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WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE DAN FROM DELI GIRLS AS OUR 1ST ISSUE COVER.
DAN IS A MULTI-FACETED NO FUCKING AROUND SCREAM CORE GOD.
THEIR REVIEW FROM BERGHAIN SAID NO HARDER ACT BEFORE…
NUFF SAID.
ON TOUR ON A CITY NEAR YOU.
Dan reps what we know. What we come from… a fight ur way in & fight ur way out kind of place.
Dan has paved the way for many of us to come. They are here to play but he’s not fucking around. With sold out shows across the globe & a soul piercing scream, Dan knows all true power comes from within and you gotta fight for the right to keep it.
If you ever get a chance to go see DELI GIRLS show, you could get the wind knocked out of you but it will change your life forever.
Light it. Torch it. You ride. We follow.
Forever yours,
TransMan Mag
NAMED THIER 1ST ALBUM EVIDENCE AFTER INDUSTRY HEADS CLAIMED THERE WASN’T ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO PROVE THEY HAD BEEN RAPED
DAN
INTERVIEW WITH
DAN
WE ASKED DAN FROM DELI GIRLS A FEW QUESTIONS & IT READS AS FOLLOWS:
SHOWERS OR BATHS? “BATHS; BC I AM DISGUSTING & I LOVE SWEATING MORE THAN MOST THINGS.”
WHAT WAS UR 1ST JOB? “MICHAEL'S ART & CRAFTS WHEN I WAS 16. LOL I WAS PRETTY EXCLUSIVELY A PAINTER BEFORE DG.”
WHEN DO YOU GET NERVOUS? “I’M NERVOUS BEFORE EVERY SHOW. I’VE LEARNED TO TONE IT DOWN & STARTED TAKING MEDS WHICH HAVE HELPED A LOT. NOW I USUALLY ONLY HAVE PANIC ATTACKS WHEN I GET PHYSICALLY OVERHEATED/HEAT STROKE, BUT I’M ALSO PANICKED BY CLAUSTROPHOBIA/PLACES I CAN’T FREELY COME & GO.”
WHY CAN’T IT BE MAGIC ALL THE TIME? “IF EVERYTHING IS MAGIC ALL THE TIME, WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO FEEL JOY. ANYWAY, MY LIFE HAS TAUGHT ME HARD WORK PAYS OFF… BUT DON’T LISTEN TO ME BC I’M A WORKAHOLIC.”
WHAT ARE YOU READING RIGHT NOW? “I JUST FINISHED THE ORDER OF TIME BY CARLO ROVELLI & NOW I’M READING PERMANENT RECORD, EDWARD SNOWDEN’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
WHERE DO YOU DANCE? “I DANCE WHEREVER I LIKE THE MUSIC; ALWAYS @ HELLTEKK SHOWS, WHEN NORM CORP PEOPLE COME TO TOWN. I’LL DANCE TO A MID SET AS WELL, BUT I DON’T CONSIDER IT DANCING UNLESS MY FEET REALLY START GETTING OFF THE GROUND. SORRY TECHNO.”
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT LOVE? “UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THERE IS (FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY, BOTH, ETC). ROMANTIC LOVE FEELS A MORE CONDITIONAL LATELY- ALTHOUGH IT’S ALSO LIKE A RELIGION, BC YOU NEED FAITH TO BELIEVE THERE’S UNCONDITIONAL ROMANTIC LOVE OUT THERE FOR EVERYONE.”
WHAT ARE YOUR BEAUTY SECRETS? HA. HA. SINCE BECOMING VEGAN MY SKIN HAS CLEARED UP BIG TIME. SWEATING KEEPS YOU HEALTHY, CLEANS THE SOUL & LOOKS GOOD ON EVERYONE. ALWAYS WEAR OUTFITS YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IN WITHOUT NEEDING TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR, OTHERWISE YOU’LL FEEL WEIRD ALL DAY.
WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO TATTOO? ART SCHOOL
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ANGEL
EARTH ANGEL. WE LOVE YOU.
ANGEL HOPE
IS AN ACTIVIST & ARTIST MAKING BOLD MOVEMENTS W MOMENTS OF VULNERABILITY IN HER WORK.
“WORKING W SITUATIONIST PERFORMANCE & OFTEN LARGE-SCALE MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE, ANGEL’S WORK CHALLENGES OUR PERCEPTIONS OF GENDER, IDENTITY & SOCIAL STEREOTYPES W A COURAGE POSSESSED BY FEW ARTISTS WORKING TODAY”
ART BY ANGEL HOPE VERA
AS A TEENAGER, ANGEL RAN AWAY FROM HOME IN ITLAY AND LIVED ON THE STREETS OF BERLIN & PARIS BEFORE FINDING HER WAY TO LONDON IN THE LATE NINETIES.
THIS INTERVIEW W BEN NORTHOVER IS USED AS ANGEL WAS ATTACKED IN THE STREET THE MORNING OF.
“ON THE MORNING OF THIS INTERVIEW WAS FIRST SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE, I RECEIVED A CALL TELLING ME THAT ANGEL HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WHILE WALKING IN THE WESTBOURNE GROVE AREA OF LONDON, SHE’D BEEN FOLLOWED & VIOLENTLY BEATEN IN WHAT WAS CLEARLY A TRANSPHOBIC ATTACK. THOUGH THE PLOICE HAD IDENTIFIED HER ASSAILANT, THEY WERE HESITANT TO PRESS CHARGES.
BN: THIS WAS IN WEST LONDON? AH: YEAH, WESTBOURNE GROVE. IT’S SUCH A PRETTY LITTLE PLACE. I NOTICED THE GUY FOLLOWING ME A FEW TIMES BEFORE WHEN I WAS WALKING IN THE STREET. HE WAS SHOUTING BAD STUFF & SPLITTING AT ME. I CALLED THE POLICE, BUT THEY SAID IF HE DOES ANYTHING WORSE CALL 999.
GREAT, NO? THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, I WAS ALONE, THE GUY FOLLOWED ME, CHASED ME DOWN & KICKED ME IN THE FACE. AFTER THAT, YOU KNOW, AN AMBULANCE CAME, TOOK ME TO THE HOSPITAL & I REPORTED THE GUY TO THE POLICE AGAIN. NOW I NEED TO WAIT FOUR MORE WEEKS TO KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO CHARGE HIM, YES OR NO.
BN: SO THEY DID FIND THE GUY? AH: YEAH, EVENTUALLY. BUT NOW THEY SAY THEY NEED TO ESTABLISH IF HE’S A REAL THREAT OR NOT. I TOLD THEM TO COME ON, THE GUY ATTACKED ME IN BROAD DAY LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. HE EVEN SAID “NEXT TIME I’M GOING TO KILL YOU”. YOU KNOW, I’D LOVE JUST ONCE IN MY LIFETIME TO WALK IN THE STREET, SMILE AT THE PEOPLE & FOR THEM TO SIMPLY SMILE BACK.
BN: I HEARD YOU BOUGHT YOUR HEAD X-RAY FROM THE HOSPITAL? AN: YEAH. I’M GONNA PUT THEM IN AN INSTALLATION. I COULD DEDICATE IT TO THAT GUY. IT WOULD BE TITLED “TO THE LITTLE MAN THAT BEAT ME, WITH LOVE SIGNED ANGEL HOPE.
SOMETIMES I THINK IE WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR THE POLICE IF THE GUY HAD STABBED ME OR SOMETHING.
BN: I’M DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR ALL THIS. HAVE YOU STARTED THE PIECE? AH: YEAH, I’M ABOUT TO TRANSCRIBE THE PHONE CA;; I JUST HAD WITH THE POLICE OFFICER I SPOKE TO & USE THAT IN THERE TO.
BN: WOW, I LOVE HOW YOU’RE TURNING IT ALL INTO SOMETHING STRAIGHT AWAY! AH: WHAT ELSE AM I GONNA DO? IT’S REAL LIFE. THERE’S MORE DRAMA IN REAL LIFE THAN THERE IS ON THE STAGE.
MORE ON ANGEL HOPE VERA AT @TRANSMANMAG ON IG
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In 1974, humanity sent its first
It was a binary code.
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It was a binary code. Dream it
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𝑰𝑺𝑺𝑼𝑬 #3 𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑶𝑫𝑬𝑳 & 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑻𝒀 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹
TWIZ RIMER
𝑺𝑻𝒀𝑳𝑬𝑫 & 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑽𝑰𝑬𝑾 𝑩𝒀 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑴𝑨𝑮
𝑾𝑰𝑳𝑳𝑰𝑨𝑴𝑺𝑩𝑼𝑹𝑮 𝑴𝑶𝑺𝑻 𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑮𝑰𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑩𝑨𝑪𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑶𝑹
WE MET WITH REALITY STAR TWIZ RIMER FROM THE VICELAND SHOW, TWIZ AND TUCK IN THEIR BROOKLYN APARTMENT AND HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
𝑸: 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒚?
A: 𝑰𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝑰'𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑪 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎, 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑮𝑬𝑵𝑫𝑬𝑹. 𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏.
𝑸: 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆?
A: 𝑳𝒐𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒂𝒑 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 40 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑺𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒊𝒕 & 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉.
𝑸: 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒌𝒆 & 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆?
A: 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝑰 𝒆-𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝑶𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒌 𝑱𝒆𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘- 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆, 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒇𝒕... 𝑰'𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 25 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 @harleydavidson 𝑫𝒚𝒏𝒂 -1700𝒄𝒄- 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒅𝑴𝒂𝒙 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕.
𝑸: 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒖𝒑?
A: 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒆. 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑾𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝑴𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 & 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 -& 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑺𝑴𝑨𝑵 & 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 '𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕? 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚?
𝑸: 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔?
A: 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒅 & 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇- 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇.
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VICE
VICE
BK’s IT GRRL
COMMUNITY ORGANIZER & NIGHTLIGHT HOT GRRL, VICE IS WORKING THE SCENCE AND LIVING THE DREAM. FROM BEING ON BROADWAY, TO WALKING, TO SELLING OUT A 150 PAGE MAGAZINE, TO HEADLINING RAVES, THEY HAVE WHAT IT TAKES & THEY FIND IT WITHIN. WE HAD THE HONOR OF CHILLING AT THE CLUB WITH THIS BABE. SHE MELTED OUR HEARTS. & WAIT TILL YOU SEE HER DANCE.
1. … Are you trying to say something ?
When you tell someone you are non-binary, they normally expect you to live in one part of that binary. There are a lot of people who are so free form and so free fluid and I’ve lived a lot parts of my life like super femmed out. I lived 6 months almost as a woman during the pandemic and I don't know it kinda puts things into perspective. I think that is why most of my friends aren't gay cis men, just queer people, queer expression. Because I don't need the label I just need the safety net. And sometimes I feel safer femme and sometimes feel safe masc. But it's nice when I have say in that. When I was an actor I couldn’t do any of that shit . When I was a model I couldn't get no tattoos…
2. Can you tell me about your magazine cus it’s really cool?
Its funny because ICE VICE MAGAZINE was something I made when I was acting and modeling and I was at an Agency and wasn’t getting work. And I was like I know my work is good, I know my friend's work is good but we are all brown, trans or queer and I was like we should have a platform. And in high school I made a joke that if I don’t get booked I’m going to make my own magazine, ICE VICE MAGAZINE & this kid started bullying me so I really made it and by the time I was 18 which is my second online issue I had received a lot of attention. I had a tumblr documentary featured with me on it. I started getting alot of queer, trans people in New York City their first modeling gig because they needed credit, they needed a resume. And then during the pandemic I was a part of the Black Trans sector of the Black Lives Matter movement led by Qween Jean and the Stonewall Liberation group, Cayenne and all those girls….And I started crowd sourcing for a magazine that was based on abolitionist that were working in the protesting but also working in the rave nightlife scene raising money for gender affirming surgery, & queer housing, black housing. And then I made my first printed magazine called VICE VERSA, that was the issue. It was my fifth issue. I sold over 400 copies.
I sold 400 copies. I was going to the protests, selling my magazine, reprinting them and selling them. Then one day I was in Washington Square Park, I use to pull up there and sell them in the street, this white man walks up to me in a suit , And I always tell this story, and he's like oh i want to buy your magazine And I’m like its the last one and your white and your obviously like cis so you're going to have to pay more. He was like how much you want for it and I was like $100. And he gave it to me and I gave it to him. And it was Mel Ottenberg from INTERVIEW MAGAZINE.
Now I’m 24 and I’m making my new Magazine issue and its still exclusively highlighting queer and trans people of color New Yorkers. Not because we are marginalized but because our culture is of essence and we need to document it from the source. So that is what ICE VICE MAGAZINE is, it's named after me but it's really the extension of mi estilo, which is unapologetically queer and beauty and stuff.
3. What are your guilty pleasures?
My 2nd vice is bisexual boys. We gotta throw them out. I’m being dead serious. My therapist put me on this. NO MORE BI SEXUAL MEN 2024. I’ve relapsed twice. There needs to be a BISEXUAL A MEETING. A BISEXUAL MEN ANONYMOUS for survivors, those people going thru withdrawals and the shakes. Its real.
4. What kind of music do you listen to?
I’ve always been such a music fiend and Ive never put it together til now . I mean I grew up with old school New York hip hop so like BIGGIE, and my mom loved DMX and all of those legends. My music is a little bit old school. I love old school jazz. Not old school but the greats. I like the Ela Fitzgeralds, the Louise Armstrongs, even Amy Winehouse, the first jazz hip hop album, but FRANK, Frank is my favorite album. I actually, contrary to what I dj which is a lot of hardcore, industrial, gabber or techno, I actually listen to a lot of RNB alot of JAZZ, Solange is up there.
5. What did you listen to today?
I listened to Gotta Know You Now by Amy Winehouse 0ff the FRANK Album as I rolled my blunt with my dog. I was Watching the Sunrise cuz I got off at 9am. It just gets me calm. I can listen to Amy every single day. But when I’m walking in the streets, if you see me in the streets and I’m pumping I swear to god it's 180 BPM minimum music. Like runway pumping .I will pump you.
6. Who inspires you now?
It's gonna sound weird but for the longest time so many people inspired me, Everyone that inspires me is people that I photograph. Let me just start off by saying that, I only photograph people that inspire me. Not that I'm inspired by their beauty but there is genuinely something in them that makes me wanna still stay in my home that I find beautiful and I wanna uplift it. But lately most of the inspiration has been coming from when I was lacking as a kid. And I always keep thinking about if I was back in time, what would I need, what art would I need at that age to help me develop quicker. I’ve really been digging into that lately. Like I’m a weirdo. I like weird shit. I like spooky stuff, and weird makeup and ripped clothes and I used to think that was so detrimental growing up in a Catholic house. I realized that if I had more artist supporting my vision I wouldn’t have felt so isolated and I could have done a lot more cus i’m young. But age is not a limit. So I think I’ve been looking at myself for inspiration cuz being brown, trans and non-binary youre the source. And we don’t tell ourselves that. Like if you look at any type of art like hip hop, techno, house - its all made by black people and most of the time is made by black trans people, why are we not reaching in ourselves to be inspired by ourselves. So that’s what I've been trying to do is be more inspired by myself, genuinely.
7. I feel like your’re conquering so much right now .You’ve already been on Broadway, you've walked, you have your own magazine, you are working in Community, what's next where do you see yourself in 5 years, what do you wanna do that’s out of your normal realm right now?
Well I’m going to make a movie. That’s that goal. Everything was to go back to film, tv and theater development. As a child in the hood, that was all I had. It was free. It was accessible. I wanna make accessible art in the form of performances, movies, film, tv shows but I was using fashion as a catalyst to conquer the visual aspects. I already did the work as an actor. I’m doing the work now as a producer and curator. All that formulates into my movie and all that was really the grand scheme. And In 5 years I see myself collecting my 9th Golden Globe but like I can't even think about that yet because I like to genuinely conquer each month. Bitch, I just survived a global plague. I turned 21 during the pandemic and I realized life is so short and can be taken like that. I had no money. I was eating grilled cheeses off the street. I was doing like cam work and club work, and abolitionist work, and magazine work and I just didnt want my life to be like that no more so i thought fuck it. Even if it kills me I’m going to conquer each day, conquer each day. And 3 years later, I’ve done everything that I thought would take me 5 years. So I can’t plan for 5 years cuz I might do it in a month.
8. You are doing so much. What's the secret? So many people your age are paralyzed by the world. Do you have any words for them?
Experience that isolation and learn that you don't want to live there and move past it. The think people are stuck right now. Queeer and trans people are stuck by nature cuz they put us in a stuck place. So that’s why we are so great because we have to overwork that. Most people are stuck right now realize that didn't have anything driving them cuz they were living their lives. Especially Westerners ,as Americans and have all been lied to everything is so constude that we have to really think independently and we kinda have a freedom to do that most countries don't. You have to find inspiration in yourself. I spent so much of my life depressed when I was younger I had so many like self harm issues because I was never taught I could solve my own problems. You have to. If you're lonely sit in that loneliness and feel it. Til you realize that it's not a feeling I want no more. And go find community. And if you can't find it. Make it . But you cant sit there forever because no one is going to pull you out. No one gave me my Broadway gig, no one made my magazine for me, no one sold that shit for me, no one put a USB in my hand. I took it. You have to go and take it. And as Brown and Black and Queer and Trans people we deserve that. It's our equity.
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZER MAXWELL VICE takes us there at one of their places of employment, NOWADAYS, BK. NYC
So this is the advice I’m gonna give the people in my Agency but specifically to trans talent. Cuz most of the time what I did for Willy And Luar was like hey I know all these trans people see them walk. When you walk into a room you don't have to tell anybody about yourself, your past or anything. You present what you bring them. So if you’re a femme queen, give me the femme queen. If you're a Butch Queen, pull up Butch. You don't owe no one the diversity hire. You know what I mean.This is 2024. You're not a pride campaign.Trans people are worth money. Black people are worth money. Trans masc is as important as trans femme. NonBinary is just the same. These are your tools. Don't let people defer you from that. They need you more. Because you’re the token. You’re the golden token. But don’t let them tokenize you, cuz you're worth Gold. You know what I mean. So when you walk into those spaces take it up, tell them what you want, tell them what you need to. Give them your name, no id. Tell them to respect your boundaries. And feel free to walk off sets. I've walked off sets because they didn't respect my pronouns. I've walked off sets because they didn't do my hair right as a brown person.. You have a right to protect your body and identity, please do so.
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WHO IS PRINCESS
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WE CAUGHT UP WITH PORN STAR SENSATION PRINCESS DONNA AT HER HOLLYWOOD HOME AND TALKED ALL THINGS BDSM, HOT FEMME GIRLS AND BOTS WHO KNOW YOUR NAME.
ACCORDING TO CHAT GPT…
Princess Donna, born Donna Dolore in New York City, is a revolutionary porn producer, artist, performer, educator and director known for her work in BDSM and adult entertainment. She is currently working on releasing her podcast series. She has created several notable websites, including Public Disgrace, Bound, Gang Bangs, Hard-Core, Gangs, Bangs and Savage Gangbang. She set the standard in directing the BDSM porn sites, Wired Pussy and Ultimate Surrender.
Her work has been recognized for challenging industry norms and promoting themes of consent and empowerment within adult entertainment. Her directorial style emphasized authenticity and emotional depth, often encouraging performers to explore their limits on camera.
This approach not only garnered a large following but also influenced how BDSM content was produced and perceived within the industry.
What are some of Princess Donna's most notable works?
Princess Donna has directed, PERFORMED IN and produced several notable works in the adult film industry. SHe is BEST KNOWN for her role in the creation of KINK.COM and the websites she created AND DIRECTED AND PERFORMED IN. Her most significant contributions include:
- Public Disgrace: A pioneering site she founded, focusing on public humiliation and BDSM themes.
- Wired Pussy: A site she directed that specializes in electrical stimulation scenes involving female submissives.
- Bound Gang Bangs: Another Kink.com production that features gang bang scenarios within a BDSM context.
- Hardcore Gang Bangs: Known for its explicit content, this series is part of her extensive directorial work.
- Ultimate Surrender: A competitive wrestling site with BDSM elements that showcases her versatility.
Princess Donna has had a significant influence on the porn industry through her work as a performer, CREATOR & DIRECTOR.
Here are some key ways she has impacted these fields…
1. Innovative Content Creation- Princess Donna is best known for her work at Kink.com where she was a director and performer. She was instrumental in creating and popularizing various BDSM themed series and content pushing the boundaries of mainstream porn to include more explicit and authentic BDSM practices.
2. Setting New Standards- Public Disgrace, Bound, Gang Bang, Hard-Core, Wired Pussy -She created popular websites like Public Disgrace, Bound, Gang Bang and Savage Gangbang, which were known for their intense and consensual BDSM scenes incorporating elements of humiliation and public exposure. These series gained a large following and set new standards for BDSM content in porn.
WHAT IS Princess Donna’s cultural impact?
Beyond the porn industry, Princess Donna’s work contributed to the broader cultural acceptance of BDSM as BDSM became more visible and understood thanks in part to her work, it helped foster a more open conversation about sexual kinks and alternative lifestyles.
3. How has Princess Donna influenced the porn industry and other porn stars?
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Her work is known for pushing boundaries and exploring themes of power dynamics, consent, and female empowerment within BDSM contexts.
Princess Donna has significantly influenced other porn stars, particularly through her work in the BDSM genre. Her approach to directing and performing in adult films has emphasized the importance of consent and communication, which has set a standard for ethical practices in the industry. By establishing clear boundaries and ensuring performers' comfort during shoots, she has fostered a safer environment for adult performers. Princess Donna's approach often involves detailed planning and coordination with performers to ensure consent and comfort during shoots. Her work has sparked discussions about the ethics of BDSM pornography and the complexities of consent in such productions. As a queer feminist, she advocates for sex positivity and challenges traditional norms regarding sexuality and gender roles. Her innovative projects, such as Public Disgrace, have also inspired other porn stars to explore more creative and boundary-pushing content.
The series is known for its complex fantasies involving public humiliation, which are carefully orchestrated to respect performers' limits.This has encouraged other directors and performers to consider new ways to engage with BDSM themes while prioritizing safety and consent.
Additionally, Princess Donna's work has highlighted the potential for adult films to explore themes of empowerment and vulnerability, challenging traditional narratives around sexuality. Her influence extends beyond her own productions, as she has become a role model for performers who wish to explore BDSM while maintaining ethical standards in their work.Her contributions, particularly in the BDSM genre, have been praised for their artistic innovation and exploration of complex themes such as power dynamics and female empowerment
What are some of the techniques used by Princess Donna in BDSM?
Some of the techniques and themes she is known for include:
1. Electrical Stimulation: As the director of Wired Pussy, she focused on scenes involving electrical stimulation of female submissives.
2. Public Humiliation: Her site PublicDisgrace.com centered around the public humiliation of female submissives.
3. Bondage and Discipline: Princess Donna has been involved in scenes that include bondage and discipline, employing techniques such as caning and sensory deprivation.
4. Fisting Techniques: She has also taught pussy fisting techniques, showcasing her expertise in this area.
5. Role Reversal and Power Dynamics: Her work often explores power dynamics and role reversal within BDSM scenarios.
Her directorial style emphasized authenticity and emotional depth, often encouraging performers to explore their limits on camera. This approach not only garnered a large following but also influenced how BDSM content was produced and perceived within the industry. She is credited with helping to establish a sex-positive narrative around BDSM and has continued to advocate for performer rights and safety within the adult industry.
In addition to her directing work, her contributions to the industry were also highlighted in the 2007 independent film *Tale of Two Bondage Models*, showcased at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.
She identifies as queer, expressing her sexual orientation in a 2008 interview by stating, "I'm everything but straight".
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PRINCESS DONNA INVITED US OVER TO CHILL IN HER HOTTUB (W HOLLYWOOD SIGN VIEWS) LATE ONE SULTRY EVENING IN AUGUST….
we sTAYED ALL NIGHT
“I throw sex parties, queer sex parties and creating the language around consent was something I spent a really long time on.”
IS THERE ANY SEXUAL FANTASIES THAT U HAVEN’T TRIED YET?
“Something I have been constantly impressed by is how sexuality evolves and how there is always something that I’ve never tried before. It’s almost hilarious.
Well this is not a sexual fantasy that I haven’t tried yet but it’s an example of something that I hadn’t done exactly before and it was amazing and I am planning on doing more. So I shot a scene with me and two bisexual dudes it was amazing because one was fucking me and the other one is getting mouth fucked by the other. It was just really cool to have anyone participating.
You know I’ve been pushing for the world to be more Queer. And when I say that I truly mean less segregated within the Queer Community. There is a lot of misogyny in the world and there can be a lot in gay culture as well. There are a lot of places where dudes don’t want me to be present because I am a woman and I’m like well this is going to be fun.”
“The message I was hoping to spread with porn was to more than just to BDSM people. My goal was to help create , In my ideal, a world without shame. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to change the whole world but I thought that by putting myself out there, exploring sexuality, which was something that historically I have been ashamed of or nervous or something I should hide, I wanted to show other people it was ok.”
HOW IMPORTANT IS SEX
IN YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS?
“It is important. In my experience in long term relationships there can be a downslope in intimacy and sex but it doesn’t always last . It doesn’t have to be a downward slope and then you’re done. There can be an ebb and flow, more sex one time less sex at other times, but I feel that when the sex stops it can create a rift. It is an important tool for building intimacy and feeling close to the person you are with.
I feel that being open or poly is helpful to maintaining sex in a primary relationships or all of your relationships. Everything in life is perspective. Sometimes getting a little shift in perspective or having sex with someone else and they do something slightly different and you learn something new and you want to come back try it with your partner. I think it can just keep excitement going. It can also cause drama but relationships are drama no matter what..”
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND PRINCESS DONNA THE CHARACTER?
“Yes. I feel that Princess Donna is definitely me but her presentation focuses on certain aspects of me but doesn’t necessary hold all the multitudes of what it means to be a person not a character. There was a time I would have said just yes Im Princess Donna, Princess Donna is me. But what I think has changed that for me is other people’s reading of me. Because they get to know Princess Donna and then assume they know me. And ya know, that was just a film.
It’s the outside world that turned Princess Donna into a character. Their reception of me, of Princess Donna. People are shocked when they find out I’m nice and dorky and shy. There are things captured on film that are part of my personality. But yes there was a time when I would have said they were the same person because Princess Donna is pretty heavily based on me and my interest. A lot of the things I did on Public Disgrace or my new Public Humiliation sites were things I was doing in real like just for fun.”
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE DOMINATE BDSM ROLE ARE YOU EVER SUBMISSIVE?
“Im willing to and open to dominating in different ways, taking control of the situation through tenderness. I’m willing to play with it but generally I’m either dominate or submissive. That’s not to say within the same night I couldn’t switch between. With people in my personal life, I will Dom them and they will Dom me because we are both switches. Its hot. And I love it.
For me it’s kinda been hard to find people that I truly enjoy having sex with. Ya know because not every one knows what they are doing. I wish people would read more books. I like to say I’m not a sex nerd but I totally am. In college, I read every book, like about how to go down on a girl and all the fingering techniques. And everything about the butt, like how to fuck the butt hole, all of the books around technique for having sex. I think people can benefit from that.
The most important thing or the thing that always needs to be front and center is paying attention to the person you are with, to their Body language, sounds, like trying to actually connect with their body and see what it feels like. Not like I read a book and now I’m gonna do it even tho you’re wincing in pain.
I would love to educate.”
SINCE YOU’VE ALREADY DONE SO MUCH IN THIS WORLD OF SEX, INCLUDING BEHIND THE CAMERA AND DIRECTING, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO?
“I recently started producing content again. It’s been difficult because I don’t have the budget to produce the work that I love to do. But it’s very gratifying in the sense that I’m do it myself.
I have some ideas I want to share with you but…
I can’t say it on camera.”
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