Dylan Mulvaney has bared all for the cover of PAPER Magazine. The advocate has proved that the trans community deserve to feel confident in their own skin, as she wore only firecrackers for the cover of the April edition. 

The multi-faceted artist, author and performer is hot on the heels of her debut book, Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer, which has achieved New York Times bestseller status. Following on from her successful writing turn, Mulvaney was interviewed for the publication by her “OG ride or die” Lily Drew, to whom she dedicated her book. 

In a series of stunning images for the PAPER Magazine shoot, Mulvaney revived her iconic blonde locks. One photo sees the star standing proudly in a low-cut white bodysuit and sparkling #1 medal, hands on her hips like a modern-day Americana – played by the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling’s Cindy Maranne and the real-life inspiration behind GLOW’s Liberty Belle (Betty Gilpin). 

A further image saw the star basking in golden hour, modelling two sultry red bows as a top and a matching red skirt by AREA and heels. Worlds away from her typical retro-inspired looks, Mulvaney reflected on her striking new look during the interview.

“Would you have ever expected me to do a magazine shoot with my big t**s, firecrackers going, blonde with bleached eyebrows?” she asked friend Drew. 

“Bleached, no,” Drew quipped. “Bleached eyebrows is where you draw the line,” Mulvaney responded, laughing.

During their conversation, Drew asked whether Mulvaney would bring her hugely successful one-woman show FAGHAG to the US after performing it at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2024.“I am hoping to do the play later this year,” she said, adding, “I don’t know if we can call it that” due to the social media censorship of the slur. 

“We’re trying to figure out the title and if it’s gonna stay or not. But what I do think will stay no matter what is this essence that gender has become so stupidly complicated and that we have to find the funny, and that trans joy can exist in any medium. We haven’t seen a lot of it in musicals or on stage,” she said.

“But I think that I’m realizing I feel a certain responsibility of like, ‘yes, this will be my joy.’ But also, there are a lot of people that maybe didn’t know my story or people coming that haven’t seen trans storytelling. I want to make sure that they leave feeling some kind of way.”

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