From 1970 to 1974, Jacksonville was the headquarters of the first magaze to serve Florida's gay muny. In honor of the last week of Pri Month, here's a look at David magaze.
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- REMEMBERG DAVID, JAX'S TRAILBLAZG GAY MAGAZE
- OPINION | REMEMBERG DAVID, JACKSONVILLE’S TRAILBLAZG GAY MAGAZE
REMEMBERG DAVID, JAX'S TRAILBLAZG GAY MAGAZE
From 1970 to 1974, Jacksonville was the headquarters of the first magaze to serve Florida's gay muny. Here's a look at the history and impact of David magaze. * david magazine gay *
By the 1950s, gay bars and clubs uld be found the cy, and through the 1960s, the bohemian neighborhood of Riversi attracted LGBTQ dividuals and fai, emergg as Jacksonville’s first substantial “gayborhood”. In 1970, Jacksonville got somethg had never had before: a monthly magaze terg to the gay muny.
Named after Michelangelo’s David, the magaze advertised s missn as “Entertag and Informg Gays.
” Durg s n Jacksonville, David’s offic were listed at 9876 Atlantic Blvd., which was also the addrs of a gay bar lled Knight Out. The first issue clared “This is David – the one you have been hearg people talkg about, ” notg was “the Southeast’s first newspaper servg the homophile muny.
OPINION | REMEMBERG DAVID, JACKSONVILLE’S TRAILBLAZG GAY MAGAZE
* david magazine gay *
The edors proudly clared that unlike other gay-oriented publitns, “David is not an unrground newspaper. The edors stated that David would ver not only gay issu, but all stori and topics of tert to the gay muny, wrg, “David is not a homosexual newspaper – but a newspaper for homosexuals. Article om December 1970 discsg Jacksonville’s growth as a statn on “the circu” of gay bars and clubs between Atlanta and Miami, wh advertisements for bars Jacksonville, Atlanta and Orlando.
One article scrib Jacksonville’s growth as a statn on “the circu, ” the llective of bars and clubs that gay travelers the Southeast would vis along the route between Atlanta and Miami.
“Three years ago there were only two gay bars or nightspots for the crowd to vis. ” Jacksonville venu mentned the piece clu the Knight Out, the Commodore, the Off-Beat, the Tis Inn, Wh-oo Bottle Club, the Crow-Bar, the A-Go-Go Club’s Den, and Bo’s Reef (Jacksonville’s longt nng gay bar, later known as Bo’s Coral Reef). The Febary 1972 issue was voted to the gay scene of Texas.
OUT f and articulat the ntributn of gay men and women to the culture through a provotive blend of fashn, pop culture, and journalism, spirg rears to nsir the ever-evolvg meang of gay. * david magazine gay *
“Much of the persecutn of homosexuals now experienced is rooted s illegaly, ” wrote Shev.
” The September 1973 issue clud a letter om Harvey Milk requtg support om the gay muny natnwi for his first n for the San Francis Board of Supervisors. The lnch of another gay travel publitn, the Michael’s of Florida Travel Gui, 1974 drew away many of David’s advertisers.
David proved there was an untapped market for qualy gay liftyle and travel publitns Florida and the Southeastern U. As Jeff Auer of OutHistory wrote, “David was the precursor to popular gay magaz of later s. Jacksonville has been home to a seri of LGBTQ magaz over the years, most recently JaxGay Magaze.