Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wivax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!dyer From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer) Newsgroups: net.motss Subject: Re: Gay magazines Message-ID: <19242@wivax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 20:55:07 EST Article-I.D.: wivax.19242 Posted: Thu Mar 1 20:55:07 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 01:42:55 EST References: <1042@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. 01879 Lines: 30 "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 decvax!bbncca!sdyer