Unmasking
Photographer Marion Aguas captures triumphant portraits of the queer community
Originally from Los Angeles, Marion Aguas is a trans-masc Filipinx photographer based in Brooklyn.
Marj Ostani
Marj Ostani (she/they) is a multi-hyphenate storyteller, a writer/poet, host, and creative producer. Marj specializes in covering cultural stories from music, arts, and films.
Unmasking
For BDSM educator Kim Pham, pleasure and joy are radical acts
Kim Pham offers spaces a communal playground rooted in pleasure, love, and community care.
Literature
Columnist Marj Ostani on cultivating community and her debut book ‘Homecoming’
Community spaces and the people behind them are how Ostani has arrived at a place of writing, producing and self-publishing her own book, she says.
Unmasking
Filipino illustrator Jethro Ian Lacson weaves identity in art
In a country as visually stimulating as the Philippines, an artist never lacks inspiration. For Lacson, being a Filipino queer artist has always informed his art-making.
Unmasking
Unmasking poet Ari B. Cofer
As a renowned writer, Ari B. Cofer knows she can rely on the privilege of being seen and heard only in certain settings. And even if she platforms her vulnerabilities and cries for safety toward the horrors of being Black in America, she still feels scared sometimes.
Creators
Illuminating Asian pop culture with BuzzFeed A*Pop’s Janna Macatangay
BuzzFeed A*Pop lead video producer Janna Macatangay says she wants Asian Americans to feel seen.
Music
Getting to know multihyphenate artist King Marie
Chicago artist and Emmy Award nominee King Marie says she always knew she was a queen.