IT'S HERE! PRESENTING GIGANTIC'S PRIDE ISSUE

We’re super proud of this one: The new issue of Gigantic is out, and it's dedicated to Pride.

It features a cover story by Grace Rivera, who shares the intimate photo story "Love in Transition"…

 

In "Long May You Reign," Myles Loftin presents portraits of ballroom legends House of LaBeija’s New York City chapter, which he recently joined…

 

Emily Monforte explores “Queerness Beyond Desire”… 

 

Stevens Añazco, who was a 2021 mentee of Space for Change and Giant Artists, and Qori Camargo—a.k.a. Dollhouse—serve a self-portrait project influenced by pre-colonial South American Incan art and European art history in "Your Beauty Is Your Own"…

 

Eric Hart Jr. reimagines classic Calvin Klein underwear ads through a modern, queer lens in "Between Me and My Calvins"… 

 

Chloe Sherman’s shows a collection of her photographs documenting the queer scene in San Francisco in the 1990s in "When We Were Renegades"… 

 

Jessica Pettway, joined by iconoclastic food stylist Victoria Granof and ace retoucher Zach Vitale, takes us inside the making of the wildly creative photos that appear in Please Wait to Be Tasted, a new cookbook from queer-run eatery Lil’ Deb’s Oasis…

 

And DJ Couples Therapy, who spin at the hugely popular Divorce party at Bar Franca in downtown Los Angeles, offer up a Pride playlist. 

 

Plus, we’ve got a photo portfolio by Emily Shur (“Passing Through”), Todd Cole on bonding with his subjects (“Stranger Things”), Jen Garcia on creating artwork that simultaneously expresses passion and grief (“My Endless Love”), and Marcus Smith on giving his grandmother something money can’t buy (“The Birthday Gift”).

Happy Pride!