May/June 2023

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OUT magazine is America's premiere general interest and style magazine for gay men.

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MARK BERRYHILL Chief Executive Officer MICHAEL KELLEY President, Global Growth and Development JOE LOVEJOY Chief Financial Officer MICHEL J. PELLETIER Chief Marketing Officer NEAL BROVERMAN Editorial Director DANIEL REYNOLDS Editor in Chief RAINE BAS
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A Note From Our CEO
As the spring season unfolds, I am delighted to share some exciting happenings at equalpride. I am thrilled to announce our recent Out March/April Fashion issue cover launch, featuring the incomparable Billy Porter. His ability to present a unique pe
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Pride and Petras
In our cover story with Kim Petras (page 46), the trans singer unpacks her historic speech at the Grammys earlier this year. When she took the stage for winning in the category of Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, alongside Sam Smith for their hit “Unh
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Can’t Cancel pride
Can’t Cancel Pride — the annual benefit from Procter & Gamble and iHeartRadio that’s raised millions for LGBTQ+ organizations — began with a conversation about the Muppets. Brent Miller, the global LGBTQ equality leader for P&G and a gay man himself,
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Comic Relief
In her 2022 Netflix special, Good Fortune, Fortune Feimster recounts the story of a homophobe who sent her a vile message on social media. In the message, “Gary” asked, “How long have you and your wife been mentally ill taco-licking lesbians who shou
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An Eye For Design
Even before joining Queer Eye in 2018, Bobby Berk had made a name for himself as an expert designer. Now, for season 7 of the hit Netflix series, he brings his talents to the historic city of New Orleans, performing life-changing home renovations for
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The Little Mermaid’s Gay Magic
The Little Mermaid has always been for the gays. Disney’s original 1989 animated musical film (which kicked off the studio’s legendary and critically acclaimed Renaissance era) was based loosely on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of the same nam
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Personal Subjects
Kane C. Andrade uses art to effect change. The San Francisco-based photographer and creative producer is also a military veteran and transgender man, and his work centers and uplifts other members of his community. “I like to shoot what I know,” Andr
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The Real Cost Of Gay Parenthood
LET’S HAVE A BABY TOGETHER. It’ll only set you back $250,000. To become a gay dad with a biological child, you’ll first need some eggs (human ones). You can buy some from an egg bank or try to find a donor who will cycle just for you. If doing the la
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Kiss And Makeup
Makeup on men has been a touchy subject for centuries. Yet in the past, noblemen and other aristocrats not only wore makeup; they layered on brightly colored blush and heavy powder. That’s not even mentioning their shoes, which were stacked as high a
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The New Princess of Pop
photographer DEVIN KASPARIAN @devinkasparian hair IGGY ROSALES @hairbyiggy makeup GILBERT SOLIZ @gilbert_soliz At this year’s Grammy Awards, the world was watching as Kim Petras became the first out transgender performer to triumph in a televised cat
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They Like it Hot
Some Like It Hot — the new Broadway musical inspired by the Billy Wilder film starring Marilyn Monroe — owes some of its origin story to Smash, according to composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. In fact, the two productions are in the same “multi
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Hot Dog!
photographer IAN DOOLEY @sadswim assistant photographer TYLER HAGEN @t_hagenphotos stylist KENN LAW @kennlaw assistant stylist MATTHEW JOHNS @mjohns _________ key makeup NEICY SMALL @neicyisartsy makeup assistant KOURTNEY CAIN @kcainmakeupandhair It’
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Cruising Together
SUMMER 2023 THE WONDERS OF SYDNEY WORLDPRIDE THE ART OF LAS VEGAS PROVINCETOWN SUMMER GUIDE ■
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Ahoy, Matey!
“I’ve been on other gay cruises where I’ve sat in a Jacuzzi with 10 people and no one talked to each other,” my new friend Thomas from New Jersey said. “On VACAYA everybody in the Jacuzzi knows everyone by name within five minutes.” Thomas is right.
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Dreaming Down Under
Not just a parade and a party, Sydney Mardi Gras evolved from Australia’s own version of Stonewall in 1978, when police violently broke up the city’s small public Pride celebration. Those who took part in that march and suffered at the hands of polic
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Oasis of Art
VEGAS NEOPHYTES COULD be excused for imagining the city as a desert playground devoid of culture, but more frequent visitors know that’s far from the truth. And though it may remain unbeknownst to many, much of the art in Las Vegas has a distinctly q
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Get Down To P-town
Provincetown was first discovered by the Pilgrims in the 1600s and endured as a whaling town, a welcoming new home for Portuguese sailors, an artists’ colony, and, of course, a queer paradise. Located at the knuckle of the flexing arm of land that is
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The Future Is Fluid
In Berlin, I do not know which friends identify as queer and which do not. I love not knowing. Straight men dabble, show up at techno parties in jockstraps, harnesses, and rubber — and go for women. My grip on my own sexual identity has dissolved. Th
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Thrive
Winter is over. And once again, Pride is upon us. Enjoy the parties and the parades. Surround yourself with friends and loved ones. Take time to celebrate all that we’ve done. And plan the victories that have yet to be accomplished. Thanks for readin

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