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Photographer Marion Aguas captures triumphant portraits of the queer community
Originally from Los Angeles, Marion Aguas is a trans-masc Filipinx photographer based in Brooklyn.
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For BDSM educator Kim Pham, pleasure and joy are radical acts
Creative storytelling has been a part of Kim Pham’s life purpose and behind her mask is a world built beyond possibilities. In her world, she offers folks both an online space and in real life, a communal playground rooted in pleasure, love, and community care.
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Filipino illustrator Jethro Ian Lacson weaves identity in art
In a country as visually stimulating as the Philippines, an artist never lacks inspiration. For Lacson, being a Filipino queer artist has always informed his art-making.
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Unmasking poet Ari B. Cofer
As a renowned writer, Ari B. Cofer knows she can rely on the privilege of being seen and heard only in certain settings. And even if she platforms her vulnerabilities and cries for safety toward the horrors of being Black in America, she still feels scared sometimes.