Meet the Artist: Gabriel Bennett Lovejoy
We sat down with Gabriel to talk about his inspirations, his love of mixed media, singing in the shower, and his new zine.
Apr 8, 20253 min read
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MAN* MADE//MADE MAN*
MAN* MADE//MADE MAN*
The quarterly digital zine by trans mascs, for trans mascs
Newest Zine
Joy
Our Team
Editor-in-Chief
Gabriel Bennett Lovejoy
He/They
Gabriel Bennett Lovejoy is a multimedia artist based in Fife, Scotland. Aesthetically oversaturated with candy colours and laced with religious iconography, Lovejoy explores transgender joy within his creative practice with the aim to challenge audiences on their preconceived opinions of queerness. His practice is currently created through collage but he can also often be found doing large scale mixed media work, installation, and performative story telling.
Editor
Eric
He/Him
Eric (He/Him) is a History of Art graduate, having specialised in late 19th century Symbolism, the middle ages, and spirituality. He is also a practicing artist, working largely in costume and design, but also in oil painting, linocuts, and quite frankly whatever he can get his hands on. Eric enjoys thinking about death whilst enjoying life.
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Editor
Chris Pesquera
He/Him
Chris Pesquera (he/him) has an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Strathclyde. While he’s mainly a screenwriter, he’s also been known to write prose, make zines, collage, and try his hand at all other forms of art. He’s also a home cook and baker, and if he’s not writing, you’ll usually find him grocery shopping or baking cookies. He lives in Scotland after leaving Florida, USA, and he tries to capture trans joy in all the art he makes.
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FAQ
1 / What Can I Submit?
All submissions are done through our email! We take any format or medium of work as long as it can be published online, whether it be artwork, poetry, deep confessions, video essays, experimental dance, workout routines, recipes, or promotion for your band. If it’s in the realm of creativity or wellbeing, and promotes our ethos of trans masc joy, then we want you!
If you’re submitting a piece of written text, please make sure this can be in an editable format! Submissions in mediums such as video and audio must be accessible online through a link!
Please include the following:
1. Preferred name to be published under (or ‘anonymous’ if you don’t want to share your name)
2. Your Pronouns (if anonymous, ‘they/them’ will be used unless otherwise stated)
3. Social media handle, or link to website (optional)
4. Where you’re from (we want to celebrate being an international zine!)
5. Type of submission (I.E. video essay, performance art, recipe, poem, etc.)
6. Any other relevant information you may want to include (images, medium, inspiration, context, etc.)
2 / Where Do I Submit?
Send us an email over at manmadezine@gmail.com. If you have any questions please reach out either through Instagram DM or Email and we will do what we can to help!
3 / Do I Have to be Trans Masc* to Submit?
Man* Made//Made Man* is a digital space dedicated to anyone who identifies as a trans man, trans masculine, or any gender fuckery within that realm. We exist to promote trans masculine joy, and positive masculinity.
It is not a requirement for you to disclose any part of your identity when submitting work. We also ask you do not assume the identity of submissions, especially those submitted anonymously. It is not our place as a platform to decide who does or doesn’t fall in to this category. The beauty of self ID is that you decide!
4 / Is There a Word Count?
No minimum word count, but a maximum of 2000 words! Sadly we do not have the capacity for longer written submissions. This may change in the future however if our team grows…
5 / How Many Times Can I Submit?
Once per edition, please! This zine exists to give space to those looking to platform themselves, often for the first time, and to make it fair we would like to keep it to one submission per person, per edition.
6 / Can I Submit to More Than One Edition?
Yes! Please! We love working with creatives and building lasting relationships within our community and would love to platform people as often as we can!
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