Elska

  • Being Queer in post-communist Poland

    Being Queer in post-communist Poland

      It’s a far cry from ELSKA’s hometown of  Providence in the liberal state of Rhode Island to Warsaw in Poland which nowadays is often in the news for a surging wave of conservatism and homophobia that has been taking over the country over the past few years,  It has been driven by right wing…

  • ELSKA Magazine with the pick of Pittsburgh queer men

    ELSKA Magazine with the pick of Pittsburgh queer men

    For its latest Edition, Elska Magazine the queer bookzine, forsook international capital cities and travelled just 500 miles from its home base in Providence Rhode Island to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.  Its mainly known as The Steel City because it makes a lot of it, and also The City of Bridges due to the fact it has…

  • The Men of Manilla (and not a Marcos in sight)

    The Men of Manilla (and not a Marcos in sight)

    Elska the gay photographic bookzine took off to the Philippines for their 25th Edition to check out the men of Manila. Despite the fact that this is a very traditional Catholic  country, Elska discovered the local gay men that they encountered and who wanted to  volunteer to be included in this issue  were particularly open…

  • Are there no shy gay men in Guadalajara?

    Are there no shy gay men in Guadalajara?

      For his latest edition of ELSKA the gay bookzine that travels the globe to feature the local gay men in their own habitat, Editor Liam Campbell headed to Guadalajara.  It’s Mexico’s gayest city and Campbell went there after he received pleas from some of the gay community who really wanted their hometown to be…