A Playboy pop-up celebrat the all-new quarterly, and very 'woke', eratn of the mag, and will clu events like a Roxane Gay lecture; a "Free the Nipple" bate; and a panel on the "future of masculy.
Contents:
- 'PLAYBOY' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST OPENLY GAY VER STAR, BRETMAN ROCK
- BRETMAN ROCK IS PLAYBOY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE VER STAR
- BREAKG BOUNDARI! BRETMAN ROCK IS PLAYBOY’S 1ST OPENLY GAY MALE COVER STAR: ‘DA BADST BUNNY’
- INFLUENCER MAK HISTORY AS PLAYBOY'S FIRST-EVER GAY MALE VER STAR, POSG A VERSN OF INIC BUNNY STUME - BUT TWTER IS BAFFLED BY GUY-FOCED MAGAZE'S 'NONSENSE' CHOICE TO FEATURE A MAN ON S ONT
'PLAYBOY' MAK HISTORY WH FIRST OPENLY GAY VER STAR, BRETMAN ROCK
Bretman Rock is makg history wh his appearance on the ver of Playboy magaze's October 2021 digal issue, as the 23-year-old be the first openly gay male to secure the veted Hawaii-based Filipo fluencer isn't new to the spotlight after makg a name for himself on YouTube and the short-form vio app Ve, where Rock displayed both his humor and his skill wh makp. However, he is only the third to appear on the ver of the men's liftyle and entertament magaze, behd the magaze's late founr Hugh Hefner and, July 2020, Lat pop star Bad Bunny; Rock is the first openly gay man. "As the first out gay man to ver the magaze, pecially durg Filipo Amerin History Month, Bretman Rock is ntug to fy genr norms and e his massive social platform to not only break down barriers for LGBTQ cln the dtry, but also spire so many other LGBTQ Filipos who have been unrreprented fashn, molg, and across media.
BRETMAN ROCK IS PLAYBOY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY MALE VER STAR
I’m not anti gay or trans or anythg, this is jt none sense! "Now Playboy is Playgay. If a gay man feels sexy a bunny stume, an inic symbol of sexs, why shouldn’t he be able to wear proudly?
Bretman Rock has donned Playboy’s famed bunny ears and bee the first out gay man to star on s ver. The 23-year-old fluencer has officially ma history as the first openly gay male to star on the ver of Playboy.
BREAKG BOUNDARI! BRETMAN ROCK IS PLAYBOY’S 1ST OPENLY GAY MALE COVER STAR: ‘DA BADST BUNNY’
That md, Rock is the first openly gay ver star. "The pocket-size magaze by, for and about homosexuals, " was found the Netherlands 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jep van Beenekom. Though no longer makg new ntent prt or onle, the "famo pk perdil" mak sure you're 18 before enterg s webse -- which is jt as famoly featured photography and terviews wh renowned gay artists, such as German fashn signer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nu portras -- taken by Wolfgang Tillmans -- appeared the magaze's first issue May 2001.
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INFLUENCER MAK HISTORY AS PLAYBOY'S FIRST-EVER GAY MALE VER STAR, POSG A VERSN OF INIC BUNNY STUME - BUT TWTER IS BAFFLED BY GUY-FOCED MAGAZE'S 'NONSENSE' CHOICE TO FEATURE A MAN ON S ONT
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