8 WORLD OF PLAYBOY
We give you another glimpse into the spectacular happenings of everything bunny!
10. THE TRUE THREAT
8chan’s founder, its current owners and a range of experts debate online hate speech
16. PLAYBOY PLUS
Take the reins. Heidi Romanova
24. YOUR FIRST PET AND THE STREET YOU GREW UP ON
As a pet, Magenta is forgettable; as a friend, she’s... something else. New fiction from Kiley Reid
30. PASSION IN PARADISE
Singer-songwriter, I Weigh ambassador and US April Playmate Marsha Elle lights up Tulum with a story as fearless as the poses she strikes
32. PICTORIAL
Marta Vegaz. Really down to earth
40. THE PLAYBOY SYMPOSIUM
Five American activists shed light on the treacherous road to the ballot box
50. COVER FEATURE
Melanie San Roma. A gorgeous mix of Mexican and Irish
58. ANTIFA IN FOCUS
Out of the shadows and on the record: a bracing look at the antifascist movement
60. HUMOR: AVERAGE ACCEPTANCE NOW
Quinta Brunson takes a stand between badass and basic
66. PICTORIAL
Elektra Sky. Competitive gymnast and pole dancing instructor
74. SFSX: THE DIRTY MIND GUIDE 2 - TALKING DIRTY
It’s Smut 101 in this lesson on hot talk: "Erotic language is like a vibrator for your imagination!”
82. PICTORIAL
Sarah E. Evans. Small town Texas fitness model
90. CIVIL LIBERTIES: WORDS MATTER
First Amendment scholar Nadine Strossen on why free speech must, by definition, be for everyone
92. US SENATOR GARDNER: RADICAL CENTRIST
Can a self-professed moderate like Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado survive in today’s starkly divided political world?
ON THE COVER
MELANIE SAN ROMA Photography by Matthew Lusk No 32 | May 2020