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NYC mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani makes 1 a.m. surprise campaign stop at gay bar

In a surprise campaign stop, Mamdani thanked Brooklyn's Papi Juice "for creating a space for queer and trans New Yorkers."

Owning Slurs, Battling Hate: Maricon Collective

With their art, the four gay Latinos behind Maricon Collective are saying to the world, "We exist."

Flipping the Script on Stories of Black Trans Women

Media reports of Black trans women are often filled with tragedy. This arts collective tells a different tale.

BOOKS: The Ultimate Art Collector

Charles Leslie has lived a glamorous life and amassed a huge collection of LGBT art. Kevin Clarke's art-packed book tells his story. Then there are also a lot of naked guys.

Celebrating Black trans joy at the BTFA Collective's 'Flowers' gala

The Black Trans Femmes in the Arts (BTFA) Collective paid tribute to trans trailblazers, celebrating resilience and toasting to a more equal and equitable future.

Queer Fan Art: 'The Hobbit'

With the Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opening this weekend, we decided to take a look at some of the fan art from J.R.R. Tolkien's novels.  From the Hobbit to The Silmarillion to The Lord of the Rings, these beloved characters have sparked an extensive fandom and collection of gay art.

PHOTOS: The Best of the Homoerotic 'Cherik' X-Men Fan Art

From the sexy to the sweet, we've collected some of the best homoerotic fan art of X-Men actors James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender as Charles Xavier and Erik 'Magneto' Lehnsherr to celebrate the upcoming release of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Op-ed: How Tom Saved Finland

The art of Touko Laaksonen, or Tom of Finland, may have played a role in the recent passage of marriage equality in his Nordic motherland.

Yes, Playboy Supports Emerging and LGBTQ+ Artists

Playboy is launching a new NFT grant exhibition series that gives emerging and underrepresented digital artists new opportunities.

The Getty Goes Gay Cruising the Archives


Funded in part with a $50,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation and curated from the gargantuan collection of the One National Gay and Lesbian Archives, this eclectic, poignant, and most often whimsical exhibition is spread over three venues.

Paris Arts and Culture

If you set your sights on thoroughly exploring Paris's arts and culture scenes, you would have to schedule a year away. There is not enough time on any itinerary to do justice to the astounding abundance of galleries, museums, and architecture that confetti this stunning city.

Billy Porter, Megan Rapinoe, BLM Founders Among Time 100 LGBTQ+ Icons

The magazine honored many out figures and allies in its roundup of the world's "most influential" people.