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Photography documenting the colors, form, and culture of Queer Nightlife in America. From pop culture references to space design and interior decoration, the throughline for what makes a space “queer” is explored here.

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A Twink Walks Into A Gay Bar🧡👯‍♂️

May 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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bearly there🐻Provincetown, Massachusetts. September 2024.

May 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM

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Full Tilt

March 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM

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Thinking of Her

March 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM

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DND🙉Schmitty’s in West Hollywood, California. May 2024.

March 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM

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inside-out. Digital. Macri Park in Brooklyn, New York. September 2024.

Above a transparent glass doorway, blue lights fan downwards and illuminate the red rafters. The doorway below reveals a lit outdoor patio, showcasing a large red picnic table in the background. On the right side of the door, yellow wall sconces are reflected from the bar within over a similarly reflected blue, pink and green poster announcing the next DRAG BINGO event in lettering reminiscent of magazine-cut-and-paste random notes.

January 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM

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campaign. Digital. Delux in Boston, Massachusetts. January 2025.

Liquor bottles glow on shelves lined with multicolored twinkle lights at the right side of the frame. To the left, a jolly gingerbread person with tinsel wrapped like a scarf around their neck is lit by an inner light. They stand atop a framed Golden Age-era comic book poster surrounded in more multicolored twinkle lights. In shadow, the title reads WONDER WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT and depicts the titular character in her classic red and blue jumpsuit standing onstage as she addresses her many sign-holding supporters.

January 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM

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private party. Digital. TRADE in Washington, DC. February 2024.

Faded crimson curtains, framed by a black doorway, block a front window that takes up most of the frame to the left. Beneath the end up the curtains, the seats and black metal legs of maroon-upholstered bar stools are peeking. A yellow-orange light shines from behind the curtain at gaps in the top, where some curtain rings are missing. At the top of the doorway, in yellow hand painted letters reads the words STAY GOLDEN. To the right, a grid-like wall depicts small flyers, post cards, and art. The words DRAG, IS THAT GAY?, and DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH, LIBERATION IS OUR FIGHT are notable words among the pieces.

January 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM

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P*nk Rock. Digital. Club Pink in Lubbock, Texas. April 2024.

A painted brick wall, weathered by time. In the upper right corner, small pink block-letters read CLUB superimposed on a much larger black capital P. To the right, the second half of a large black N and a large black K follow. A strip of clear, light blue sky is seen at the top of the frame, split by a black electric cable. A white door is half captured on the right side of the frame, with small black letters reading 510 N UNIVERSITY on its left.

January 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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a bit rusty, but not for my first lino in over a decade! #TheMonsterBar #linocut #printmaking

January 13, 2025 at 12:42 AM

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thinking of making a block print of this sign at The Monster Bar and Club, if anyone has any block printing tips, leave a comment or send me a DM if ur shy like me lol #exploringnewmedia

January 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM

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admit 1. Digital. 3 Dollar Bill in Brooklyn, New York. August 2023.

A pink light hovers above, its source just out of frame. Illuminated in the center of the frame and offset to the right is the top of a wooden backed chair nestled in a window at a counter. Above the counter is a black sign that reads “REGISTRY” and “LIMITED QUANTITY STAMPS” in white letters. A similar window tot he left reveals part of a black cash drawer, a pad of paper and a pen lying in a small white spotlight. Under the right counter’s window sits a stack of copies of an issue of “GET OUT!” magazine. A blue lighted accent wall butt in from the right edge of the frame.

January 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM

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Warning. Digital. Hunter’s in Palm Springs, California. November 2023.

A large blue sky scattered with white clouds takes up most of the top of the frame. A progress flag is angled against the sky from the wind, its pole sticking up from a building in the background. A white lettered sign on the building across from the aperture reads “CH-LL BAR.” On the right, a green lamppost is in the foreground and gives off a curved lampshade with a dark bulb inside. Further still into the foreground, a diamond shaped yellow road hazard sign reads “HUMP” in large black letters topped with a lone depiction of a small hill.

January 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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facade. Digital. AllWays Lounge & Cabaret. New Orleans, Louisiana. May 2024.

A large mirror at the left, backlit by red twinkle lights, reflects the bartender in the rear view while the right side of the frame shows chipped red pain at the corner of a wall, bits of brick and mortar peeking out from beneath.

January 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM

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Mothership. 🛸 Digital. The Eagle in Los Angeles, California. May 2024.

bright red oval shaped light over a crowded bar. The crowd is a mix of unidentifiable faces and Sillouettes. In the back, track lighting illuminates the wall with “YNK” partially seen in block lettering

January 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM

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Any Day Now. Sidetrack in Chicago. Illinois. July 2022.

The view of a a rooftop bar outside with seating areas. There are two levels two men sit at a table, talking one standing one sitting over drinks. Another man walks towards a staircase to get to the upper level. In the background, men and sleeveless shirts wearing bandannas on their head, sunglasses chat over food and drink.

January 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM

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A remix of on of my first photo collages and the first post since starting The Scene almost 4 years ago. Untitled 1-4. Digital tetratych. JR’s Bar and Grill in Dallas, Texas.