February 2019

OUT

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

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Allow Us To Reintroduce Ourselves.
Dear Reader, You’re holding the first issue of Out magazine to hit newsstands in 2019, a year that marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As we speak, cities all across the world are preparing to be bigger than ever for their respective
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Ask Ashley
Hi Ashley, I need some help. I identify as bisexual, but I have yet to be in an official relationship. I’ve smashed here and there, but I want consistency. However, I’m totally an introvert with minimal social skills. Any advice? I’m 25, and I don’
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Boy Unerased
IF I TELL YOU HOW MANY WE NUMBER, will you listen to our stories? If I tell you that before we possessed this figure, before we learned that there are 700,000 conversion therapy survivors in the United States alone, and that very few people we met co
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No Sex Zone
I GREW UP IN THE KIND OF HOUSEHOLD WHERE MY PARENTS would cover my eyes during all the sex scenes. A vanilla morning romp in Mission: Impossible II or a nearly nude Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Mask of Zorro and my parents would (and still do) put the
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The Myths That Make Us
IT’S NO WONDER THE OSCARS HAPPEN during Pisces season—this wonder-filled water sign appreciates fantasy like no other. Wrapped in fish-tailed, glimmery gowns, the sirens of the entertainment industry heed our collective call to feel inspired, uplifte
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BOLDEN & THE BEAUTIFUL
WHEN JASON BOLDEN DRAPED A CUSTOM DEEP BLUE Alberta Ferretti gown on Taraji P. Henson for the 2017 Oscars, he felt like more than just her stylist. “It was that quintessential moment when I saw my mom, my sister, and my best friend come to life,” he
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The Tools Of The Trade
1. “Before makeup, do an exfoliating scrub to start with a fresh canvas. I like this one, which has two formulas: one for sensitive skin and one for normal.” LANCER THE METHOD: POLISH, $75 2. “I love to use this face roller to depuff and relax musc
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Make Mine A Mackie
IF HOLLYWOOD IS FILLED WITH STARS, BOB MACKIE DRAPES THEM in supernova shine. Nearing his 80th birthday, the prolific costumer is equal parts witty, charismatic, and humble—a contradiction of sorts to the “sultan of sequins” moniker he’s earned over
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A Party Is Born
AWARDS SEASON IS A GREAT TIME TO GATHER around the good, old-fashioned television with friends and bond over (or argue about) who wins, loses, and gets totally snubbed. Gaga stans,prepare thyselves! In case you’re taking on the colossal task of hosti
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The Glow-getter
HUNG VANNGO IS A MAKEUP ARTIST WHO TRANSCENDS time zones. When he’s finally able to make the time for this interview, he’s about to pack yet another suitcase (for Brazil), despite having just returned from Moscow a day earlier. In 2018 alone, he trav
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Acting Out
PAUL ROBESON IS CONSIDERED BY SOME TO BE THE FIRST BLACK SUPERSTAR. Born in 1898, he revealed himself to be an accomplished singer, athlete, and actor. Starting his career in features like the 1925 silent film Body and Soul, his standout moment came
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Scoop, There It Is
B.SCOTT IS NERVOUSLY EXCITED, like a toddler ready for their first show-and-tell, to reveal a different side of himself. His hair is slicked back, as if varnished. His face is impeccably beat, within an inch of death. Then there’s his attire: a slim-
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Schitt S Show
DURING A BENEFIT FOR THE TREVOR PROJECT LAST YEAR, Dan Levy was approached by a total stranger. She opened up to him (in a crowd of over 800 people) about her upbringing as a queer person in a very religious family, alluding to difficulties with her
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The Queer Canon
We asked some of our favorite creatives to upend tradition by curating a new-and-improved list of must-see movies. Some are made by queer people, while others are just stories we love. Either way, these are the films any self-respecting cinephile sho
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Nobody’s Punchline
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A QUEER PERSON IN 2019, inhabiting these spaces that were traditionally safe havens for straight, cisgender white men? Where you could hear a gay joke (hell, even the word “faggot”) or a transphobic quip and have an entire roo
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Play It Straight
ANDREW RANNELLS ALWAYS KNEW HE WAS GOING TO BE A STAR—he just didn’t quite know how. So when he moved to the Big Apple all the way from his hometown of Omaha, Neb., fresh out of high school, he took the first piece of advice he could grasp. “Somebody
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Wind Beneath My Wings
It’s kismet that Hari Nef and Tommy Dorfman would end up—despite torrential downpours—making the most of this photo shoot on a Venice beach. The two were introduced over a year ago through mutual friends, who had orchestrated a “fun beach day,” which
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Don’t Be A Drag Just Be A Queen
ON THE MORNING OF March 16, a crush of people (including a few celebrities) crowded Hollywood Boulevard for the uncovering of a new star on the Walk of Fame. There, on an elevated stage, the event’s host announced that the assemblage comprised “one o
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Now You See Us
Acting was not Hunter Schafer’s desired career goal. She was a theater girl, but lived backstage and actually wanted to work as a fashion designer. Making it to New York City from her hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina wasn’t going to be easy (or ch
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Scene Stealers
STEVEN CANALS ISN’T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. He’s not supposed to be succeeding in Hollywood—Black, brown, and queer from a working class family in the Bronx. He’s not supposed to be a graduate of UCLA’s MFA screenwriting program. And he’s most certainly
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With Great Power
ONE OF THE CASES THAT THE TIME’S UP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND PURSUED this year concerns a transgender plaintiff known as “Carl.” According to Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund 2018 Annual Report, he worked as a cashier at a marijuana emporium in Washington, mak
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Thirst Trap
Paying for porn is ethical consumption. Sex workers are a marginalized group of people under siege by federal policies like FOSTA/SESTA, laws that further criminalize sex work arranged online. The effects of the laws have curbed online sex work and e

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