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Contents:
- READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
- HOW TIME’S REPORTG ON GAY LIFE AMERI SHAPED—AND SKEWED—A GENERATN’S ATTUS
- VTAGE GAY MAGAZ, INCLUDG ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
- CONTROVERSIAL GAY MAGAZE SHUTS DOWN
- ABOUT XY, US’S #1 GAY MENS PRT MAG
- IT ALL STARTED HERE: THE GAY LEGACY OF GQ
READ THE 'YEP, I'M GAY' ELLEN DEGENER INTERVIEW FROM 1997
The April 14, 1997, issue of TIME featured a s-down wh the edian, who nfirmed that her s character was gay—and so was she. * gay magazine 1997 *
"The pocket-size magaze by, for and about homosexuals, " was found the Netherlands 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jep van Beenekom. Though no longer makg new ntent prt or onle, the "famo pk perdil" mak sure you're 18 before enterg s webse -- which is jt as famoly featured photography and terviews wh renowned gay artists, such as German fashn signer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nu portras -- taken by Wolfgang Tillmans -- appeared the magaze's first issue May 2001. Sce then, BUTT has featured gay artists such as Casey Spooner, Michael Stipe, John Waters, Hez Peter Kn, Edmund Whe, Terence Koh, Walter Pfeiffer, and Slava 's athetic was memorable for the way sexualized men you'd fd on the street or subway; they had body hair, teeth that weren't perfect, even pnch.
HOW TIME’S REPORTG ON GAY LIFE AMERI SHAPED—AND SKEWED—A GENERATN’S ATTUS
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Though short-lived, Outweek prented a bold, unapologetic voice that was unaaid to ll out Ameri's dismissive attu towards AIDS and homophobia. He teamed up wh fellow ACT UP member Kendall Morrison, who was lookg for an avenue to advertise for his gay phone sex bs. It's "GossipWatch" lumns railed agast closeted public figur like David Geffen, Mallm Forb, and Liz Smh for beg plic the silence surroundg AIDS and gay rights.
When he joed Long Island's Newsday, Rotello beme the first openly gay lumnist for a major newspaper and now works as a documentary producer-director. Even though other LGBT magaz at the time knew that sex sells - and ed that to their advantage - HERO Magaze steered clear of pornography and other sexual s foundg 1997, HERO Magaze ma mov that were clive and progrsive, as was more acceptg of upl and men over 40 than other gay publitns at the time. It also ran the first tomotive lumn a natnal gay magaze and ma a hab of turng away advertisg om both tobac and adult pani.
VTAGE GAY MAGAZ, INCLUDG ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
Instct Magaze. Lnched 1997, Instct is the #1 gay men’s liftyle and entertament magaze the U.S. In the general market, Instct par as a gay versn of Details magaze—trend settg, fashn forward, rmative and most importantly, smart and humoro.Instct serv anyone terted the gay perspective on travel, fashn, entertament, health/fns, home, to, technology and datg/relatnships. Instct’s distct voice and teractn wh s rears has earned a rearship growth and loyalty that is unmatched by any other gay publitn.Instct rears are ted profsnals and te trend setters. Wh Instct, your brand will reach an dience of affluent, highly ted brand-loyal gay nsumers wh high disposable . Echo Media V3 Prt Media Experts * gay magazine 1997 *
The magaze was regnized for s efforts when beme the first gay magaze to be "highly remend" by Library Journal. XY, named for the batn of male chromosom, is a magaze that gradually beme more and more strongly aimed at gay youth, bee edors wnsed that kids beme g out as gay younger. XY says that is "known bt for s origal photography, brazenly hont mentary on polics and culture, review of film, mic and lerature, rear ntributns, advice on survivg young and gay, and a rather dark sense of humor.
" Michael Glatze - the man who clared he was no longer gay and took a sharp turn toward nservatism and Christiany while opposg gay rights - was a longtime managg edor before the publitn ially filed for bankptcy 2010.
Men was a gay porn magaze that did more than jt gay porn.
CONTROVERSIAL GAY MAGAZE SHUTS DOWN
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Men -- which was origally named Advote Men until 1997, sce was a sister publitn of The Advote -- drew an dience by feature popular male mols like Zeb Atlas and Mark Dalton, among 2009, the publishers of the Los Angel-based magaze, Specialy Publitns, announced was movg all s gay porn magaze to an onle platform, lled, you'll e up unlucky if you try to accs the webse now; and no new issu of Men have seen the light of day sce.
Blueboy - origally wrten as Blue Boy -- reigned as the gay equivalent of Playboy of the tail end of the 20th-century. The first issue of Blueboy featured ver art that parodied the om beg a hot source for gay porn the '70s and '80s, Blueboy doubled as a liftyle magaze that featured articl on everythg om love advice to TV and movie reviews to fashn. However, as more gay liftyle magaz emerged the early 1990s, such as Out, MetroSource, and Genre, beme more and more difficult to pete and differentiate self.
As a rult, Blueboybegan publishg much more hardre gay imag and jettisoned most of s non-porn ntent. Playguy - not to be nfed wh the famo and famo Playboy - was a porn magaze for gay men unr the age of published 1976, the magaze jt barely surpassed 30 years circulatn when was shut down 2009, ne years after the ath of s founr, Gee W. When Genre was first published 1992, started out as quarterly magaze that mostly vered subjects pertent to gay man, particularly wh a foc on entertament and travel, sometim strayg to verage of polil topics.
ABOUT XY, US’S #1 GAY MENS PRT MAG
Mandate Augt 1997, Mandate Augt 1997 Gay Adult Magaze Back Issue Published by the Mavety Publishg Group the USA sce 1975. Between The Sheets., Betw * gay magazine 1997 *
In 2002, the magaze faced another rebrandg project, as began to lve to more topics of personal growth wh gay men, tacklg issu like spirualy and how to live a healthy liftyle. Origally put together by the Dghters of Bilis, the first Amerin lbian anizatn, which disband over disagreements on whether to band up wh misogynist gay male functns or jo the femist movement, several of Ladr's edors moved to the Natnal Organizatn for Women.
Found by Instct Publishg and distributed by Curtis Circulatn 1997, Instct saw the light of day as a tangible gay men's liftyle magaze until 2015. Its onle rnatn was tablished 2013, where still actively publish articl verg gay media, polics, and mentary. There's never a dull moment magaze, which targeted gay men the leather subculture was found 1975 by John H.
Although Edor--Chief Jack Frscher disliked Nazis, Dmmer allowed the gay Natnal Socialist League to advertise the magaze for s. It was on the April 14, 1997, ver of TIME magaze that Ellen DeGener, then the star of the s Ellen, nfirmed somethg she’d been buildg up to for s: “Yep, ” as the ver put , “I’m gay.
IT ALL STARTED HERE: THE GAY LEGACY OF GQ
She would be playg the first gay lead character on Amerin work televisn. Penney, ironilly, as that pany would later hire DeGener for an ad mpaign that would turn draw s own ntroversy — and the natn bated whether the show would “legimize” a facet of life that was still margalized, or if merely proved that homosexualy was already accepted by enough of the populatn that such a plot twist was possible. TIME: So, for the rerd, are you yourself gay?
” I never wanted to be the spokperson for the gay muny. TIME: Is beg gay somethg you stggled wh? My first gay experience was lerally someone else’s ia–I was eaked out even by the thought of .
In that spir, TIME is publishg this article by Eric Marc, thor of Makg Gay History. Over lunch one afternoon at our kchen table, wh the latt issue of TIME turned to an article about Ana Bryant’s succsful mpaign to repeal a gay-rights bill Da County, Fla., I raged over the jtice of both Bryant’s assertn that gay people were a danger to children and the wardly legislators who ved to prejudice and ignorance.