Out (magazine)

 

 

Out

Editor	Aaron Hicklin
Categories	LGBT culture, lifestyle
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	203,000
Publisher	Joe Landry
First issue	1992
Company	Here Media
Country	United States
Language	English
Website	www.out.com
ISSN	1062-7928

Out (ISSN 1062-7928) is a popular gay and lesbian fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine, with the highest circulation of any gay monthly publication in the United States. It carries itself in a similar editorial manner to Details, Esquire, and GQ. Out was published by PlanetOut Inc. until 2008, when it sold LPI Media to Regent Entertainment Media, Inc., a division of the company that owns here!.

History

Out was founded by Michael Goff in 1992 as editor in chief and president. He and executive editor Sarah Pettit (since deceased) together built it into the largest circulation gay publication,^{[citation needed]} featuring prominent writers (such as Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris). By avoiding sexually explicit material and personal classifieds, the publication was able to attract more mainstream advertisers than previous publications aimed at gay readers.^{[citation needed]}

The magazine attracted international attention when it published its debut Power Issue in May 2007, with a cover that featured two models wearing masks of journalist Anderson Cooper and the actor Jodie Foster above the cover line, "The Glass Closet." Some lesbians have criticized Out magazine for primarily focusing on gay men. A writer for the website After Ellen noted that in 2008, no lesbians were featured on the magazine's cover, and that only 22% of the persons featured in the 'Out 100' were lesbians.

On April 18, 2012, it was announced that a newly-formed company, Grand Editorial, would oversee the editorial content of Out as a contractor for Here Media. Out editor-in-chief Aaron Hicklin founded Grand. Although the in-house editorial department was eliminated, Hicklin said that he would hire most of the editorial staff back as contracted freelancers.

Notable contributors

Writers Josh Kilmer-Purcell Dale Peck Dan Savage Nathan Lee T Cooper Mark Simpson Tim Murphy Edmund White Jesse Archer Bob Smith Dustin Lance Black

Photographers Francois Rousseau Roger Erickson Ben Watts Matthias Vriens Cass Bird Patrick McMullen Joe Opedisano Terry Richardson Xevi Muntane Pierre et Gilles Walter Pfeiffer Nicholas Wagner

Notable Celebrities on the Cover

• Channing Tatum (June/July 2012)
• Adele (June/July 2011)
• Christina Aguilera (June/July 2010)
• Jennifer Aniston (April 1998)
• Billie Joe Armstrong (April 2010)
• Nate Berkus (August 2007 and December 2010/January 2011)
• Sandra Bernhard (September 1994 and November 1998)
• Cher (May 2002)
• Glenn Close (February 1995)
• Ben Cohen (rugby union) (August 2011)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (August 2009)
• Darren Criss (March 2011)
• Ellen DeGeneres (May 1997 and February 2004)
• Dolce & Gabbana (September 2000)
• Lady Gaga (September 2009)
• Newt Gingrich (March 1995)
• Anne Hathaway (December 2006)
• Chris Hemsworth (May 2012)
• Whitney Houston (May 2000)
• Jennifer Hudson (December 2007)
• Mick Jagger (November 1997)
• Jack Kerouac (August 1998)
• k.d. lang (December 1995/January 1996 and August 1997)
• Cyndi Lauper (December 2009/January 2010)
• Madonna (April 2006)
• Joe Manganiello (March 2012)
• Ricky Martin (December 2010/January 2011)
• Ewan McGregor (April 2003 and March 2010)
• Ian McKellen (September 1993 and October 1998)
• Nicki Minaj (October 2010)
• Liza Minnelli (August 1994)
• Kylie Minogue (August 2010)
• Dolly Parton (July 1997)
• Katy Perry (December 2008/January 2009)
• Daniel Radcliffe (September 2010)
• Keanu Reeves (July/August 1995)
• RuPaul (December 1993/January 1994)
• Britney Spears (April 2011)
• Hilary Swank (October 1999)
• Patrick Swayze (September 1995)
• Uma Thurman (November 1993)
• Donatella Versace (October 2009)
• Gianni Versace (September 1997)
• Mark Wahlberg (October 1997)
• Pete Wentz (August 2008)
• Renée Zellweger (February 2003)

External links

• Official website