Difference
Mainstream stores keep men and women’s fashion segregated, but those who identify as gender-fluid now have the category-free Phluid Project in NYC, and a totally new way to shop.
Xavier Piedra is a writer and journalist who studied Journalism and English at New York University. In the past, Xavier has written for editorial sites such as Out Magazine, Silicon NYC, Konbini US, and Urban and Stylish. Topics that he enjoys covering are entertainment, pop culture, subcultures and LGBT issues.
No Yolk
On the Lower East Side, The Egg House, a pop-up devoted to all things egg, has opened. It even features an inspirational hero named Ellis—a very New York City kind of egg.
NO SHADE
Competitors past and present of the groundbreaking reality show gather on the red carpet to talk the future of drag and RuPaul’s controversial comments about trans performers.
Relax
Sure, there’s nothing wrong with those old sweatpants you shrug on for comfort. But out on the street and at work, a new, sleek, and very pricey sweatpant has taken over.
HOT MESS
The platform’s tone-deaf ad asked users whether they would rather ‘slap Rihanna’ or ‘punch Chris Brown.’
Barking
The owners of Instagram's best-known canines take great care of their pets, and their pets' public profiles. The perfect set of paws can bring not just fame, but also money.
Explicit
Nobuyoshi Araki’s photographs of nudity and bondage have caused outrage in Japan, and led to accusations of sexual exploitation. Now his images are on show at NYC’s Museum of Sex.
ON THE RISE
She first earned fame as one of the youngest people in the world to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Now Kim Petras is a rising pop star working with the embattled Dr. Luke.
Look Up
At Noon By Noor and Cinq à Sept the loose feel of the clothes and dreamy settings showed, in the early stage of NYFW, a determination to embrace fantasy above harsher reality.
Performance
Desmond is 10 and a proud, fierce ‘drag kid,’ emphatic that it is he, not his parents, in charge of what he does and what he wears. Desmond also wants to inspire other LGBTQ kids.