DEPARTMENTS
14 LET'S PLAY: CHIDERAEGGERUE
The Slumflower blogger offers a radical take on empowerment
18 TECH: THE FUTURE OF SEX TOYS IS GENDER NEUTRAL
Can non-gendered sex toys take off by getting us off? Inside the movement to sell pleasure to all
24 MAN IN HIS DOMAIN: ED FREEMAN
Hold your breath: We go behind the scenes—and into the deep end—with this issue's cover artist
30 HUMOR: MY SEX EDUCATION
Sasheer Zamata and Joel Kim Booster revisit awkward classes, schoolyard rumors and more
34 GUEST ADVISOR: ESTHER PEREL
The world-renowned therapist and author brings her singular insight to questions sent by you

PLAYMATES & PICTORIALS
72 JULY: TEELA LAROUX
Summer is finally here, and this free-spirited Northwest native knows just how to soak it in
126 AUGUST: GEENA ROCERO
Take a trip to the Costa Rican wilderness and get acquainted with the model, activist and Gender Proud founder
142 GIVE ME MORE
We salute BDSM culture as it emerges from the shadows and takes its rightful place in the light
172 SEPTEMBER: SOPHIEONEIL
From England's tranquil countryside, a red-haired newcomer takes over Topanga
196 CULTURE SHOCK
Photographer Carlota Guerrero and an army of women joyously flout Barcelona's ban on toplessness

HERITAGE
207 APOCALYPSE THEN
The never-before-told oral history of Apocalypse Now's Playmate scene
213 A KALEIDOSCOPIC TALENT
An appreciation of uber- versatile artist Kinuko Y. Craft
216 THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Journalist, know thyself: Who we are determines how we tell stories about others
220 WE WON'T GO BACK
As far as Playboy is concerned, there's no choice but pro-choice
222 MEMBERS ONLY
Considering the few, the proud, the nude dudes of playboy
226 REBEKKA ARMSTRONG
Our September 1986 Playmate revisits her pictorial and discusses using her platform for good

PLAYBOY INTERVIEW
39 TARANA BURKE
The activist who launched Me Too meets dream hampton in New Orleans to discuss the future of the movement

20Q
88 MAREN MORRIS
The country singer-songwriter- producer is breaking records and defying expectations

STYLE
100 AVAN JOGIA
The Shaft actor has no time for reductive labels and lots of time for retro looks

FICTION
114 MR. STICKUM
Predators start dropping like flies in this tale of teen vengeance from Joyce Carol Oates
156 YEAST
Hell in heels in Manhattan, this bitch has got an itch. New fiction by Lisa Taddeo

PROFILE
120 THE LONG ROAD TO PRESIDENT PETE
With debate season approaching, we catch up with South Bend mayor turned millennial presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg

COMICS
150 SUNDAY SEDUCTION
A steamy desert afternoon, as dreamily imagined by Sarah Maxwell, will have you hollering hallelujah

FEATURES
48 WASTELAND WONDERLAND
Down and out at the surreal Bombay Beach Biennale on the polluted shores of the Salton Sea
56 FACES OF RESILIENCE
Fifty years after Stonewall, we join the Trevor Project to celebrate how far we've come— and face the battles ahead
64 REBEL EROTICA
Artist Helen Beard discusses her unapologetically graphic work and delivers а рсаувоу exclusive
94 OUR COUNTRY, WHICH ART IN PANIC
Political in-fighting threatens our attitudes toward sexual harassment, rational policymaking and more
108 THE 2019 PLAYBOY SEX SURVEY
We polled 1,000 people about their sex lives. The results?
They want more sex, but no one is willing to ask for it
162 DOWN TO EARTH
TV heartthrob Tyler Blackburn opens up about his decision to come out at the age of 32
166 IN SEARCH OF THE 20BITEEN MAN
Why is male bisexuality still shrouded in taboo? Five bi men tell their stories
189 THE PLAYBOY SYMPOSIUM
Actor-activist Matt McGorry and a range of thinkers look toward a new masculinity