GAY TIMES appots Lewis Corner as Edorial Director

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• GAY TIMES APPOTS LEWIS CORNER AS EDORIAL DIRECTOR
• GAY TIMES
• REETA LOI AND JAMIE WDT JO GAY TIMES TEAM CONTRIBUTG EDOR ROL
• GAY TIM SACKS EDOR AFTER ANTISEMIC AND OFFENSIVE TWEETS EMERGE
• LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
• GAY TIM
• RECENTLY APPOTED GAY TIM EDOR FIRED OVER ANTI-SEMIC, ANTI-TRANSGENR TWEETS
• NEWLY APPOTED EDOR OF GAY TIM SACKED FOLLOWG EMERGENCE OF OFFENSIVE TWEETS
• MARA GAY
• FIRED EDOR OF GAY TIM IS STILL APOLOGISG FOR PROBLEMATIC TWEETS: ‘I PAID A FAIR PRICE’

GAY TIMES APPOTS LEWIS CORNER AS EDORIAL DIRECTOR

Lewis Corner has been announced as Edorial Director of GAY TIMES, rponsible for the global output of ntent across the group’s prt, digal and social channels. Gay Tim Magaze remas the flagship of the group and will ntue s globally-renowned standard of LGBTQ publishg sce s rebrand late 2017. Corner will ntue to work closely wh Tag Warner, CEO of GAY TIMES, who led the anisatn through a radil transformatn 2019.

In his prev rol as Onle Edor and then as Chief Content Officer at GAY TIMES, Corner oversaw the foundatns of this renewed foc on digal media.

When he joed GAY TIMES om Hearst Magaz UK 2017 he revigorated to an dtry-leadg platform that regnised and reacted to what our dience was llg out for; diverse ntent for a diverse dience. This cid wh the succsful lnch of GAY TIMES on Apple News, makg this ntent accsible to more people than ever before. He also empowered the plete amelratn of the GAY TIMES Instagram acunt, which quickly overtook all petors to bee the most followed and engaged-wh LGBTQ acunt on the platform.

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In April 2019, Corner led the charge on a Gay Tim Magaze issue dited entirely to mic, tled Sounds Like Queer Spir. Far om an exclively prt mpaign, the issue cid wh the lnch of GAY TIMES as a curator on Apple Mic, providg LGBTQ-foced playlists to spotlight the wealth of queer mic talent that is out there.

This veloped to a groundbreakg llaboratn wh Apple Mic throughout Pri season – the first major iative wh an LGBTQ anisatn of s nature – and culmated Elevate: an iative to platform emergg LGBTQ artists wh the bed mcle of both GAY TIMES and Apple Mic. “Beg part of a team that has tly transformed GAY TIMES to a morn media anisatn, 12 months ago I set out to troduce the brand to new dienc through novative and excg new ntent channels, ” says Corner.

“I’m extremely exced to take on the role of Edorial Director and to gui the legacy of Gay Tim Magaze to a new , buildg a platform that will ntue to serve, spire and enterta our muny.

REETA LOI AND JAMIE WDT JO GAY TIMES TEAM CONTRIBUTG EDOR ROL

Tag Warner adds: “While many major players are matag var tradnal approach, GAY TIMES ntu to be uniquely posned to lead high-qualy LGBTQ media across prt, digal and social platforms 80+ untri around the world. Corner will lead at the GAY TIMES Group level, workg alongsi strategy, ntent creatn and productn teams to create world-class LGBTQ media an unparalleled end-to-end client offerg for leadg brands.

GAY TIM SACKS EDOR AFTER ANTISEMIC AND OFFENSIVE TWEETS EMERGE

Further to this, Daniel Megarry has been promoted to Featur Edor of GAY TIMES, while Sam Damshenas has been appoted Entertament Edor. Origally a magaze for gay and bisexual men, the pany now clus ntent for the LGBTQ+ muny across a number of outlets, cludg a monthly digal magaze, a webse updated daily wh news and culture ntent, and a number of social-media platforms.

We also touched upon the power and need for more and more posive reprentatn media, and how GAY TIMES has this at the foreont of our ntent strategy and pany missn. @mob b and @gaytim are partnerg up to brg you ‘Tag, You’re It’, an ongog seri where someone tagged the ment sectn will be ved to the Mob Stud to ok their favoure dish for you. I'm super exced to be workg more closely wh the GAY TIMES team, startg my new role as their ✨ Junr Vio Edor ✨ this week!

LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I’M GAY AND DON’T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT

GAY TIMES is mted to amplifyg the voic of and empowerg those the LGBTQ+ muny, and 's an honour to be a part of the team ?. Journalist | Wrer at GAY TIMES en Español | Master's gree History of Art and Visual Culture. Last month Tiff and I lead a discsn on THE POWER OF QUEER MUSIC wh GAY TIMES at EssenceMedia.

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Proceeds om all ticket sal will be donated to Amplifund, GAY TIMES’ philanthropic iative. Both Reeta and Jamie have featured on the pag of GAY TIMES Magaze the past their rol as visible and rpected voic wh the LGBTQ+ muny. In their new posn as Contributg Edors, they will have the opportuny to ntue to share their voice wh others across the GAY TIMES platform, as well spotlightg and supportg new and unheard voic wh the muny.

Their work will published GAY TIMES Magaze and across our digal platforms, which reach lns of LGBTQ+ people each month.

RECENTLY APPOTED GAY TIM EDOR FIRED OVER ANTI-SEMIC, ANTI-TRANSGENR TWEETS

Reeta is also the CEO of Gaysians; an anisatn created to empower, celebrate and support South Asian LGBTQ+ people through events, workg and chary work. GAY TIMES holds a special place my heart, beg the first queer publitn I ever read, and for ntually sharg stori om our muny that need attentn and rpect, ” said Jamie.

Both Reeta and Jamie have wrten for GAY TIMES prevly, but this marks the start of regular ntributns om them both as part of the edorial team.

NEWLY APPOTED EDOR OF GAY TIM SACKED FOLLOWG EMERGENCE OF OFFENSIVE TWEETS

“Havg known both Reeta and Jamie for a few years now, I uldn’t be happier to officially wele them to the GAY TIMES team and get the opportuny to work wh them more closely, ” said Lewis Corner, Edorial Director of GAY TIMES.

Reeta and Jamie’s first piec for GAY TIMES Magaze will feature our next issue, which marks the first of our new quarterly edn.

The edor of Gay Tim has been sacked for tweetg a seri of antisemic and misogynistic ments as well as g Twter to attack gay people, homels people and disabled Rivers, the first BME edor of a gay men’s magaze, took the posn only last month, but his future was placed jeopardy after a strg of cendiary posts on his Twter acunt between 2010 and 2015 me to light. He was spend by the magaze on Wednday and on Thursday morng, announced that had dismissed a statement, said: “After an vtigatn of the facts surroundg historil tweets by Josh Rivers, the newly appoted Edor of Gay Tim magaze; we announce that his employment has been termated wh immediate effect.

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“Gay Tim do not tolerate such views and will ntue to strive to honour and promote clivy. Josh Rivers, the recently appoted edor of Gay Tim, and the first Black edor of a gay men's magaze, was fired om his role after was disvered that he reportedly tweeted ments offensive to different margalized groups as recently as 2015.

"Gay Tim do not tolerate such views and will ntue to strive to honour and promote clivy, " the publitn said a statement posted to s Twter on Nov. " He also reportedly scribed Jewish people as "gross, " and exclud films about the Holot om a ll for movie Guardian reported that Rivers also ma disparagg ments toward gay men of Asian scent, transgenr people, and pl-size people.

FIRED EDOR OF GAY TIM IS STILL APOLOGISG FOR PROBLEMATIC TWEETS: ‘I PAID A FAIR PRICE’

"In addn to beg fired om Gay Tim, Rivers was also removed om an onle mpaign for Chappy, a gay datg app that "pledg to provi a safe space which 'discrimatn by race, relign, disabily, genr inty, age or anythg else is strictly forbidn, '" reported the Inpennt.

Whereas historilly, men who have been lled out for problematic behavr have rarely, if ever, faced repercsns for their actns, the swiftns wh which Gay Tim rpond to the reported disvery by firg Rivers speaks to a changg atmosphere — one that supports margalized people as a matter of urse. It's paful to celebrate a step forward (such as, say, the hirg of the first Black edor of a gay men's magaze) only to then have revealed that that same step forward wh a history of offensive remarks. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angel Tim) To the edor: I wonr if the LGBTQ+ muny realiz that the Supreme Court lg favor of a webse signer who didn’t want to create weddg s for gay upl n work our favor as well.