Strap #2
210 x 295 mm, 176 pages
Manchester, UK
Annual
First published in 2023
Editor-in-chief and creative director: Ben Saunders
‘A queer trans masc magazine’
A new visually-led publication centering trans masculine members of the queer community, created by Manchester-based creative Ben Saunders. Inside you’ll find photography, erotica, illustrations, poetry, short stories and a very useful list of queer community resources to boot.
This second issue showcases the work of over 60 contributors, including a series of self portraits from former life model Neen Sever, reclaiming his image post-transition; poetry by Atticus Mason, TJ, Skylar DeAnda Grey, and others; an excerpt from Samuel Luke Beatty’s ongoing series of collages devoted to his experiences of intimacy as a gay trans man; and a showcase of ceramic sculptures inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman statues from editor Ben Saunders.
Strap is one of a handful of new queer magazines for and by the community who don’t necessarily identify as cisgender gay men—which is the audience LGBTQI+ publications historically tend to cater for—making it a welcome addition to our shelves.