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List of LGBTQ periodicals

The following is a list of periodicals (printed magazines, journals and newspapers) aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) demographic by country.

Australia

Australian LGBTQ+ periodicals are listed in

  • Archer
  • Dandy Magazine, published in Sydney
  • Pink Advocate.
  • Fortnightly since 2000
  • , also , Victorian sister publication of Sydney Star Observer
  • Star Observer
  • , also

Free

  • Monthly since 2021

Out of print

Austria

  • GAY45 - Pan-European magazine dedicated to quality journalism with stations in Vienna and London - in English
  • , national
  • , national
  • , launch 1979

Out of print

Bangladesh

  • Roopbaan (Two issues published in 2014. SEE Internet Archive for archived digital copies and SEE Wikipedia entry "Roopbaan").

Belgium

Brazil

  • A Capa
  • G Magazine
  • H Magazine
  • Homens
  • Junior
  • Revista Via G

Out of print

Canada

Probably the most comprehensive list and largest collection of Canadian and international LGBT periodicals is at the ArQuives in Toronto. See the following website: Our Collections .

  • ' Launched in 1998. Montréal.
  • Daily Xtra
  • , launch 1984
  • , launch 2003
  • The 'Out'port (St. John's: The 'Out'port Magazine)
  • , Ontar
  • , Ottawa, launch 2002
  • , Ontario, launch 2000
  • Wayves (Halifax: Wayves Collective; )
  • theBUZZ Magazine (Greater Toronto Area)
  • PinkPlayMags (Greater Toronto Area)

Out of print

  • , Toronto and New York
  • (1983–1998). There is a detailed digital (PDF) INDEX to the contents of Angles and its predecessor, VGCC News, covering the period 1980 to 1998. Index is titled Angles and VGCC News and is available through Library and Archives Canada's online catalogue, through OCLC's WorldCat, or at the Internet Archive. (A few libraries also have print copies of the index).
  • , launch 2006
  • GO Info (Ottawa: Gays of Ottawa). .
  • J.D.s (Toronto)
  • Le petit Berdache (Montreal)
  • , Manitoba
  • Perceptions (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), 1983–2013. (There is also a separately published index to this periodical, in both print and PDF, covering years 1983–2004; check index holdings by some libraries in OCLC WorldCat and note that a copy of the index is also archived at Internet Archive; see also entry for Perceptions (magazine), elsewhere in Wikipedia). NOTE that this periodical title is sometimes given in library catalogues or elsewhere as: Gay and Lesbian Perceptions.
  • Rites (Rites pub). (Toronto)
  • Siren (Toronto: More Sex Please! Press). .
  • The Body Politic (Toronto: Pink Triangle Press).
  • The Gaezette (Atlantic Canada)
  • Urban Fitness (Vancouver) (Health & lifestyle title for North American market.)
  • Xtra! (Toronto: Pink Triangle Press; )
  • Xtra Ottawa (Ottawa: Pink Triangle Press; )
  • Xtra Vancouver (Vancouver: Pink Triangle Press; )

China, People's Republic of

See also separate list at: Hong Kong.

----乐点 / 点 = Gay Spot / GS / Gayspot Magazine (Beijing, 2007– ).

One of the longest-running mainland Chinese LGBT periodicals. Note that digital (PDF) archival copies for the period 2007 to 2015 (26 issues) have been posted for preservation to the Internet Archive. The entry as given above notes the various titles, in both simplified Chinese characters and in English, by which this periodical is represented. And yet one additional title form, Le Dian, has also been seen (as the Hanyu pinyin transliterated title).

Femalefield = 女性天地 (1990s?).

Note one archived sample issue of Femalefield at Internet Archive.

Les+ (Beijing, 2005–2013).

Missionary (Beijing, 2018– ).

First issue of Missionary, Sept. 2018, called "Public", created by DaddyGreenBASEMENT and "showcasing a series of personal discussions about male homosexuality in public spaces" (Emma Sun posting, Jan. 16, 2019, radiichina.com).

Costa Rica

  • , San Jose; launch 1994

Czech Republic

  • 1931–1932
  • 1932
  • 1932–1934
  • 1938
  • , launch 1993

Finland

  • , Helsinki 2010-
  • , Helsinki 2006-

Out of print

  • , Helsinki 1995
  • , Helsinki 1993–1994
  • , Helsinki 1975–1994
  • , Helsinki 2008–2009
  • , Helsinki 1995–2007

France

  • Jeanne Magazine
  • Stonewall.fr
  • , 1995-
  • Garçon Magazine

Out of print

  • , 1979–1991
  • , free
  • , 2004–2011

Georgia

  • , bilingual (Georgian-English), launch 2006

Germany

  • BLU Berlin (gay)
  • BLU München (gay)
  • EXIT Ruhrgebiet (gay)
  • GAB Frankfurt, Rhein/Main (gay)
  • , Hamburg (gay)
  • , national (gay & lesbian)
  • L-mag Jackwerth Verlag, national (lesbian)
  • (gay & lesbian)
  • rik Matthei Medien, Cologne (gay)
  • , Berlin (gay & lesbian)

Out of print

Greece

Hong Kong

For a more complete list of current and discontinued Hong Kong LGBT periodicals, see the "Towards Full Citizenship" bibliography (HK LGBT Periodicals section of that list). "Towards Full Citizenship" (5th ed., 2024) is accessible online at this link https://www.archive.org/details/towards-full-citizenship-5th-edition-2024-webpdf. (Earlier editions of the bibliography, also carrying periodical lists, can be accessed through Library and Archives Canada's catalogue and via the OCLC WorldCat).

NOTE: several Hong Kong periodicals of the 1990s have been archived to the Internet Archive site. (Click below on Contacts Magazine and on Satsanga Newsletter, which have been linked; note also that digital copies of Hong Kong Ten Percent Journal have also been archived to Internet Archive). Additionally, contents of the three titles noted in the previous sentence have been indexed in a separately published index titled: IN THEIR OWN VOICES, which is electronically available at this link https://www.archive.org/details/04-in-their-own-voices-index, and also through Library and Archives Canada's online catalogue (Aurora).

Note also some other 1980s and 1990s titles archived as sample issues at Internet Archive (女同誌 ；同志後浪; and one issue each of Pink Triangle and East Tide [see immediately following list for Chinese titles of these last two]).

Hungary

  • Boxer
  • Humen
  • Mások ("Others") (Lambda Stúdió; – Online version ()
  • Na végre! ("About time!") Ráday Music Pub Kft.; – Online version

India

1986 - Anamika - Print Magazine for South Asian lesbians and Bisexual women.

  • 1986 - Trikone - South Asian diaspora
  • 1989 - Khush Khayal - South Asian
  • 1989 - Shakti Khabar - South Asian
  • 1990 - Shamakami - For South Asian Lesbian and Bi women
  • 1990 - Bombay Dost - Indian gay men (annual print)
  • 1990 - Freedom - Gay Newsletter
  • 1991 - Pravartak - Indian lgbt magazine
  • 1993 - Samiyoni - South Asian lesbians
  • 1993 - Aarambh - South Asian LGBT
  • 1997 - Darpan - LGBT Newsletter
  • 1998 - Scripts - Queer feminist magazine
  • 1999 - Sanghamitra - Bangalore LGBT magazine
  • 2001 - Lakshya - Gujarati Gay Magazine
  • 2004 - Swakanthey - Biannual bengali magazine
  • India's first LGBT Hindi webzine, launched 1 January 2014
  • India's largest LGBT webzine, launched 2010
  • launch July 2009, global quarterly distribution
  • available online as a pdf and a hardcopy.
  • The Gays Today, TGT, is an online magazine first published in January 2023 focusing diverse issues and components of the LGBTQ+ community in India

Indonesia

The following four Indonesian titles are noted by the Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives:

Ireland

  • , since 1988. The voice of the LGBT+ community in Ireland. A registered charity in Ireland covering all topics for the LGBT+ community and giving a voice to all other LGBT+ organisations in Ireland. Typically monthly but occasionally less due to Covid and financial limitations. Winner of numerous awards in Irish publishing.
  • Gay Star/update/upstart/Northern Gay were a family of publications covering a range of topics and uses. For example, Gay Star was mainly quarterly and normally ran as an A3 fold over with 24 to 28 pages, providing in depth articles, movie/book/theatre/music reviews, even sometimes poetry. It had some advertising of local events and venues, and also provided advice on medical issues such as AIDs and the Health Clinic location. The other magazines were in a number of formats, A4, A3 fold over and these were often used to get news quickly out to the community and warn them of some kind of possible issue in the gay community e.g. police sting operations, people being beaten up, a predator hunting gay people. A full set of these magazines is located in the Linenhall Library, 17 Donegall Square North Belfast, BT1 5GB, and listings of LGBTQ+ material can be searched on their website https://www.linenhall.com/. It should also be noted that these magazines started off as part of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association, but in later years were independent of the organisation, but still supporting the aims and objectives of NIGRA. The two main editors over time were Sean McGouran and Terry McFarlane. Sean is now retired and Terry runs his own website ACOMSDave as a community journalist https://acomsdave.com/

Out of print

  • free! 2002–2006

Italy

Out of print

  • Aut
  • Babilonia
  • Cassero
  • Clubbing
  • , 1972–1982
  • Lambda
  • Towanda! (lesbian magazine)
  • LIB

Japan

  • (薔薇族), launch 1971
  • Otoko-machi Map (男街マップ)

Out of print

  • Samson (サムソン), 1982–2020
  • BÁdi (バデイ) (Terra Publications), 1994–2019
  • G-Men (ジーメン), 1995–2016
  • Adon ('), 1974–1996
  • MLMW (ムルム), 1978–1981
  • Adonisv('), Yukio Mishima was concerned with foundation of a periodical, 1952–1962
  • Anise (アニース)
  • Bara (薔薇), launch 1964
  • Barakomi (バラコミ), launch 1986
  • Carmilla (カーミラ)
  • doukou (同好), launch 1959
  • Fabulous (ファビュラス), launch 1999
  • The Gay ('), launch 1978
  • , launch 1999
  • Niji (虹)
  • P-NUTS (P-NUTS), launch 1996
  • Sabu ('), 1974–2002
  • Super Monkey (スーパーモンキー), launch 1979
  • yes (yes), launch 2006

Jordan

  • My Kali magazine, launch 2007, a conceptual digital queer publication for/by Middle East, North Africa and diaspora queers.

Lebanon

Out of print

  • Barra

Mexico

Out of print

Nigeria

Out of print

The Netherlands

Out of print

Poland

The Philippines

  • Outrage magazine
  • TEAM magazine

Russia

Out of print

Serbia

Out of print

  • Dečko magazine
  • Pride magazine

Singapore

Out of print

  • Manazine

Slovenia

Out of print

South Korea

  • Buddy magazine

Spain

  • Entiendes? 1989–
  • Gay Hotsa, bilingual Basque and Spanish, OCLC 289381704
  • MagLes magazine
  • Shangay magazine
  • Zero (out of business)

Out of print

"Dunas Mag http://www.dunasmap.com/magazine" - Gay Magazine in Maspalomas and Gran Canaria (in English / every 3 months).

Sweden

Out of print

  • , launched May 2006, global quarterly distribution, ceased publication in January 2010

Switzerland

Out of print

  • Anderschume - Kontiki. (1985–1993).
  • Der Kreis = Le Circle = The Cercle. (1933–1967) Zurich.

Taiwan

  • Blue Man magazine
  • Blue Men magazine
  • G & L Passion magazine
  • Good Guy magazine
  • Style Men magazine
  • Tung Yen Wu Chi (Eng: "Gays Speak Out")

Thailand

See the Australian National University project website for many archived Thai LGBT periodicals in electronic format. ThaiRainbowArchive: Catalogue

Turkey

  • , published quarterly by the LGBT organization KAOS GL
  • , published monthly by KAOS GL during 2001

Uganda

United Kingdom

  • Online magazine, formerly a free monthly print magazine (until April 2012), from the organisers of Mr Gay UK
  • Official free magazine of the LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing organization LGBT Hero
  • Free monthly LGBTQ+ lifestyle magazine for the UK's South Coast
  • Free LGBTQ+ online magazine for Birmingham, West Midlands and East Midlands
  • PinkNews
  • QueerAF
  • Sassify Zine. (Tales of Black Eyed Jack)
  • Somewhere: For Us: The LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise magazine for Scotland
  • Free online LGBTQ+ magazine produced for and by Scottish Highlanders
  • Online lifestyle magazine, based in Manchester; edited by Adam Lowe (writer)
  • We Are Family magazine. (We Are Family magazine Ltd)

Out of print

  • Action! (Action Newspaper Group) "The European Gay Newspaper for Men", distributed in Britain, France, Belgium, Holland.
  • , previously Axiom
  • , literary and arts journal
  • , free
  • closed 15 April 1983, now formally part of Gay Times
  • , North West, 2000–2004
  • Midlands Zone. (What's On Magazine Group)  Free monthly lifestyle magazine (1997-2020.)
  • Outback. (Self-published)
  • Free annual listings and lifestyle magazine for LGBT+ History Month UK
  • , 1987–2009 (printed)
  • (free regional LGBT newsletter), closed 2008
  • , single issue in 1920
  • , closed 2021
  • closed 1995.
  • , Outright newsletter 1990s
  • , closed, ran 1983–1992
  • (online)

United States

National news and information

  • , covering the arts, culture and society
  • , coverage of sports events and stories about athletes within the gay community
  • , covering national news, entertainment and lifestyle
  • , South Florida
  • (Jinx Beers, founder)
  • , covering LGBT activism from the intelligent view
  • XY (XY Publishing; )

Regional

Lifestyle

  • A Bear's Life Magazine (Bear Brothers)
  • Cakeboy Magazine
  • Curve (Outspoken Enterprises; )
  • Echo Magazine (ACE Publishing)
  • Elska (ISSN 2059-707X), a bi-monthly gay photography and culture publication, each issue dedicated to a different city, with local boys and local stories
  • Envy Man (Envy Media Group)
  • FTM Magazine (The Self Made Men LLC)
  • Hello Mr. ()
  • Gay Parent Magazine (Gay Parent; )
  • GayWebMoney Magazine
  • Lavender Magazine (Lavender Lifestyles Marketing; )
  • LGBT Living & Weddings Magazine
  • MetroSource (Metrosource Publishing, Inc.; )
  • My Comrade
  • Next Door Magazine
  • noiZe Magazine (The Premier Guide to Dance, Festival and Circuit Events Worldwide; )
  • OMG! Magazine (publisher= OMG Multimedia Companies, LLC)
  • Out (LPI Media; )
  • OUTCOAST (Travel and Event Marketing Services for Florida's Gulf Coast)
  • OUT THERE (publisher= Brown Tiger; )
  • Pride & Equality Magazine
  • Qr Magazine (Qr Media; )
  • Queerd
  • R* (evedesasas; )
  • The Rainbow Times, New England's LGBT largest LGBT newspaper; available as print or online.
  • RFD Magazine (RFD Press Inc.; )
  • 10 Thousand Couples, free online emagazine that publishes articles, editorials, news, and video content of particular interest to same-sex couples, unions, and domestic partners around the globe
  • She Magazine (She Girls, LLC)
  • TENz Magazine (Sailey Williams Media, LLC)
  • Velvetpark (Velvetpark Magazine; )
  • VizionsMagazine.NET (QNA Media Group, LLC)
  • Xodus USA (Xodus USA; )
  • Zeus (Fenocia Publishing Company, Inc; )

Health

  • , launched 1994

Travel

  • OUTCOAST (Gay Florida Travel Magazine)

Out of print

Scholarly

Historical research resources

  • International Directory of Gay and Lesbian Periodicals (Oryx Press, 1987),
  • Lesbian Periodicals Index (1986),
  • Lesbian Sources: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles, 1970–1990 (1993),
  • Our Own Voices: A Directory of Lesbian and Gay Periodicals, 1890–1990: Including the Complete Holdings of the Canadian Gay Archives (Canadian Gay Archives, 1991),
  • Women's and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movements (LGBT) Periodicals Collection, 1968–2005, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University

See also

References

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