Cover Story - JACK THE LAD

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With this exhibition, Jack The Lad is celebrating seven years of introducing its readership to artists from across the gay community, it also marks the release of this independent art and culture magazine’s 30th edition.

With a remit to champion exciting new talent, each issue has been packed with exclusively curated galleries by specially selected artists and photographers from across the UK and around the world. Alongside these, Jack The Lad has so far featured eighty-nine ‘podcasts in print’, fascinating in- depth interviews recorded with a wide variety of actors, activists, allies, musicians, models, singers, adult entertainers, DJ’s, drag queens and film makers, many of whom often find themselves ignored by the mainstream LGBTQ+ media, but whose authentic voices speak volumes about what it really means to be gay in the 21st Century.

“Nothing beats the thrill of spotting and championing new talent. It’s an altogether more challenging task than just being another ‘celebrity’ vehicle, but it‘s an approach we intend to stick with because... let’s face it... who else is doing it?”

Whilst it has not been possible for everyone featured in the magazine to have appeared on the coveted front cover, this collection definitely still has an important story to tell.