No One #3: Philadelphia
140 mm x 245 mm, 130 pages
Amsterdam, Netherlands
First published 2024
Editors-in-chief: Viêt and Jeremy Raider-Hoàng
Design: Samuel Salminen
Three issues in, the queer nightlife and culture mag heads to the ever-vibrant Philadelphia. As ever, embellished with its signature stickers—typically used to cover phone cameras in clubs, encouraging connection and self-expression—this issue dives deep into the city‘s underground, exploring its thriving ballroom scene, music culture and influential queer communities.
Hear from ballroom legends DJ Delish and VJtheDJ as they reflect on more than a decade immersed in Philadelphia nightlife, accompanied by archival imagery from the 2019 ‘Ballroom Then, Ballroom Now, Ballroom Forever’ exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Arts; spend a night at a barber shop by day turned community hub at night, hosting popular queer and trans Latin dance parties; and read Icon Ebony-Fierce’s transcribed voice notes reflecting on the drag scene after hours.
Also inside: nine ways Philadelphia has contributed to queer culture, including ‘Drum’ the first gay rights magazine, published in 1960; and DJ Delish’s selection of the ten most iconic tracks to emerge from the city’s nightlife.
Produced during a period of accumulating set backs for LGBTQIA+ communities in the US and beyond, this issue is a celebration of queer creativity, resilience and collective joy.