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| Type | gay magazine |
| Format | Glossy Magazine |
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| Owner | XY Magazine |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Political allegiance | Left |
| Price | $7.99 US |
| Headquarters | 8491 Sunset Blvd #1 W Hollywood CA 90069 |
| Circulation | 40,000 |
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| Website: www.xy.com | |
XY is a gay male youth-oriented magazine published in the United States of America. Its name is a reference to the XY chromosome pair found in males.
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Background
XY was founded in San Francisco and moved its operations to West Hollywood, California in 2004.[1] The magazine's administrative offices are located in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego, California. It publishes roughly four editions a year. However, the magazine is notorious for its erratic and sometimes late publications of editions. This lack of structure, though, is almost part of the magazine's appeal. It focuses on political and cultural articles, pictures, and submissions by readers.
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From its inception in 1996 through 2006, 46 issues have been published. The founding and long standing editor is Peter Ian Cummings.
Special editions and other publications
As well as its regular issues, the magazine has published a series of specials:
- Two editions of the "Survival Guide" were more serious than usual editions with articles on everything from coming out to age of consent laws to suicide.
- "The Best of XY" contained the best of the magazine's articles, as selected by editors, contributors, & readers.
- "XY: The Photos" contained the best photos from the magazine.
- "XY: The Photos 1996+2007" contained even more photos then the first issue and is the most current XY to date 01-01-08
XYFoto
A bimonthly companion magazine XYFoto was launched in autumn 2003 containing only photographs. This magazine is printed on matte paper and contains arousing but non-pornographic images of young men. So far, seven issues have been published.
Website
XY also operates the website XYmag.com, which features magazine content as well as an online dating service "for young gay men".
Reader demographic
When XY launched in 1996, according to the publisher, the average age of its readers was 22. This has since declined to 18 as of 2001 [1], a demographic shift largely attributable to an increase in under-18 readers, "because people were coming out at younger ages."
References
- ^ XY's address for donations, 8491 Sunset Boulevard, #1, West Hollywood, CA, 90069
