what’s all this about
kd diamond is an illustrator, cultural organizer, and tattoo artist. She’s illustrated over a dozen books, for adults and children alike. Since 2012, she’s been the Art Director of Flamingo Rampant, a LGBT2Q children’s book imprint based in Toronto. She’s worked in communications and design for nonprofits throughout the country, including The League of Young Voters, The New Victory Theater, and Theatre of the Oppressed NYC.
Diamond has been organizing with the leather cooperative KinkOut since 2017. With KinkOut, she has thrown events, fundraisers, and built out art installations at Performance Space New York, MoMA PS1, MOCA’s The Geffen Warehouse, CUNY’s CLAGS program, as well as at local small galleries and leather bars.
Diamond firmly believes in using art for social change and education. In her free time, she’s probably on the beach drawing weird wildlife or reading a book.
kd tattooing on Friday the 13 at Commonground Studio, photo by Lex Ryan
some of those books
2019 // It’s A Wild World (S. Bear Bergman, Flamingo Rampant Press)
2016 // Squishable: Adult Coloring Book
2016 // Capsid: A Love Story (Joe Osmundson, Indolent Press)
2016 // Making Out Like A Virgin [Book Cover] (ed. Catriona McHardy & Cathy Plourde)
2016 // The Slutist [Spot Illustration]
2015 // Girl Sex 101 (Allison Moon, Katie Diamond)
2014 // 4 U Mag [Animated Illustrations]
2014 // Partners in Passion (Mark A. Michaels, Patricia Johnson)
2014 // Trans Bodies, Trans Selves
2013 // Ultimate Guide to Prostate Pleasure (Charlie Glickman, Aislinn Emirzian)
2012 // Next Door Magazine [Art Direction]
2012 // Backwards Day (S. Bear Bergman, Flamingo Rampant Press)
2012 // Roving Pack [Book Cover] (Sassafras Lowrey)
2012 // The Ultimate Guide to Kink: BDSM, Role Play and the Erotic Edge (ed. Tristan Taormino, Cleis Press)
2012 // Playing Well With Others (Lee Harrington & Mollena Williams, Greenery Press)
2011 // The Secrets of Great G-Spot Orgasms and Female Ejaculation (Tristan Taormino, Quayside Press)
2010 // Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation (ed. S. Bear Bergman & Kate Bornstein, Seal Press)
2010 // Salacious Magazine