8 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
Fighting for LGBTQ rights, defining one's sexuality, and revealing our awesome party that’s going down in Las Vegas baby!
10 MAN IN HIS DOMAIN: ED FREEMAN
Hold your breath: We go behind the scenes — and into the deep end—with this contemporary artist
16 PICTORIAL
Alex Lux. Showing why girls with tattoos are hot!
24 INTERVIEW: TARANA BURKE
The activist who launched Me Too meets Dream Hampton in New Orleans to discuss the future of the movement
34 PICTORIAL
Megan Maria. Loves modelling, fitness and won't say no to a little bit of chocolate every day
42 THE LONG ROAD TO 76
PRESIDENT PETE
With debate season approaching, we catch up with South Bend mayor turned millennial presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg
46 RACING WITH ANTHONY RAYNARD
How one of the top motocross riders in the world is making big strides in his adrenalin-fueled sport
52 COVER FEATURE
Yilena Hernandez. The Cuban Barbie is on her way making a name for herself in the modelling industry and being a successful business woman
60 REBEL EROTICA
Artist Helen Beard discusses her unapologetically graphic work and delivers a PLAYBOY exclusive
68 PICTORIAL
Anna Windom. The knockout girl with the hazel eyes uses her modelling career to express herself
YEAST
Hell in heels in Manhattan, this bitch has got an itch. New fiction by Lisa Taddeo
82 PICTORIAL
Jessica and Rachel. The fair haired beauty and bronze stunner heating things up in their feature
90 HERITAGE: REBEKKA ARMSTRONG
Our September 1986 Playmate revisits her pictorial and discusses using her platform for good
ON THE COVER
Yilena Hernandez Photography by Jean Claude No 23 | August 2019