Out (magazine)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Out magazine cover showing the Carlson Twins.

Out is a popular gay men's fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine with the highest circulation of any gay monthy publication in the United States. It carries itself in a similar editorial manner to Details and GQ. Out is published by LPI Media which also publishes The Advocate, HIV Plus, The Out Traveler, and Alyson Books, along with its sister publication group, Specialty Publications, which maintains the nations three largest pornography titles. International adult titles: Men, (formerly Advocate Men), FreshMen, UnZipped, and [2] Magazine. These titles have provided the funding to mainstream titles.

The magazine was founded by Michael Goff in 1992 as Editor in Chief and President. He and first hire, Executive Editor Sarah Pettit built the largest circulation gay publication ever and for the first time attracted world-class writers and contributors and mainstream advertisers to fund it.

A key ingredient in Out's success at attracting high brow advertisers who had never considered targeting the gay market before was that the magazine offered a safe environment in which no pornography or personal classifed advertisements were allowed. 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. In less than two years, Out surpassed The Advocate, the only other national gay magazine and one which had been in existence for 30 years, in circulation and scope of advertisers.

In November 2005, LPI Media was acquired by PlanetOut Inc. Aaron Hicklin is the Editor-in-Chief.