THING 1989-1993 Issues
THING magazine was founded in 1989 in Chicago, Illinois, as a platform for Black LGBTQ+ life. THING‘s original ten issues are full of art, Black and LGBTQ+ culture, camp, commentary, […]
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THING Spring 2022 Commemorative Issue
Out Now! Get a beautiful, full-color copy of our Commemorative Issue: Celebrating the Fabulousness of THING. Purchase copies online through MagCloud.com
Is This You Thing?
If you see yourself, or someone you know, send an email to mother@houseofthing.com.
Think Ink Magazine
Think Ink was a black-and-white magazine Robert Ford, Trent Adkins, and Lawrence Warren launched in 1987 with the assistance of graphic designer Simone Bouyer. “Fashioned as a black arts paper […]
The Inner Thing
by Iris Kit, from Thing #2, April 1990 How to Annoy Your Closest Friends Aquarius: Stand too close to them and get intimate and personal. Tell them they’re too conformist. […]
How’s the Hair?
by Trent Adkins, 1988 Black is back! Not that African Americans had ever really gone anywhere. Hopefully, Black Power was, is, and always will be. But now it’s much nearer […]
Ground Zero Launch Party
In 1987, Bouyer opened the Wholesome Roc Gallery and Cafe at 2360 N. Clybourn in Chicago with accountant and small business advisor Stephanie Coleman. “I can’t say we made a […]
THING: She Knows Who She Is
Excerpts from the Chicago History Museum’s Thing magazine online exhibit at Google Arts & Culture. What is THING? Thing magazine was founded as a platform for black LGBTQ+ life. As such, […]
The Life and Legacy of Thing
by Solveig Nelson for Artforum International, February 2018 – IN 1991, at “SPEW: The Homographic Convergence”— a showcase of queer zines, T-shirts, videotapes, and performance that took place at the […]