How an unknown former mol turned photographer, a gay art director, and a llegiate water polo player om California ed the pag of GQ to refe the Amerin man—and changed forever the look of magaz, photography, and advertisg.
Contents:
- DISVERG THE “GAY LIFTYLE” THROUGH 1970S MAGAZ
- VTAGE GAY MAGAZ, INCLUDG ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
- 1980S. MEDIA: REGNAL GAY PUBLITNS
- 6 DES OF LGBT MAGAZ, INCLUDG THE ADVOTE AND GAY TIM
- IT ALL STARTED HERE: THE GAY LEGACY OF GQ
DISVERG THE “GAY LIFTYLE” THROUGH 1970S MAGAZ
The gay men's magaz QQ and Ciao! were unabashedly liberated, but they still tered to an exclive dience. * gay magazines 1980s *
Today, we remember the creasgly outspoken polil movement for gay and lbian rights. Lnched the sprg of 1969 wh the slogan “For Gay Guys Who Have No Hangups, ” QQ was a glossy nsumer magaze. ” But unlike gay liberatn magaz and newspapers of the time, voted ltle space to polics or activism.
VTAGE GAY MAGAZ, INCLUDG ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
While there have, undoubtedly, been signifint ton LGBT history earlier s, I believe the Eighti was a particularly important perd. That saw a major shift towards the emergence of a global gay culture. The gay genie me right out of s ltle pk bottle and to the streets (and the * gay magazines 1980s *
In the 1950s and ’60s, some gay men turned word-of-mouth scriptns of lol scen to guis nsistg of the nam and addrs of bars, wh d scriptns. “The turn toward liftyle, straight and gay, volved a turn toward nsumptn as a form of self-ventn, yet the gay liftyle media stcted s rearshp not only how to bee ‘themselv, ’ as the straight publitns, but also how to bee gay, ” Hilrbrand wr. ’s photos reflected more racial and ethnic diversy than many other gay publitns of the time, that uld be seen more as a reflectn of fetishizatn than cln.
1980S. MEDIA: REGNAL GAY PUBLITNS
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“Although the young studs may do everythg bed, except perhaps kiss, there is still one le a gay mt never fet, ” the thor wr. Embraced a gay inty, if not necsarily one that was particularly polil. "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 pk.BUTT 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 Mogut.BUTT'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. 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.
6 DES OF LGBT MAGAZ, INCLUDG THE ADVOTE AND GAY TIM
One area of LGBT history that I feel is often neglected is that of regnal gay publitns. Admtedly, I do have a b of a biased view here given my own volvement one such publitn, Gay East Midlands. But, that fact notwhstandg, I do thk the publitns serve some regnn and a greater unrstandg * gay magazines 1980s *
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 ntent.After 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. 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.Popularized by s sexy photoshoots of popular nam (and popular bods) the adult film dtry, Men also featured erotic fictn, vio reviews, and other unique featur.
IT ALL STARTED HERE: THE GAY LEGACY OF GQ
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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 others.But 2009, the publishers of the Los Angel-based magaze, Specialy Publitns, announced was movg all s gay porn magaze to an onle platform, lled .However, 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.Found 1974, Blueboy got s name om a famo 18th-century portra by Thomas Gasborough of the same name that featured a boy drsed up fancy blue cloth. The first issue of Blueboy featured ver art that parodied the patg.Asi 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.Although the publitn shut down December 2007, s fame has been immortalized the Cyndi Lper song "She Bop" where she sgs: "Well, I see him every night tight blue jeans / In the pag of a Blueboy magaze". Playguy - not to be nfed wh the famo and famo Playboy - was a porn magaze for gay men unr the age of 25.First 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.