What is Masc Nation?

Masc Nation is currently an online clothing label/boutique selling gay affiliated tee shirts and jewellery. Masc Nation provides humorous, educational commentary on gay culture to help further discussion and acceptance of the LGBT community. Through fashion we can place the issues right in front of everyone.

INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT - @mascnation

MISSION STATEMENT.

Masc Nation’s mission is to create conversation about the LGBT community and its culture in hope to further its understanding and acceptance in society. We aim to positively promote LGBT content and issues through multiple platforms such as TV, film, theatre, music, art and other creative production practices.

THE HISTORY OF MASC NATION.

Masc Nation started in November, 2014, on instagram. We currently have 4,500+ followers and have sold up to 50 tee shirts world wide in 3 months.

Masc Nation came about from a conversation with friends about gay dating apps. It seemed a lot of guys on the apps would use the term “Masc” and only want “Masc for Masc”. We thought this was funny, and kind of ironic. We wondered why gay men were dividing themselves from one another? We want to embrace all these labels and support the gay community as a whole. We’ve chosen the name Masc Nation to point out this irony.

So we made a MASC tee shirt as a personal joke and then one night when wearing it out, a friend was stopped five times to be asked where he bought the tee shirt from. This sparked the idea that these shirts could be sold and gay guys could join in on the joke. Since then, Masc Nation is slowly developing into a campaign to promote gay culture in society and educate those unfamiliar about the labels that reside within the LGBT community. 

We like to think our concept is similar to the “NO H8” campaign and brand House of Riot.

THE MASC NATION MOTTO.

Our motto is "You can't ignore the issues if they're right in front of you.”

We've placed terms used on gay dating apps on the fronts of tee shirts that can be worn as a serious label of identity or be worn ironically or for fun. Whatever reason, gay culture is subtly being placed in mainstream fashion and society where people can voluntarily educate themselves about the gay community.
Just the other night I wore a VERS tee to a club and a girl asked me what the shirt meant. After explaining its meaning she continued to ask more questions wanting to learn more. She had no gay friends and this was new to her, and she then explained her new information to a girlfriend who joined the conversation later. Our conversation ended with her asking how to purchase a tee shirt as she thought it was a cool idea and wanted to help support and promote the idea/culture.

WHO HAS SUPPORTED MASC NATION SO FAR?

As to date, these influential personalities have given their support to Masc Nation:

Courtney Act - Australian Drag Queen (Ru Pauls Drag Race) - @courtneyact instagram 

Ruby Ruse - Australian TV presenter (MTV) and actress (Orange is the New Black) - @rubyrose86 instagram

Jake Bley - Australian YouTuber - @jakebley instagram 

Luke Austin - Australian Photographer in NYC - @lukeaustinphotosthe3rd instagram 

Ethan Turnbull - Australian Male Model (Priscillas Sydney)- @ethanturnbullmodel instagram

Eves the Behavior - Australian Singer - @evesthebehavior instagram

Erin Clare - Australian Actress (Snow White The Musical) - @theerinclare22 instagram

We’d like to thank all our instagram promoters:

@djbotts

@fadie_

@disssum

@sethturnbull

@zachgrenenger

@d_a_t_a

PLEASE HELP US CROWD FUND.

Masc Nation wishes to use Kickstarter as a way to raise funds to help market our brand and grow - shout out to personalities such Courtney Act, Ruby Rose, Luke Austin and Jake Bley (to name a very few) who have supported and promoted us so far. We hope to turn Masc Nation into a brand that communicates through multiple media platforms, not just act through fashion.
Masc Nation wants funding to:

- Create an online panel talk show about gay culture and issues (much like MTVS 1 girl 5 gays).
- Stage our LGBT topical play titled, My Sons A Bottom (comedy).
- Develop a TV documentary pilot about transgendered people in Australia.
- Create online videos (parodies and satire) that comment on gay culture in a humorous and positive way - stay tuned for our hit song "You Gotta Be Masc" featuring Jason Parker of the 2014 X Factor.
- Develop a feature film that deals with LGBT content.

We hope to get your support. Much love xxx