UP magazine

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UP magazine
Editor	Andy Boreham, Aaron Hailwood
Categories	Gay & Lesbian
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	November 2002
Final issue — Number	November 2005 25
Company	Frozen Flame Media
Country	New Zealand

UP magazine was a New Zealand youth-orientated magazine for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community of New Zealand.

The first issue of UP appeared in 2002 as an A3 tabloid newspaper specifically for the Wellington, New Zealand gay community. It expanded to nationwide coverage in mid-2003 and in January 2005 changed format into an A4 magazine style. In February 2006 Editors Andy Boreham and Aaron Hailwood announced they had sold the publication although no further issues have appeared, prompting speculation that they had been bought-out by one of the three other titles in the over-crowded New Zealand gay media market.

UP featured gay news and current events, interviews, sections on music, film and literature. It also had a number of regular columnists including a Fag Hag, local transgender advocate Claudia McKay, a political column by openly gay MP Tim Barnett and a humorous lesbian sex column by Jaime Arnold, sister of Boyband singer Rob Arnold.

Editors Andy and Aaron subsequently started publishing a regular folded A3 full-colour leaflet called "Proud" which promotes Wellington-only queer events.