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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
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Subject: Re: Gay magazines
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Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 20:55:07 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  1 20:55:07 1984
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"Gay Community News", though it is a Boston-based weekly newspaper, covers
national issues very well.  It is aligned a bit towards the leftist/veggie/aging
hippie crowd, but not in any way that compromises its news coverage.  They
actively solicit subscriptions--I will hunt down a copy and post their address,
unless someone beats me to it.

Whenever I have picked up a copy of "The Body Politic", a Toronto newspaper,
I've been impressed by it.  It is best known for the harassment it suffered
at the hands of the Provincial Government of Ontario following a story
on Man-Boy "love."  (Will the Mounties start cutting the backbone to UofT?)
It has national distribution in the US at major newsstands and gay bookstores,
and I believe subscriptions are available, too.

I agree with your assessment of "Christopher Street", a disagreeable magazine
(undereditted, self-conscious and self-absorbed; in attempting to emulate the
"New Yorker", it falls so far of its mark it's pathetic.)  However, I find that
the "Advocate" has a pretty good hard-news section, hidden amid the pink pages
and the "Me Generation" articles.  At the very least, it has no pretentions
to being other than a agreeable mix of news, entertainment and personal ads.

I am interested to know exactly what you mean by being "alienating."
Unfortunately, even the most politically correct magazines have to break
even.  This often means incorporating ads which show Urban Gay Life
at its worst.  Too bad.  I would advise you to aim for the news and ignore
what you don't wish to see.  I would also be interested to hear of other
newspapers or magazines which people think highly of.

/Steve Dyer
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