Out (magazine)

Out

Editor	Aaron Hicklin
Categories	gay 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!.

Background

Out was founded by Michael Goff in 1992 as editor in chief and president. He and first hire, executive editor Sarah Pettit (deceased) together built the largest circulation gay publication ever and for the first time attracted world-class writers (such as Augusten Burroughs and David Sedaris) and contributors and mainstream advertisers to fund it.^{[citation needed]}

A key ingredient in Out's success in attracting high brow advertisers who had never considered targeting the gay market before was the magazine's offering of a safe environment in which no adult material or personal classifieds were published. By removing this significant barrier, advertisers were able to utilize this new national print media vehicle to reach a marginalized audience and effectively showcase their products and services.

The Log Cabin Republicans, an LGBT organization for people in the Republican Party, took issue with a May 2008 article contrasting gay Republicans with gay Democrats, asserting that the article evidenced an "anti-Republican bias" and complaining that the author of the article, Charles Kaiser, hadn't interviewed any gay Republicans for the story. In a response posted on Out.com, Kaiser pointed out that in spite of their complaints no one was challenging his assertion that closeted gay Republican Congressmen and Senators have a long history of voting against the interests of gay people.

Some lesbians have criticized Out magazine for primarily focusing on gay men, noting that in 2008 no lesbians were featured on the magazine's front cover, and that only 22% of the persons featured in the 'Out 100' were lesbians.

Notable contributors

Writers Josh Kilmer-Purcell Dale Peck Dan Savage Nathan Lee T Cooper Mark Simpson Tim Murphy Michael Joseph Gross Jesse Archer Bob Smith Tom Steele Barry Walters Mario Testino

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

• Graham Ackerman (August 2005)
• Adele (June/July 2011)
• Christina Aguilera (June/July 2010)
• Jason Alexander (April 1997)
• Pedro Almodóvar (May 1994)
• Jennifer Aniston (April 1998)
• Billie Joe Armstrong (April 2010)
• David Arquette (October 1996)
• Jamie Bamber (August 2006)
• Javier Bardem (February 2001)
• Roseanne Barr (February 1996)
• John Barrowman (October 2007)
• Bryan Batt (December 2007)
• Javier Beltran (April 2009)
• Nate Berkus (August 2007 and December 2010/January 2011)
• Greg Berlanti (May 2008)
• Sandra Bernhard (September 1994 and November 1998)
• Dustin Lance Black (October 2011)
• Justin Vivian Bond (May 2011)
• Bill Brochtrup (November 2001)
• Thom Browne (December 2007)
• David Burtka (February 2012)
• Charles Busch (October 2003)
• Margarethe Cammermeyer (February 1995)
• Christian Campbell (July 1999)
• Carlson Twins] (May 2001)
• Cher (May 2002)
• Margaret Cho (June 2002)
• Dan Choi (December 2009/January 2010)
• Glenn Close (February 1995)
• Ben Cohen (August 2011)
• Sacha Baron Cohen (August 2009)
• Alan Cumming (November 1999)
• Chace Crawford (March 2008)
• Darren Criss (March 2011)
• Billy Crudup (October 2004)
• Julie Cypher (June 1996)
• Angela Davis (February 1998)
• Ellen DeGeneres (May 1997 and February 2004)
• Lea DeLaria (March 1998)
• Marlene Dietrich (March 1997)
• Beth Ditto (May 2009)
• Dolce & Gabbana (September 2000)
• Jamie Dornan (November 2006)
• Stephen Dorff (April 1996)
• Clea DuVall (July 2000)
• Melissa Etheridge (June 1996 and August 2002)
• Rupert Everett (Fall 1992)
• Jesse Tyler Ferguson (May 2010 and December 2011/January 2012)
• America Ferrera (April 2007)
• Harvey Fierstein (October 1994)
• Tom Ford (November 2007)
• James Franco (November 2008)
• Lady Gaga (September 2009)
• Rudy Galindo (August 1996)
• Sandy Gallin (November 1994)
• Jean Paul Gaultier (March 2002)
• Thomas Gibson (August 2000)
• Newt Gingrich (March 1995)
• Kathy Griffin (December 2011/January 2012)
• Jake Gyllenhaal (October 2005)
• Alyson Hannigan (August 2001)
• Woody Harrelson (February 1997)
• Gale Harold (December 2000)
• Randy Harrison (December 2000)
• Neil Patrick Harris (September 2008 and February 2012)
• Debbie Harry (June 1999)
• Anne Hathaway (December 2006)
• Sophie B. Hawkins (May 1995)
• Anne Heche (June 1998)
• Paris Hilton (June 2006)
• Nicholas Hoult (November 2009)
• Whitney Houston (May 2000)
• Jennifer Hudson (December 2007)
• Iman (December 2006)
• Michael Irvin (August 2011)
• Cheyenne Jackson (December 2008/January 2009 and November 2010)
• Marc Jacobs (July 2003, September 2007)
• Mick Jagger (November 1997)
• Dwayne Johnson (March 2005)
• Philip Johnson (May 1996)
• Bill T. Jones (December 2007)
• Jack Kerouac (August 1998)
• Johnny Knoxville (September 2006)
• Norman Korpi (July 2001)
• Michael Kors (December 2006)
• Larry Kramer (December 2011/January 2012)
• Ricki Lake (June 1995)
• Adam Lambert (December 2009/January 2010)
• Nathan Lane (March 1996, April 2001)
• k.d. Lang (December 1995/January 1996 and August 1997)
• Cyndi Lauper (December 2009/January 2010)
• John Leguizamo (September 1995)
• Jared Leto (September 2004)
• Adam Levine (September 2011)
• Fredrik Ljungberg (August 2004)
• Greg Louganis (April 1995)
• Matt Lucas (October 2008)
• Natasha Lyonne (July 2000)
• Eric Mabius (April 2007)
• Rachel Maddow (December 2010/January 2011)
• Madonna (April 2006)
• Jesse L. Martin (September 2005)
• Ricky Martin (December 2010/January 2011)
• Rob Marshall (December 2009/January 2010)
• Eric McCormack (November 2000)
• Ryan McGinley (October 2011)
• Ewan McGregor (April 2003 and March 2010)
• Ian McKellan (September 1993 and October 1998)
• Shane Meier (October 2001)
• Christopher Meloni (June 2000)
• Mika (July 2007)
• Nicki Minaj (October 2010)
• Liza Minnelli (August 1994)
• Kylie Minogue (August 2010)
• Jerry Mitchell (October 2000)
• John Cameron Mitchell (December 2006)
• Julianne Moore (December 1998 and December 2010/January 2011)
• Megan Mullally (January 2003)
• Martina Navratilova (December 1994/January 1995)
• Me'shell Ndegeocello (July 1996)
• Bebe Neuwirth (June 1997)
• Todd Oldham (May 1999 and November 2004)
• Peter Paige (June 2002)
• Penn Badgley (March 2008)
• Mary-Louise Parker (December 2007)
• Dolly Parton (July 1997)
• Guy Pearce (March 2007)
• Katy Perry (December 2008/January 2009)
• Pet Shop Boys (January 2000 and June/July 2009)
• Joaquin Phoenix (March 1999)
• John Paul Pitoc (July 1999)
• Parker Posey (February 1999)
• Ben Price (July 2006)
• Jason Priestley (October 2003)
• James Purefoy (January 2007)
• Daniel Radcliffe (September 2010)
• Keanu Reeves (July/August 1995)
• Danny Roberts (July 2001)
• Paul Rudd (April 1998)
• RuPaul (December 1993/January 1994)
• Antonio Sabato Jr. (September 1996)
• Mathew St. Patrick (March 2003)
• Andy Samberg (March 2009)
• Marcus Schenkenberg (January 2004)
• Jake Shears (April 2005 and October 2006)
• Alexander Skarsgård (November 2011)
• Kerr Smith (March 2001)
• Wesley Snipes (September 1995)
• Sam Sparro (December 2008/January 2009)
• Britney Spears (April 2011)
• Michael Stipe (November 1995)
• Hilary Swank (October 1999)
• Patrick Swayze (September 1995)
• Tilda Swinton (April 2008)
• Wanda Sykes (December 2009/January 2010)
• Channing Tatum (February 2002)
• Lili Taylor (August 1999)
• Uma Thurman (November 1993)
• Michael Urie (April 2007)
• James Van Der Beek (September 2002)
• Gus Van Sant (December 2008/January 2009)
• Donatella Versace (October 2009)
• Gianni Versace (September 1997)
• Mark Wahlberg (October 1997)
• Rufus Wainwright (January 1999 and December 2006)
• David Walliams (October 2008)
• Alexander Wang (October 2011)
• Johnny Weir (December 2010/January 2011)
• Pete Wentz (August 2008)
• John Waters (November 2002)
• Ed Westwick (March 2008)
• Robin Williams (March 1996)
• Kevin Zegers (January 2006)
• Renée Zellweger (February 2003)

External links

• Official website