Queer

A white person with curly hair, a beard, and piercing blue eyes shows half of zir face, covering the rest with a red dome shaped hat. Pain au chocolat is stuffed in zir mouth, and zir clothes are bifurcated, much like zir face––half outfitted in red and gold, and the other half in black.
Photo: Janoah Bailin

Possibilities Within Pain

ankita

Maybe…pain can make one whole.

A bride and groom sit on white concrete barefoot with knives and lemons in front of them, feeding each other lemon wedges with a fig tree in a pot and wood fencing in the background.
Photo: Rose Luardo & Emmett Wilson

American Marriage Exploded

Zoe Farnsworth

A menagerie of vignettes spoof and split open the sanctity of marriage and weddings.

A male presenting figure is laying , hogtied and topless on the black stage floor. Muscly, oiled, topless, bald white men strut past him in the space.
Photo: E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

Variation on a Body-Slam

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

There is a version of this where Bill Goldberg is the base of my desire.

Christopher Kaui Morgan gazes off to the side, smiling serenely in a studio that radiates warmth. Outfitted in various shades of blue, his hands rest gently on his hips in the pockets of a navy cardigan, as his weight shifts over to one leg. He is an image of confident grace, wearing chunky high-heeled boots that add a splash of exuberance to his professional demeanor.
Photo by K.C. Alfred

Infiltrating Institutions with Christopher Kaui Morgan

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Christopher Kaui Morgan—infiltrator and advocate—holds the door open for Native Hawaiian and queer communities.

One dancer kneels on the floor, wearing a long wig and a garment wrapped around their waist. Their feet are bare and flexed, and they lean forward, with downcast eyes and hands near their mouth. The stage behind them is covered with lemons and limes. The dancer is Quentin Chaveriat. He has become a fantasy of surrealist painter and writer Leonora Carrington.
Photo: Shahryar Shahamat

Queer Butoh Festival: Still Life

Jen George

The Queer Butoh Festival 2025 offers a rare generosity of access, vulnerability, and narrative layering.

A dancer stands in a wide lunge with arms reaching wide and palms facing upward as if she is scooping the air above her. She wears a geometric red and grey leotard with black pants and a line of white face paint framing her chin. She is doused in a deep red light.
Photo by Steven Pisano

Garlic and Power at Out-FRONT! Fest.

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Angie Pittman and Kyle Marshall Choreography deliver a powerful split bill as part of the radical queer dance and film festiv

A white gay man lies on the floor, almost fully naked. A Black gay man dressed in a tropical dress with a hair scarf, sunglasses, and a floral bag stands next to them, extending their arms as if asking, “What’s the matter?”
Photo: Paule Turner and Dane Eissler

My Pussy Hurts Too

Anito Gavino

Crumpled tissues on the floor, half-emptied soda bottles, and a raggedy wig tossed on the floor tell stories.

Two dancers are intertwined, reaching upwards with their arm while in a lunge. Behind them, two other duets of dancers are intertwined making similar reaching shapes. The lighting is dim and warm, and the dancers wear multicolored pedestrian clothing. They are soft, with open palms and gently bent arms.
Photo: Owen Burnham

Staring Back at You

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

“Where the Violets Bloom” illuminates stories of queer love, joy, violence, and community.

Courtesy of Sasha Velour

A Chair is Not a Chair in The Big Reveal Live

Ella-Gabriel Mason

Sasha Velour builds us a home onstage.

Photo: Courtesy of the artists

If You Think You’re Going to Hell, Get Onstage Now

Ella-Gabriel Mason

In Fix Me, American and Egyptian gay men compare life experiences.