Ian Kumamoto
When a ‘Queer’ Party Is Overrun By Straight People
Call it ‘queerbaiting’ if you must, but nightlife needs to face up to the problem.
Why Ketamine Makes You Dizzy—And When to Worry
It can be a total crapshoot what you’re really getting, so it's good to know the signs of a potential overdose.
The Triumphant Return of Dark Rooms and Cruising
Cruising never went anywhere, but it’s everywhere in queer nightlife now—and often more inclusive than ever before.
What to Do If You Can’t Sleep on MDMA
Trying to force sleep will only make a bad trip worse. VICE talked to experts about why this happens, and how to relax.
Pride March’s New Plan to ‘Ban’ Cops Is Really Just Hiding Them
Keeping cops out of an event as big as NYC’s is harder than it sounds.
Biden Wants to Reopen a Child Detention Center on Top of Toxic Military Waste
Joe Biden is looking to reopen the children’s detention center in Homestead, Florida, which is situated in an area so polluted it’s been designated unfit for residents.
Biden Might Finally Ban a Pesticide that Studies Say Poisoned Kids' Brains for Decades
Even as farm workers alleged in lawsuits that chlorpyrifos had made them sick, Trump’s EPA refused to ban it. One of Biden’s first executive actions might change that.
Trump Is About to Hand Over Sacred Apache Land to a Mining Company
Trump officials are rushing to hand over Oak Flat in Arizona to Resolution Copper by next month, a full year ahead of schedule—while they still can.
A Fracked Gas Pipeline Is Coming to Brooklyn. Residents Are Invoking BLM to Fight It
Brownsville, the neighbourhood with the highest rates of asthma in New York City, is fighting to halt the construction of a fracked gas pipeline that could worsen its air quality even more.