Photographer LUKE GILFORD ‘s National Anthem : a celebration of the world of gay rodeos

    Filmmaker and photographer LUKE GILFORD was born in Denver, Colorado in the heart of rodeo country   No escaping it for him growing up as his father was a champion bull rider and later a judge in the Professional Bull Riding Association. Fast forward and Gilford’s work has been exhibited around the world, including … Continue reading

Photographer MAGNUS HASTINGS captures the RAINBOW REVOLUTION

You’ll probably know LA-based Brit photographer, Magnus Hastings, for his stunning book WHY DRAG?  which he published in 2016.  It was an enormous success and went straight to the top of the portrait photography charts.  Sir Elton John, who has an extremely impressive collection of photography, summed it up so succinctly when he said  ” … Continue reading

Photographer MARC MARTIN’s P.Town Debut

French photographer Marc Martin follows his successful US debut at New York’s prestigious Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art with his first ever one-man Exhibit in P.Town.  This week to tie in with the Mates Leather Weekend his Dur Labeur show opens at one of  P.Town’s newest spaces the CUSP Gallery. Dur Labeur is a curated selection … Continue reading

Pier Groups: Art and Sex Along the New York Waterfront reviewed by Stephen Coy

The West Side piers on the Hudson River achieved a level of infamy in the 1970s and early 1980s as a gathering place for gay men in pursuit of public, yet anonymous, sex. Its reputation included the danger inherent in public exposure, libidinous activity and the dilapidated state of the structures. The area is now … Continue reading

Pier Kids : homelesss LGBTQ kids of color forging their own sense of community

  Elegance Bratton’s compelling documentary on the homeless LGBTQ kids of color that center their lives around the piers in NY’s Greenwich village has been years in the making.  He started filming in 2011 and shot footage up until 2016 by when some of the kids had grown up, and a few had sadly died, … Continue reading

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