Gay Times

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Gay Times

Editor	Joseph Galliano
Categories	Gay & Lesbian
Frequency	Monthly
First Issue	Unknown
Final Issue — Date — Number	- -
Company	Millivres Prowler Group Ltd.
Country	United Kingdom
Language
Website	www.gaytimes.co.uk
ISSN	0950-6101

Gay Times is the United Kingdom's leading gay magazine, for gay and bisexual men.

It is run by Millivres Prowler Group Ltd. and has a sister paper - Diva - for lesbians. The first issue of the Gay Times appeared in 1984, when it was created from HIM magazine which had started in 1975. axm magazine, a rival to Attitude and Gay Times' younger brother, is now published by the same company. Today Gay Times is one of Europe's leading gay magazines, the largest per edition in the world ^{[citation needed]}, distributed world-wide and one of the most respected voices in the gay world.

Gay Times key contributors include; Rictor Norton, Terry Sanderson, Richard Smith, Rupert Smith, Peter Tatchell, and Stewart Who?

It features gay news and current events, interviews, satire, award-winning physique photography, male art, a famous agony aunt section, personal ads, and sections on music, film, literature, and the internet, from a left of centre point of view. It also features lifestyle advertisements and a large directory section, including ads for escort services, counselling services and phone lines. It is largely seen as more political and adult-oriented than Attitude, which now has both Gay Times' heritage and axm's vibrant outlook to contend with.

The front cover of the September 2004 issue - used on the London Underground.

In September 2004 Gay Times had a controversial advertising campaign on the London Underground with pictures of their September issue front cover, that proved popular with Gay Times readers. It was the first advertising campaign to feature a gay kiss, attracting only one complaint that was later thrown out by the Advertising Standards Agency.