Perspectives

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Body as Sacred Ground

Rotimi Fani-Kayode photographed the Black gay male body at a moment — London in the 1980s — when no one else was doing it with anything approaching hi...

BoysDo vs Tumblr: The Platform That Got Killed and the One That Picked Up the Pieces

BoysDo vs Grindr for Relationships: Why the Grid Doesn't Get You Past the First Six Weeks

The Best Gay Dating Apps in 2025 — And Why the Best Relationships Start With Shared Taste

BoysDo vs xHamster: The Aggregator and the Magazine

BoysDo vs Hornet for Relationships: Editorial Content Is Not the Same as Shared Sensibility

BoysDo vs Reddit: The Subreddit Archipelago vs. an Actual Feed

BoysDo vs Romeo for Relationships: The European Long-Memory App and What Sits Underneath It

Wolfgang Tillmans: Intimacy as Practice

Wolfgang Tillmans does not make his images look like art. This is the most deliberate thing about them. A Tillmans photograph might be a man's torso...

BoysDo vs Scruff: The Tribes App vs. a Place to Look Without Being Asked Anything

BoysDo vs xVideos: The Other Largest Tube Site

BoysDo vs Instagram: The Funnel and the Destination