ruck in residence.

Gay dating apps don’t exist outside queer culture. They’ve always been part of it.

They’re places where desire, identity, humor, politics and creativity collide. Where people experiment, connect, perform, withdraw, return.

For a long time, those spaces felt human. Then they became corporate, and something vital got flattened out.

As we build ruck, we want to bring that humanity back.

queer art is power.

It’s how we speak when words aren’t enough. It’s how we mark time, claim space, and find each other. It can be loud or barely audible. Messy or precise. Angry, tender, unresolved. It refuses to make itself smaller to be understood. ruck in residence is a space for that voice.

It’s an ongoing invitation to queer artists - across photography, illustration, poetry, spoken word, music, ceramics, performance, and forms that don’t yet have names - to be given time, attention, and space as ruck takes shape.

This is about giving queer creativity room to circulate.

About letting art live where queer people already are.

About attention as something shared, not extracted.

ruck in residence is an ongoing, rotating moment of focus. Artists in residence are invited to share their work and voice through our platform in a way that feels true to them.

If you’re a queer artist and this resonates, you’re welcome to put yourself forward. You can submit your Instagram profile for consideration. We review submissions slowly, with care.