Press
“OP is transtronic Awesomeness!”
- John Cameron Mitchell
“OP made my mind wet and my gender fluid. It’s smart, sexy, and a total turn on!”
- Mx. Justin Vivian Bond
“Original Plumbing is the hottest, most revolutionary and thrilling publication around. It’s called the ‘trans male quarterly’ – but I think its reach goes far beyond the transgender community.”
- Margaret Cho
“Thanks! I’ll read it on the plane tomorrow and freak everybody out.”
- John Waters
The ‘Original Plumbing’ masterminds share their most memorable moments of 2011″, OUT magazine, December 2011
“Pioneering the Trans-Masc Art Scene,” by Sarah Burghauser, LambdaLiterary.org, March 31, 2011
“San Francisco: Pipe Dreams,” by Jessica Battilana, 7×7 Magazine, February 2011
The 2010 OUT100 list , OP editors Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos make the “100 most compelling people of 2010″ list, OUT magazine, October 28, 2010
“Pipe Dream: Original Plumbing,” by Kjerstin Johnson, Bitch Magazine, Issue 49
“Giving Voice to the Once-Silent”, by Guy Trebay, The New York Times, August 11, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN’s BEST OF THE BAY 2010
Voted BEST LOCAL ZINE in the Readers Poll, San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 27, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN’s HOT PINK LIST 2010
“THE QUEER ISSUE: Our annual list of queers we adore — and their ideas for our queer future,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 22, 2010
Original Plumbing: Interviews with Amos Mac and Rocco Kayaitos,
LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS magazine, issue #4 Spring 2010
“Transmen and the City”
by William Van Meter, New York Magazine, May 15, 2010
TQ Nation Interview with Amos Mac
by Sicily Skye, April 13, 2010
TQ Nation Interview with Rocco Kayiatos
by Tristan Skye, March 29, 2010
“The Amos Mac Interview,” by Johnny Murdoc, February, 2010
“Queer Print: Keeping the Counterculture Coming,” by Johnny Murdoc, February, 2010
“Amos Mac : The AUTOSTRADDLE interview”
February 20, 2010
“New trans ‘zine enters the market”
by James Withers, 365Gay / LOGOonline, February 23, 2010
Darin Klein & Friends : An interview with Amos Mac & Rocco Kayiatos
by Darin Klein, January 2010
“The men behind Original Plumbing”
by Kjerstin Johnson, Bitch Magazine, December 22, 2009
“New magazine celebrates diversity of trans men”
by Matt Kailey, SF Examiner, December 17, 2009
“Flood of Revelers at Original Plumbing launch fete”
by Alex Schechter, Time Out New York, October 26, 2009
“Original Plumbing launches”
by Beth Greenfield, Time Out New York, Issue 734 : Oct 22–28, 2009
“On the road with ORIGINAL PLUMBING”
by Michelle Tea, SF MOMA Blog, September 2009
“Original Plumbing magazine debut and benefit party”
by Sarah Marloff, SF Examiner, August 27, 2009
Feature interview with Amos Mac about ORIGINAL PLUMBING on Australian culture website, SameSame
by Joel Bryant, SameSame.com, September 2009
























