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THE WEEK, Page 33SOCIETYOut Is Out
A new, more mature magazine for gays and lesbians makes its
debut
Not everyone's idea of gay liberation is a magazine modishly
modeled on Vogue or GQ, albeit with same-sex couples parading
fashions and lesbians fantasizing about their ideal spa. But
those willing to set aside political correctness for gossipy
profiles, moody travel pieces and smart reviews of gay-tinged
pop culture -- along with pieces about abortion, aids and
activism -- can now look forward to the quarterly publication
of Out.
Gay publications used to be strident political journals,
amateurish local newspapers or skin magazines. But AIDS and the
conservative backlash seem to have matured the community,
ripening the Advocate into a newsmagazine and evoking such other
debuts as QW and Genre. Of these, the glossy, full-color Out is
the most professional looking, drawing contributors from the Los
Angeles Times, the late Connoisseur and Ms., as well as
mainstream advertising from Benetton, Absolut vodka, Geffen
records and Viking Penguin press. Says editor Michael Goff:
"We're called Out because coming out is the one thing all gays
and lesbians have in common." The problem: it may be the only
thing they have in common. Out must span the chasm of gender,
traditionally even wider in gay media than straight, if it is
to survive.