ELSKA Magazine visits the men of Gay Haifa , Israel’s most diverse gay city

    After shooting the last issue of Elska in Istanbul,  editor and chief photographer Liam Campbell stayed in the Middle East traveling to Israel and its 3rd largest city Haifa. At the beginning of this century, Haifa suffered a population drain as young people moved in vast numbers to the bustling capital Tel Aviv. … Continue reading

ELSKA Magazine with the pick of Pittsburgh queer men

For its latest Edition, Elska Magazine the queer bookzine, forsook international capital cities and travelled just 500 miles from its home base in Providence Rhode Island to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.  Its mainly known as The Steel City because it makes a lot of it, and also The City of Bridges due to the fact it has … Continue reading

Elska Magazine’s Swedish Smörgåsbord of Men

  Sweden has always been one of the most friendliest LGBT countries in the world.  Since it legalized homosexuality way back in 1944 it has been at the forefront of LGBT rights, passing an anti-discrimination law in 1987 and then adopting same sex marriages in 2009.  No wonder when ELSKA  hit up Stockholm the countries … Continue reading

ELSKA meets the MEN of MALAYSIA

  As an Islamic Country, Malaysia is still tough on it’s LGBTQ community .  Not only  do thst face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, but sodomy and oral sex is still a crime. Therefore making this issue of ELSKA the gay photo-zine dedicated to Kuala Lumpur is especially well-suited to giving queer Malaysians … Continue reading

ELSKA : the fab. queer photo-zine celebrates its 8th Birthday looking back over some its fav. issues

      This month Elska marks its eight-year anniversary. During this time the project has published forty-three beautiful print ‘bookazines’, each made in a different city and focused on sharing the bodies and voices of diverse men from LGBTQ communities around the world. The goal of Elska is two-fold. One is to transport readers to … Continue reading

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