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photo gallery Elska Magazine visits gay men in Los Angeles California USA
Photography

Meet the sexy real men of Elska Los Angeles

The photography series Elska spotlights the beauty of regular guys around the world — though for the entertainment capital, there are a few celeb exceptions.

queer artist Sedgwick Guth artwork in the show titled Someday I May Know You Very Well at LA Artbug
Art

Explore Sedgwick Guth's embroidered, mythic, queer art

A new Los Angeles exhibition at Artbug shows how the artist weaves traditional crafts with contemporary symbolism and storytelling.

Celebrity photographer Mike Ruiz Rescue Me 2026 calendar benefitting Louies Legacy Animal Rescue featuring
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Mike Ruiz's 'Rescue Me 2026' calendar: See celebs flex for Fido

All of the proceeds benefit Louie’s Legacy Animal Rescue.

LGBTQ+ History Month: 33 queer movies to watch on streaming
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LGBTQ+ History Month: 33 queer movies to watch on streaming

History is a powerful resource to help us get through troubling times.

Artwork by Teddy Sandoval
Out Exclusives

Are you butch enough for Teddy Sandoval's queer, Chicanx, mustachioed art?

A new retrospective revisits the subversive artist who queered spaces, reimagined Chicano masculinity, and forged artistic connections across avant-garde networks.

photo gallery Elska Magazine visits gay men in Rome Italy
Photography

Ciao bello! Meet the sexy signori of Elska Rome

Take a tour of queer Italy in the new edition of Elska.

​'Rocaille' gown for the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, 2024-2025; Diego Montoya portrait; Purple gown with cape, collar, and accessories commissioned by Sasha Velour, 2019.
Art

Diego Montoya's drag designs are art—and a major museum finally agrees

The fashion designer reflects on his groundbreaking exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, featuring legendary looks from Drag Race alumni Sasha Velour, Blair St. Clair, Kandy Muse, and more.

Jim Newman photographed by Ron Amato
Theater

Mamma Mia! Former Village People Cowboy Jim Newman is back on Broadway

The Broadway star sat down for a photo shoot with Ron Amato and discussed his entertainment career.

Lady Gaga with her custom Labubu; Marko Monroe at Paris Fashion Week; Lisa with her custom Labubu
Fashion

For Gaga, Lisa, and Wednesday, Marko Monroe is the custom Labubu king

The stylist and Avalon TV star tells Out how he started making custom Labubus for A-list Hollywood celebrities.

Elska Magazine 10 year anniversary retrospective
Photography

Travel the world with 14 portraits of 'beautifully ordinary' men

To celebrate a decade of publication, a project celebrating local queer men has released Ten Years of Elska: Special Retrospective.

Jwan Yosef's art book 'Intimacies' explores being 'an object of desire'—and a single dad
Art & Books

Jwan Yosef's art book 'Intimacies' explores being 'an object of desire'—and a single dad

The Swedish-Syrian artist opens up about being objectified by fans, navigating single life in his 40s, and releasing his first book Intimacies.

Portrait of an Unidentified Person circa 1710 Guilded Age scene HBO Max show historical photo believed to be William Dorsey Swann
Art

Divas in the drawing room: The ‘Gilded Age’ drag cameo you might have missed

In an age of dukes and debutantes, the real queens were celebrities in their own right, performing in private clubs—and occasionally on HBO.

Amy Sherald Marc Jacobs 2026 Fashion Show at New York Public Library
Art

Michelle Obama's portrait artist cancels Smithsonian show due to anti-trans censorship

When challenged over a portrait of a transgender Statue of Liberty by the National Portrait Gallery, artist Amy Sherald declared that "silence is not an option."

Red Hot XXL 2026 Palm Springs California features attractive red headed men posing for a calendar book of sexy people called gingers
Photography

Drop your jaw for the Red Hot XXL calendar guys

The Red Hot XXL 2026 calendar (and book and exhibition) is big on male ginger beauty.

JOHN SINGER SARGENT​ paintings MADAME X and cropped Nude study Thomas E McKeller
Art

The Gilded Age to a 'gang bang': John Singer Sargent's defiantly queer art

With a cameo on The Gilded Age, John Singer Sargent is in once again in the spotlight for his boundary-pushing portraits and sexuality.

DOMINIC ALBANO COLLECTION mens swimwear and underwear Polaroid collection
Photography

Drool over these rare Dominic Albano Polaroids of male beauty

These original prints are now available to collectors for the first time.

photo gallery Elska Magazine volume 53 features gay men in Mexico City
Photography

Meet the uninhibited men of Elska Mexico City

The photojournalism project Elska has trained its gay lens on the proud men of Mexico's capital.

Don Bachardy works
Out Exclusives

Don Bachardy reflects on his artfully queer life

In his retrospective at The Huntington, Don Bachardy, at 91, gets his flowers and reflects on a lifetime of queer art.

queer paintings by Richard Everett Fox showing at Oli Gallery celebrating 10 years since Obergfel V Hodges decision
Art

Rekindle gay love & longing with these 6 Richard Everett Fox paintings

A new Richard Everett Fox exhibition at Oli Gallery, in Guerneville, California, honors the 10th anniversary of marriage equality.

Elska Magazine photographs men in Taipei Taiwan gay captial of asia
Photography

Meet 10 sexy men from gay-friendly Taipei

Elska, a project dedicated to exploring the world and its men through a gay lens, has set its sights on Taipei.