Flag Magazine

Issue 02: Apricity is LIVE!!!! Thank you to all of our contributors, models, photographers, and staff for helping get this second issue off the ground. And thank you to our readers and supporters who truly are the reason we exist! We’re so excited to announce that the digital copy of this issue is now available on Kofi (linked in bio). 📖 More info on the status of our printed issues in another post. 🎈 Join us for our release party!! More details in our next post. Thanks to everyone involved this cycle: ★ Flag Magazine Staff Editor-in-Chief / Graphic Designer @urbannicoo Creative Director @august151993 Event Director @awishfuldream ★ Models @manny.oakley @just._.gabby @_poppylaur @alysswilldiss @fadedinoc @joh_joh_q @baklabaes ★ Photoshoot Support Concept by @urbannicoo Photographer @paigelizf Director @emmetheprince Additional support @august151993 ★ Interviewees @mars.wright @vivaglobalrescue @queerandtranswealth @bean.daddyy @alexi_shreds @ switchblade.dolly @mazzy.gnar @mik_skates @softpinkicecream @sorasupernova ★ Contributors @emilysfilmdays @alex.nasif @acadialogue @kmpwriter @danaherrnstadt @girlprometheus @vinylowl @ashtonrleigh @lesbiant4t @delightfullytackyy @bayareacharlie @courtneypeppernell Photographers @paigelizf @ktviola @shutterandthimble

How did we go from 200+ lesbian bars to only 37 bars across the United States? 🪩 Flag Magazine releases July 11th! 🪩 WHO WE ARE: We are Flag Magazine, an independent queer publication dedicated to uplifting queer & trans creatives + highlighting events, businesses, organizations, and resources in Los Angeles and beyond.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!! If you haven’t noticed, we are taking a pause from selling print issues because we are focusing on fundraising so we can provide free print copies to everyone who contributed to our second issue. All profits from this raffle went towards printing costs for those issues! We <3 compensating our contributors in whatever way possible, even if it’s just a free print issue. Please please consider donating on our website (link in bio) to support us and help us print more copies. We’re excited to eventually sell copies in stores and at events again. And keep an eye out for future virtual raffles! Congrats to our winner @dang_selena 🏆 we’ll be in touch about getting you your copy!

OUR QUEER MAGAZINE’S RAFFLE IS LIVE! 🎟️🎟️ Enter for a chance to win a copy of our second issue! Here are the rules: ★ $2 per entry, can enter as many times as you’d like ★ Must be 18+ ★ Must live in United States (or have mailing address in United States) ★ Must follow us on Instagram ★ To enter, follow the link in our bio ★ Make sure to follow all the steps or your entry won’t be counted! The raffle will close on May 14th at 11:59pm PT. We will choose the winner on May 15th and the winner will be mailed a copy of our Issue 02! Retail price: $20 ❓❓What will the money go towards? ❓❓ As a very scrappy independent publication, we are working off a tiny budget and all our donations/sales go back into paying printing costs and other administrative costs. Our first priority is to raise funds so we can print and provide free issues to everyone who was involved in Issue 02’s production. This includes contributors, photographers, and any other creatives who helped get this issue made. Once we complete that step, we will pivot to getting our issue out into the community again. We do not have an exact date you can expect print copies to go on sale again to the public, but we estimate it will be later this summer. We always announce when/where our issues go on sale via our Instagram. So… this means that for the time being, this is your best chance at scoring a print copy of our issue 02! If you have any questions, leave a comment or send us a DM. Good luck!!

Being in queer community is not a passive activity. Especially as pride month approaches, here are some important ways to actively show up for your community today and everyday 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

a supercut of our favorite queer pieces of media, part 1 🎥 featured: but i’m a cheerleader bottoms love lies bleeding falsettos schitt’s creek challengers

thank you to @joywholived for inviting us to set up our craft table at their community event this weekend at the los angeles lgbt center❤️‍🔥 we always love providing a calm space at busy community events where you can get lost in creating mini zines, assembling collages, or coloring in our hand-drawn coloring pages! we’re so happy to have met new friends and told new people about flag 🥹 we’ll be selling print copies of issue 02 at this month’s them fatale show! buy your ticket via the link in their bio @themfataledragkings + of course we’ll be running our craft table again

FLAGCHELLA brought to you by Flag Magazine 💫 graphic by: @urbannicoo inspired by: @dreamworldgirlzine

We had so much fun taking @feeldco ’s new self discovery tool Reflections, which helps users learn more about their boundaries, desires, and relationships! This felt so different from other online tests that explore relationships, sex, kinks, and self discovery. We specifically love a test that is designed with ENM and queerness in mind 🫶 The link to the full article is in our bio. You can use the Reflections tool yourself either on Feeld’s website or through their app.

We’re very serious over here about incorporating lots of handmade items into our issues ✂️🖌️🎨 Want to read our first and second issues? Head to the link in our bio to find the digital version of each one!

Thank you @mars.wright for sitting down with us for a combination interview/drawing session for our second issue!! Want to read the full article? You can access the digital version of our recent issue through the link in our bio. Interview/portrait by @august151993 Editing by @urbannicoo

It’s been a few weeks since our second issue came out and we’re OBSESSED with these pics by @ktviola for our feature on the San Diego queer roller skate scene 🛼 Access our digital issue and read the article via the link in our bio! Details on print copies coming soon.