New York City-based musician Von poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing. Creating BLOODY MARY was born out of a desire to marry all of Von's favorite things - boxing, DJs, dark rooms, and kink attire.
Fighters spar during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
Boxer Avery Ellis poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. "When I started boxing at OutBox, I still felt uncomfortable with myself. But the more I've gotten comfortable there, the more I've been able to introduce other people in a gentle way to a not-so-gentle sport," says Ellis.
OutBox trainer Colline Laninga poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
Founder of OutBox Gym Max Adler poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing. "I transitioned openly at regular boxing gyms and was so accepted by people there. But New York is the perfect place for a gym like this - there's a lot of trans and queer people that seek a place that's safe and affirming. OutBox is a place of artists and queer movers and shakers," Adler says
Max Adler, founder of OutBox, prepares to spar Avery Ellis during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
Fighters Avery Ellis (L) and Max Adler (R) spar during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
Fighters Max Adler (C) and Avery Ellis (R) react after sparring during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
Performer Zora poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing.
New York City-based musician Von poses for a photo during Von's BLOODY MARY: KOs and Kink show at House Of Yes on February 18, 2024 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Von's BLOODY MARY is a party series collaboration with Williamsburg's OutBox Gym, Brooklyn's first transgender-owned and operated boxing gym. The collaboration merges queer performance art with blood play and exhibition-style boxing. Creating BLOODY MARY was born out of a desire to marry all of Von's favorite things - boxing, DJs, dark rooms, and kink attire.