Launched during the lockdown, Homostash Diaries continues with a second issue of all things moustachioed, and another set of charming photos of charming facial hair and interviews. This time around the irrepressible and irresistible Casey Spooner gives a good interview, discussing the after-effects of lockdown on his career and on his commitment to being as queer as fuck. Promoting not only a new album but also a new TV show in France, Fashion Babylon, he’s on top form and it’s great to see. They also chat to East London- based Spanish designer, Chema Diaz, who discusses how he gets his ideas by “putting all the things I like in a blender and adding sparkle”, which pretty much sums up the Homostash approach.
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Embracing the diversity of facial hair as a cultural signifier and conduit of all things queer and wonderful, they showcase Noor, whose nonbinary, genderfluid ownership of a glorious moustache is cause for celebration, along with the dashing Prinx Silver and their heavenly handlebar. You also get hot pixxx of the fauntastic Hugo, dancer Danny, Kennn, Austin and Amadeus. Make sure to gorge yourself on this veritable feast of facial hair.
Homostash DIARIES 2 is out now! Support an independent LGBTQ+ publication & get the zine via: http://homostash.com/shop
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Review by Jonathan KempQueerguru London Contributing Editor Jonathan Kemp writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches creative writing at Middlesex University. He is the author of two novels – London Triptych (2010), which won the 2011 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, and Ghosting (2015) – and the short-story collection Twentysix. (2011, all published by Myriad Editions). Non-fiction works include The Penetrated Male (2012) and Homotopia?: Gay Identity, Sameness and the Politics of Desire (2015, both Punctum Books).
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