The world-touring ballroom titan and Beyoncé-anointed star has a “new era” incoming. WORDS BY MIKELLE STREETPHOTOGRAPHY BREANNA JOHNSON and DEONTE LEE  “I’m not your average model,” Honey Gonzales says, perched on a stool with a printed kimono wrapped around her shoulders, exposing her décolletage. “I’m cunt!” she emphasizes. There’s a pause before she looks at me again. “Can I say that in GAY TIMES?” Well, we’ll find out.  Though it’s a dreary Thursday afternoon, Honey’s mug is anything but. Her makeup is being carefully applied (by Tiffany the Artist) for The Center’s annual gala ..read more

Geena Rocero comes out of modeling retirement for GAY TIMES, in this editorial reimagining a few of her favorite, gender-defiant fauna WORDS BY FRAN TIRADO PHOTOGRAPHY HUNTER ABRAMS MAKEUP LAUREL CHARLESTON FASHION LJ PEREZ HAIR WILLIAM SCOTT BLAIR LIGHTING DIRECTION SAM LEE MAKEUP ASSISTANT V SADIKU HAIR ASSISTANT ZENOBIA TEAGUESTYLE ASSISTANT MIA NAVARROJEWELS SWAROVSKIHEELS GIANVITTO ROSSI   Because she grew up in the city, trailblazer Geena Rocero feels like she’s always trying to get back to her roots in a pre-colonial Philippines. Her desire to do so, she says, came to fruition i ..read more

The Margiela-loving queer artist is known for surreal humour, serving looks and showing up for himself unapologetically. WORDS BY JUULE KAY IMAGES COURTESY OF JAVIER DE LA BLANCA HEADER IMAGE BY YOSEF PHELAN The rumours are true, you see a lot of unusual things on Berlin’s streets, like urban cow-riding, e-scooter tetris or flamboyant outfit checks. But when it comes to Javier de la Blanca and his way of dressing up, it’s more than just a fashion statement. It’s political and often questions the definition of what masculinity means today. “There is this rebellion inside me that doesn’t allow ..read more

The Finnish designer and creative director’s sensual, subversive garments empower butch bodies in the now, while their HÄN Archive project celebrates non-binary, trans, gender non-conforming and lesbian folks from the past.  WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST PHOTOGRAPHY BY JODY EVANS MODELS: BAMBIE JORDAN PHILLIPS, DANNIE SPOONER, GII Welcome to Queer by Design, a new monthly column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the intersections of style, identity and expression and how these factors inform their creative practice. Transcending the l ..read more

One thing about RuPaul’s Drag Race is that there will be discourse. With such a massively popular show, it’s a bit inevitable that almost every action (or inaction) by RuPaul and the show’s producers cause conversation. Last week, Marcia Marcia Marcia complained about the show no longer requiring queens to sing for the Rusical (amongst other grievances.) The fandom rose up and cried foul pretty much unanimously when the show was shortened to hour-long episodes and the series later uploaded them at their full length.  Well, there’s a chance season 16 is also an answer to a long running co ..read more

Gen Z killed office casual. Here’s how queer, London designers are reinventing work clothes. WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST  PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF FASHION EAST With the economic blues hitting home and our hard-grafted Vinted sales no longer safe from the tax man, the euphoria around fashion might feel like it’s on the way out. But even the 2008 financial crash couldn’t stop London Fashion Week and so, this February, LFW reared its subversive, stylish head once more.   And, okay, we were kind of gagged! From Dilara Findikoglu’s ode to the divine feminine to Tolu Coker’s joyful, stree ..read more

Inspired by the glamazons who strut the streets of their hometown, the designer has always believed in the transformative power of clothing WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST CREATIVE DIRECTION BY PATRICK MCDOWELL PHOTOGRAPHY AND CO-CREATIVE DIRECTION BY FRANCISCO GOMEZ DE VILLABOA STYLING, CO-CREATIVE DIRECTION AND CASTING BY JAIME MORENO HAIR BY CRISTOPHE POTIN FOR AVEDA UK MAKE UP BY ELLE MCMAHON SET DESIGN BY ZUZANNA SKURTYS SET ASSISTANT LAURA HAYES Welcome to Queer by Design, a new monthly column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the inte ..read more

James Hazlett-Beard talks with GAY TIMES about his new production agency ART ENGINE, which puts queer creatives at the forefront. WORDS BY UMAR SARWARPHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE ASLANIDISRETOUCHING BY FLECKS STUDIO Founder, James Hazlett-Beard, brings a 360 approach to production. Having started his career as an artist, going on to produce editorial, content & global multi-channel campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands. Honing his craft within; creative agencies, service production, In-brand & post houses. His clients have included; adidas, Bjork, De Beers, H ..read more

Thanks to this Brooklyn atelier duo, you can’t hit the club without spotting a Leak bodysuit or a Syro heel. WORDS BY MIKELLE STREET HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN Shaobo Han is always going to have an edit. A note, an alteration, an addendum … feedback. This personality trait can make them a key collaborator, helping to take a project from its first draft into a must-have accessory. But it also makes for the perfect theater when telling a story. “I remember on our first date, I —” Louis Dorantes begins. The three of us are sitting in the Brooklyn-based studio for his brand Leak NYC, most kno ..read more

Equally informed by a religious upbringing and nights immersed in East London’s queer scene, the designer channels the “cunty yet heavenly soft” qualities of Renaissance Catholicism into wearable pieces art WORDS BY JAMIE WINDUST  CREDITS FOR  OUTDOOR SHOOT: PHOTOGRAPHY BY SARAH HUGO-HAMMAN MODEL PONAHALO MOJAPELO ASSISTED BY JADE DE NOBRIGA CREDITS FOR STUDIO SHOOT: PHOTOGRAPHY BY CÉSAR BUITRAGO MAKEUP BY ALEX LEVY MODEL ISABELLA CARR Welcome to Queer by Design, a new monthly column by GAY TIMES Contributing Editor Jamie Windust. Here, Jamie profiles emerging designers about the i ..read more