*A Note About Gender
* The Holy Male is curious about the spiritual, artistic and sexual lives of gay and queer male identifying folks.
However, we recognize that gender is a construct, an illusion even, and so we encourage any person who describes themselves as non-binary, gender fluid or any other gender variant to participate and share their voices and lives with us in our publication.
If you don't identify as male, but are drawn to our content and want to participate, please don't hesitate to contact us with ideas and suggestions.
The Holy Male is is a literary and artistic magazine. We are looking for submissions of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction (essays, interviews, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis) and visual art that can be reproduced in the magazine.
We are looking for works that push boundaries creatively and socially. We believe art can connect people to their own and others’ humanity as well as their spirituality. Our magazine is closer to an 'art book' than a traditional magazine, in the sense that you won't find '10 tips to snag a guy' but might come across a prose piece about a man's sexy encounter with a spirit during a psilocybin trip , or an interview with an artist who gives butt massage as a healing practice.
Some topics we've explored in the magazine
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Reincarnation and Queer People
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Kitchen Witch Magic
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Sex Work as Healing Work
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Astral Travel
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Healing Religious Wounds
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Holistic health and Gay men's wellness
We also have interviews with artists and writers, and everyday guys, we publish poetry and stories about love, sex, art, magic, joyful living, mindfulness and healing/
Before you submit your work we ask you have a look around our Facebook Instagram and Tumblr, and familiarize yourself with our brand and tone of voice. Our tone is intelligent, plain-talking, inclusive and offbeat. Think Vice magazine meets Yoga Journal meets Gawker.
* if you have an idea for an article, interview or something else, please don't be shy and do send us a message with your thoughts.
* at the moment we are unable to pay for submissions.
We receive a lot of submissions and do our best to get back to everyone in a timely manner. We are a team of one so we ask that you please have patience while we get back to you with our response to your submission.
Our magazine is not a monthly publication. We will let you know when you're piece should be expected to appear in the magazine.
