Issue 7 – Summer/Fall 2025
Browse the articles below, or read the entire issue as it was printed here.
From the Editor
There’s something electric about Vegas in the late summer, the nights stretch a little longer, the sweat feels a little sexier, and the community comes alive with boldness, curiosity, and connection. This issue is our love letter to that energy. Whether you’re a leather-clad veteran of the scene or just starting to explore your kinky, creative self, we’re here to hold space, hype you up, and hand you the lube.
5 Questions with Ricky Rush
How does your kink identity influence your creative work? It comes up in a lot of ways. As a DJ, I tend to gravitate towards songs that are femme-empowered, as well as those that celebrate female dominance or supremacy. There is a LOT of industrial and Electronic Body Music with that topic. One of the reasons I like that genre so much.
5 Questions with Jonny
What message do you hope your work sends to other queer kinky people, especially those just starting to explore? My work is ultimately a love letter to queer kinky people, especially those just starting to explore. I want it to say: you are not alone. There’s power and beauty in discovering your desires, even if the world tries to shame them. I hope my art gives permission to feel, to want, and to play without apology.
Parker Woods Crowned Master Bator
BateWorld, the leading online community for solosexual men, proudly announces Parker Woods as the winner of Season 4 of The Great BateWorld BateOff!. The milestone season shattered previous records with more than 65,000 votes cast, more than doubling the combined totals of the show’s first three seasons.
PrideStyle Wrestling
On a Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas, Main Street buzzes with energy; bars are packed, neon signs glow against the desert night, and music spills from open doors onto the sidewalk. But once a month, that energy takes on a different kind of charge inside Swandive, one of the city’s hottest small venues. That’s when PrideStyle Inclusive Pro Wrestling takes over, turning the nightlife hotspot into a roaring arena of body slams, sequins, and unfiltered queer joy.
5 Questions with Kitty L. Gore (he/him)
What themes of BDSM, power exchange, or sensuality show up in your art most often, and why? My art showcases my versatile interests. I believe that sensuality is the main driver of my artwork. Without this idea of the power exchange of dance or sex or both, much of my writing, performance, and physical art wouldn’t exist.
Miles from Philadelphia to Vegas
Miles Fallon may have gotten his start in Philadelphia, but the rising gay adult film star knew that to take his career to the next level, he needed more than just passion, he needed a playground. “Philly has a special place in my heart,” he reflects, “but when it comes to the adult scene, it’s way more lowkey.” With no major studios and limited local opportunities, Fallon found himself constantly on the move, bouncing from coast to coast to stay in the game.
The Fuckball was Fucked So Hard it Split
Recently, I exhibited my art piece, “The Fuckball,” at a festival, and it was destroyed. For those of you who don’t know what this is, I am an artist, and I created a 6-foot-tall, colorful, latex inflatable ball covered in 12 penetrable vulvas (and one not-so-secret butthole). The Fuckball represents the objectification of female sexuality, but it has multiple layers of meaning and has existed in a variety of forms as a piece of art.
Liquid Red Las Vegas Celebrates a Decade of Kink, Creativity, and Community
In the fall of 2024, Liquid Red Las Vegas, a semi-monthly, LGBTQ+ inclusive kink-themed event, celebrated its milestone 10th anniversary. Since its debut in 2014 at “The End,” a zombie apocalypse-themed bar off Spring Mountain, the event has become a staple of Las Vegas’s alternative nightlife scene. Originally launched as part of a goth night, Liquid Red has grown into a traveling immersive experience.
Naughty Playground 2025
After a twelve-month hush, when the queer kink scene in Las Vegas felt like it was holding its breath, PROUD & Kinky swung the doors wide open on June 20, 2025, and reminded us exactly why we missed them. Their triumphant return, aptly titled “Naughty Playground,” took over The Usual Place and packed it with more than 230 revelers, each ready to rekindle the raw, electric magic that only a well-run, radically inclusive play party can conjure.
5 Questions with Saint Anique
How does your kink identity influence your creative work? I've been making art my whole life, but the intersection of kink and creativity for me is where I started performing. When I started in burlesque, I was exposed to an entire world of queerness and kink I'd never experienced before. It changed my entire life overnight and put me on the path to piecing together exactly who I am and what I want. I feel that all of my creative work is informed by this, either directly or indirectly.
My Journey into Sex Work
My journey started in 2020 during lockdown. I turned 40 a few weeks into the shutdown. Locked in the house with my partner, feeling scared, lonely, frustrated, and invisible. I had been around sex workers, swingers, polycules, queer folx, and other open-minded people for years. Watching how they seemed comfortable in their own skin. And I wasn’t. I was insecure about my body, my weight, and my age.