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Welcome to Issue 2. It only seems like five minutes since we put our last issue out – it has been a whirlwind. So much has happened in the last six months, we’ve really been overwhelmed by the positive response, support and good wishes following our maiden issue and we have endeavoured to make this edition even better.
We’re thrilled that so many new friends have reached out to us from all over the world and this is reflected in the breadth of content and voices within these 208 pages – young and old, all walks of life and from queer capitals to cultural back waters.
This time we visit the issue of ‘beauty’ and the impact it has on the gay experience – the allure of the third sex, the motivations behind one man’s four year quest for facial surgery and a psychologist’s expert opinion on what drives gay men to go to extremes to make themselves more beautiful. We also have an exclusive cover interview with queer icon Joey Arias who has made the pursuit of beauty his life’s work.
We have expanded our style section to bring you a fresh look at international fashion and grooming, including an exclusive 14 page ‘East meets East’ fashion story – our own take on the trend by East London designers for Eastern-block inspired menswear.
Queer London also features heavily in this issue, as we stay close to home to explore our own dirty, great cosmopolis in nearly 50 pages. We meet London’s scene queens, Jodie Harsh and Jonny Woo – and delve into gay London’s rich heritage – a tale of ‘molly-houses’, East End gay gangsters and an underground gay scene in 1960’s Soho, told first-hand by people that were actually there.
There is just so much we wanted to tell you about but we only have 208 pages. We hope you enjoy it as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together.
What's Out There? We are. And we hope you will join us...
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SPOTLIGHT     
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CULTURE:
SPOTLIGHT
Paul Mpagi Sepuya (New York)
Compelling and sensitive, this artist's work casts an honest eye on modern gay life
Itai Doron (London)
A photographer with a penchant for capturing the beauty of life's rough and ready
La JohnJoseph (Berlin)
Ciaran Rua invites you to travel with this international gender-bending performer
Mu Xi (Shanghai)
Xing Zhao speaks to this Chinese artist who delivers haunting illustrations portraying a youth's coming of age
Sam Scott Schiavo (Vienna)
Pedrag Pajdic talks beauty with one of Vienna's finest gay photographers - with shots exclusively for Out There
Leonardo Herrera (New York)
Brendan Schucart speaks to this uncompromising and direct artist who creates slick, highly produced work rooted in gay history
Coco Zhao (Shanghai)
Justin Bergman speaks to this Chinese jazz sensation who is taking China and the world by storm
Travis Matthews (San Francisco)
With his first feature making its debut across the world, Travis is causing something to stir on the international queer film scene
David Hoyle (Manchester)
Celebrated L'Enfant Terrible, queer performance artist, comedian, TV personality and now film director, Paul Burston speaks to David about what drives him to smash mainstream culture's face in the mirror
Queerzines
Featuring Out There's very own RAW, Vince Aletti's self-named book and Adrian Lourie's Meat
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FEATURES   
THE BEAUTY ISSUE  
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VOICES:
FEATURES
Joey Arias
He hung out with Andy Warhol, lived with Klaus Nomi, toured with Madonna and sanf with David Bowie. Then his career really took off. Rupert Mellor talks to the self-styled goddess of New York City drag
Everyday heroes
Matthew Wexler speak to the culturally diverse members of SAGE - the world's largest and oldest organisation dedicated to impriving the lives of older LGBT adults
Life in the fast lane
Brendan Schucart and Uwern Jong finds out what drives a man to success, asking three gay men (Steve Siler, Mr Patrick Duffy and Raven O) that have travelled the road to their own American dreams to share their secrets
The joy of gay text
Alex Hopkins seeks advice on what his future might have in store, with gay bookshops and publishing houses in peril
Bad Education
Yuzef Azad of the National Aids Trust UK tries to explain why and how we must go back to school to reverse the trend of one gay man under 25 per day being diagnosed with HIV
Food of love
Matthew Wexler explains why beauty is in the stomach of the beholder
Pansy Pride
Steve Bustin asks how your garden grows
Mile High
Mona Madry shares an insiders guide to getting it on at 35,000 feet
THE BEAUTY ISSUE
Pink narcissus
The desire to be beautiful is so powerful that man gay ment are turning to extreme measures; but what lies behind out lack of contentment? Psychologist Dr Jacob Jacobson explains
Beauty of the third sex
La JohnJoseph asks if our society's prefabricated definition of gender is overated? Featuring stunning photography by Jamie Baker, modelled by Karis Wilde
Face value
After alifelong battle with insecurity over his looks, Kim Cameron finally decided to go under the knife
Silver surfer
One man defines what it is about seals that rocks his world
A rake's progress
Does reaching middle age really mean giving up hope of attaining a better body? Martin Perry finds out
Chasing beauty
A fictional short story by John Lucas
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STYLE
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STYLE:
From Russia with love
Out There's style team led by photographer David Edwards bring Eastern block inspired fashion to London's east end
A matter of face
As a man needs the right tools for any job, Christian Landon and David Hawkins talk grooming and facial hair
Boys Own
Designer profiles: Nigel Cabourn, bStore and Z Zenga. David Hawkins picks out some wonderful winter warmers you'll need for your wardrobe
The new black
Black is almost definitely back. With glasses from Cartier, aftershave from Creed and a watch from Omega
Fashion statement
New York's Dangerous Breed's straight talking t-shirts
Hot metal
Matthew Shave and Pop Kampol showcase this season's hottest accessories
Town and country club
Joao Paulo Nunes questions if the current quest for rural tradition killing invention?
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LONDON
    TRAVEL
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TRAVEL:
LONDON
Dear London
London scene queen Jodie Harsh writes and open letter to the love of her life
Jonny Woo
Amy Redmond speaks to the legendary pearly queen - synonymous with - and some would say responsible for - East London becoming the queer heart of the capital
Night moves
4am, clubland, camera, flash, clubkids, bears, messy mayhem, backstage, wherever to photographer Darrell Berry, it feels like home
Look back in anger
Queer London cinema is no place for the faint hearted; Sam Ashby and Pierce Wilkinson of queer film-zine Little Joe takes us on a journey through the capital's colourfully subversive past
The call of the city
Daniel Stefanov is an anglophile and blames it on Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
The beat generation
London in the 50s and 60s was home to a vibrant, but illegal underground scene of gay bars and clubs - veterans of the era share their memories of the good ol' days
A good sport
As the eyes of the world look towards London 2012, we speak to Craig Hassall, the Aussie anglophile who brought Kylie to the Sydney Olympics and Craig Beaumont - gay men who play a crucial role for making 2012 in London truly memorable
A few of our favourite things
Our panel of London insiders give us their personal recommendations for things to do in the city.
TRAVEL
Passing shots
The world as seen through the lens of Martin Perry, Jenny Theolin and Konkrit Jianpinidnan
Hide and seek
A round-up of Out There's Top 5 global hideaways
Slicker Cities: Buenos Aires
Expat Roy Heale is proud to call BA his new home
Slicker Cities: Toronto
Native Torontonian Michael Bach tells us why he loves his city
Slicker Cities: Dallas
Cordey Lash is deep in the heart of Texas and loves it
Lip service
Simon Forrester discusses what really makes a gay-friendly hotel
Out There explores
Our round-up of gay-friendly hotels from around the world
Bite-sized Big Apple
Our recommendations for the perfect city break in Manhattan
Despatches
Voices from inside the gay travel industry share their experiences of the wold and tell us what makes them do what they do
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