. Will I Ever Stand a Chance in the Gay Dating World? In today’s advice column ¡Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer, we address how shallowness and gay culture have all too much in common.John Paul Brammer
Fashion Miss Fame Is Ready to Take Her Makeup Off Now Our April cover star has already turned drag into a modeling career. Next up? The beauty industry.Mikelle Street
Culture & Lifestyle Queer People Are Changing the Toxic Culture of Barbershops Writer Jamilah King dives deep into how these queer-owned and operated shops are redefining the industry.Jamilah King
Art Artist Devan Shimoyama Puts Glitter All Over Toxic Masculinity His work depicts a complicated relationship some queer men have with masculinity.Raquel Willis
Television This Queer Cinematographer Is Why 'Insecure' Looks So Good Ava Berkofsky’s lens captures Black and brown bodies in all their beauty.Trevell Anderson
Culture & Lifestyle On Coming To Terms With Baldness While Femme Art director Sean Santiago finds beauty in a process that is a daily reminder of masculinity.Sean Santiago
Commentary The Queer Person’s Guide to Feeling Beautiful in an Ugly World Where do queerness and beauty intersect, and where do they repel each other? Arabelle Sicardi unpacks.Arabelle Sicardi
Culture & Lifestyle Two Spells to Cast Away the Homophobic Mercury in Retrograde Author and witch Michelle Tea believes magic is for everyone! Here are two spells to help you feel more beautiful.Michelle Tea
Culture & Lifestyle How We Discriminate Against People with Tattoos Model and activist Yves Mathieu helps us confront the stigma around tattooed bodies — especially brown ones.Yves Mathieu
Fashion What It Was Like Assisting the Most Famous Makeup Artist in the World Troy Surratt pays homage to the late, legendary Kevyn Aucoin.Troy Surratt
Health How Medical Institutions Drive Trans Women Underground Thanks to gatekeeping practices and cost-prohibitive surgeries, transitioning on your own can feel like “the only option."Harron Walker
Fashion 9 Gorgeous Queers Tell Us What Beauty Means to Them West Dakota, Austin Smith, Merlot, and Alok on outer (and inner) beauty.Rose Dommu
I’m Ugly. Will I Ever Stand a Chance in the Gay Dating World?
In today’s advice column ¡Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer, we address how shallowness and gay culture have all too much in common.