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In celebration of their 100th birthday, KLM, together with Gauteng scholars, broke the record for the most number of paper planes flown at a single

Nope. You have not been assimilated, there’s not much mainstream about being gay, even if it feels like it.

You needn’t be gay or Mormon to be moved by Steven Fales’s Confessions of a Mormon Boy, you just have to be human

The Castro district in San Francisco; Shinjuku Ni-chome in Japan; Schöneberg in Berlin, and De Waterkant in Cape Town. These are all examples of famous gay neighbourhoods or villages.

As we explore themes surrounding “boy next door” in this issue, we celebrate the beautiful photography of Qviron Lethebain, an artist based in Madrid, Spain.

Luke Hackney asks: Love. Monogamy. Marriage. Kids. Is this what it takes for us to be accepted and “normal”?

Print is not dead, as proven with a selection of amazing guys and exciting artworks from around the globe in Pineapple Zine’s second printed magazine, PNPPL zine 04.

We love your acting, but boy do we love the songs you wrote about your boyfriends even more!

The one who keeps his distance, growing up with a secret, and why it is important to find your spot under the rainbow.

We share Gay Star News’ final goodbye to their readers, and it prompts us all to ask: Does the LGBTQ community have any real support beyond tokenism?

The Gay & Lesbian Archives in Johanesburg will be hosting a fabulous fundraiser on Saturday 3 August at the AFDA Red Roof Theatre.

Do I Sound Gay? is a 2014 American documentary film by David Thorpe, which explores the existence and accuracy of stereotypes about the speech patterns of gay men, and the ways in which one’s degree of conformity to the stereotype can contribute to internalized homophobia.

From issue 60 (2013) we share Alan Samons’ findings on obsession with the perfect physique and comparing ourselves with images in the media.

Luke Hackney asks whether we are all performance artists, comparing our everyday ways of expressing ourselves to the work performance artists do.

The long mince to freedom is not and has not been an easy one, but some of our fellow fruits were pioneers in the fight!

Should we be paying for Only Fans subscriptions? Is there a difference between selling your body and selling images of it?

We revisit articles published in the past. This time we look at Neal McKenna’s article on love and what happens to us when we are in love, scientifically, that is.

Jason Maseko asks: Do we still live in fear when it comes to holding hands in public, or sharing a kiss? How free are we really?

Ciaran R Maidwell delves into the sensitive topic of gay slurs, their use, their reclamation.

The harrowing lives of the men who dare to love dancing instead of spitting in the dirt and scratching their balls in public

Here are the category winners for Mr Gay World 2019. Do not miss the full behind the scenes article in the Winter 2019 print and digital magazines!