Original Plumbing
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Original Plumbing, also known as OP, is a quarterly
Mac and Kayiatos decided early on the magazine would have a limited run of 20 issues. The final issue of Original Plumbing was released in 2019, followed shortly after by the release of an anthologized "best of" book, published by Feminist Press.[5]
Meaning
The magazine's name refers to the term "original plumbing" as used by transgender people in
Content
Original Plumbing's content includes advice, essays, interviews, and erotic/pornographic stories and photographs. OP was influenced by teen magazine aesthetics, vintage physique pictorials, and magazines like BUTT, Straight To Hell, and Physique Pictorial. [8][2] As founding editor and creative director of this project, Mac has photographed the majority of the content within Original Plumbing.[8] Each issue is theme based and limited edition.[9] The magazine is 8" x 10.5" when opened, with a page count of between 52 and 96 pages.[8]
Issues
- No. 01 The Bedroom Issue
- No. 02 The Hair Issue
- No. 03 The Health and Safer Sex Issue
- No. 04 The Workin' Stiff Issue
- No. 05 The Fashion Issue
- No. 06 The Schooled Issure
- No. 07 The Green Issue
- No. 08 The Family Issue
- No. 09 The Entertainment Issue
- No. 10 The Jock Issue
- No. 11 The Hero Issue
- No. 12 The Party Issue
- No. 13 The Atlanta Issue
- No. 14 The Board Stiff Issue
- No. 15 The Selfie Issue
- No. 16 The Lit Issue
- No. 17 The Tattoo Issue
- No. 18 The Bathroom Issue
- No. 19 The Art Issue
- No. 20 The Issues Issue
Book
The Original Plumbing anthology, featuring the best of all 20 issues, was published in 2019 by Feminist Press.[8]
References
- ^ a b "About". Original Plumbing Online. Archived from the original on June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ a b Nichols, James Michael (2016-04-17). "Meet Amos Mac, Founder Of A Groundbreaking Magazine For Trans Men". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ a b Mac, Amos (Fall 2009). "No. 01 The Bedroom Issue". Original Plumbing.
- ^ "Over 10 Years, This Magazine Made Space and Broke Barriers for Trans Men". them. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
- ^ Goodman, Elyssa (17 May 2019). "Over 10 Years, This Magazine Made Space and Broke Barriers for Trans Men". them. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
- ^ Greenfield, Beth (October 19, 2009). "Original Plumbing launches". Time Out. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ Trebay, Guy (August 11, 2010). "Giving Voice to the Once-Silent". The New York Times. Retrieved June 1, 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Publishing". AMOS MAC. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ Tiffe, Raechel (November 2013). "Original Plumbing: Performing Gender Variance. Through Relational Self-Determination" (PDF). Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies. 9 (4).