#pansy beat

[belovedbluv]

Connie Fleming in Pansy Beat, a short lived NYC zine 1989-1990. Images by Michael Fazakerley.

[mrmaxxxpleasure]

you won’t believe your eyes! Maxxx Pleasure By Billy Beyond for Pansy Beat

[outweek30]

Into the fray of wacky, pseudo-underground, hipper-than-hip, gayer-than-gay, raw publications comes Pansy Beat, which, at $3.00, claims to be "worth every penny." Following in the footsteps of My Comrade/Sister, Pansy Beat covers the perverse, the obscure, the bizarre and the all-too-familiar place we call "downtown," except it's perhaps a tad more anarchistic (activantes are quoted inside saying such cute things as, "Blow up Washington, D.C.!").

Says Pansy Beat in its premiere issue: "We hope to take you on a whimsical journey down a pansy strewn lane, leading to our peculiar brand of offbeat obsessive humor, colorful local celebrities and sometimes even a lil' bit of social consciousness."

— Michelangelo Signorile, "Lookout," OutWeek Magazine No. 18, October 22, 1989, p. 40.

[mrmaxxxpleasure]

a little light reading for Pansy Beat (Michael Economy and Akimitsu Sadoi)

[mrmaxxxpleasure]

PANSY BEAT: Then & Now

AVAILABLE NOW ON AMAZON!

This little book, designed by Jan Wandrag, translates to the print a video piece by Michael Economy created for the Pansy Beat book launch party at Printed Matter NYC in the spring of 2018. The Pansy Beat book revisits the seminal queer zine Pansy Beat of 1989-1990, reprinting the original issues alongside new essays, interviews and artwork from the artists featured in its pages. In the video, Pansy Beat’s debut 1989 cover boy, “Then”, makes a phone call to his present day self, “Now” (both portrayed in the video by Brooklyn drag king Maxxx Pleasure). In colorful conversation reminiscent of late-80s infomercials, Now and Then get reacquainted as they compare the challenges of their respective days. Then as Now, the two find more in common than not, despite advances in technology, ever-expanding ideas about gender and sexuality, and the unstoppable passage of time.

[mrmaxxxpleasure]

Created by Michael Economy for the Pansy Beat book launch party at Printed Matter, NYC in the spring of 2018. The Pansy Beat book revisits the seminal queer zine Pansy Beat of 1989-90, reprinting the original issues alongside new essays, interviews and artwork from the artists featured in its pages. In the video, Pansy Beat’s debut 1989 cover boy, “Then”, makes a phone call to his present day self, “Now” (both portrayed in the video by Brooklyn drag king Maxxx Pleasure.) In colorful conversation reminiscent of late-80s informercials, Now and Then get reacquainted as they compare the challenges of their respective days. Then as Now, the two find more in common than not, despite advances in technology, ever-expanding ideas about gender and sexuality, and the unstoppable passage of time.

Check out PansyBeat.com for more!