The Advocate
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 The Advocate #994, October 9, 2007 |
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| Editor in Chief | Jon Barrett |
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| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Bi-weekly |
| Circulation | 175,000 |
| Publisher | Joe Landry |
| First issue | 1967 |
| Company | LPI Media |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.advocate.com |
| ISSN | 0001-8996 |
The Advocate is a American LGBT-related monthly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing gay publication in the United States.
The website for the magazine contains approximately thirty percent of the print issue online and is updated daily. Archives of the magazine can be found in various subscription databases including EBSCO and InfoTrac.
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[edit] History
The Advocate was first published by Dick Michaels and Bill Rand, of the activist group PRIDE in Los Angeles, California in 1967 as a local newsletter titled The Los Angeles Advocate. In 1969 it was renamed The Advocate and distributed nationally. By 1974, Michaels and Rand were printing 40,000 copies for each issue. It attracted the attention of David Goodstein, an investment banker from San Francisco who bought the publication in 1974.
[edit] Goodstein's influence
Goodstein instituted several changes to the publication once he acquired it. Under his watch, The Advocate fully transformed into a national news magazine covering events important to the homosexual community, including the gay rights movement, art and culture. Goodstein also worked toward reducing sex-oriented advertisements in favor of more socially acceptable ones.
Goodstein also created, with Dr. Rob Eichberg, "The Advocate Experience". Loosely based on the then-popular EST (Erhardt Seminars Training), the Advocate Experience was a two-weekend, all-day series of extensive self-realization workshops to bring self-acceptance, awareness and tolerance within the LGBT community. Goodstein and Eichberg facilitated the workshops for much of their duration.
Goodstein's later editorials reflected his years as a participant in the LGBT community's fight for civil liberties. For example, during the AIDS epidemic, he remained strongly opposed to state intervention. He argued even through "our lifestyle can become an elaborate suicidal ritual, ...our safety and survival depends on each of us and our individual behaviour," as opposed to government public health regulations.[1]
Soon after Goodstein's death in 1985, the magazine was transformed from a tabloid-size newspaper format in two sections (with the second section carrying sexually explicit advertisements), to a standard-size magazine, beginning with the October 1, 1985 issue.[2]
The magazine changed hands through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and is published by LPI Media, a division of the American premium television network here!
[edit] Contributors
[edit] Notable writers, present and past
- Chastity Bono
- Kate Clinton
- Benoit Denizet-Lewis
- David Ehrenstein
- David Francis
- Michael Joseph Gross
- Allan Gurganus
- Janis Ian
- Josh Kilmer-Purcell
- James Kirchick
- Tony Kushner
- Lance Loud
- Ryan Murphy
- Robert Opel
- Christopher Rice
- B. Ruby Rich
- Gabriel Rotello
- Vito Russo
- Michelangelo Signorile
- Donald Spoto
- Andrew Sullivan
- Urvashi Vaid
- Bruce Vilanch
- Kenji Yoshino
[edit] Editors
As of February 2008[update] [3]
- Editorial Director: Aaron Hicklin
- Editor in Chief: Jon Barrett
- Executive Editor: Matthew Breen[4]
- Managing Editor: John Jameson
- News & Features Editor: Sean Kennedy
- Washington Correspondent: Kerry Eleveld
- Advocate.com editor: Ross von Metzke
- Arts & Entertainment Editor: Corey Scholibo
- Travel Editor: Ed Salvato
- Associate Editors: Neal Broverman, Michelle Garcia
- Editorial Assistants: Charles Culbert, Boo Jarchow
- Creative Director: David Gray
- Art Director: Craig Edwards
- Photo Editor: Albert Smith
- Associate Art Director: Scott McPherson
- Associate Photo Editor: Meghan Quinn
[edit] Regent Media executive officers
As of February 2008[update] [3]
- Chairman: Stephen P. Jarchow
- CEO: Paul Colichman
- CFO: David Gould
- Executive Vice President and General Manager: Stephen F. Macias
- Creative Director: David Gray
- Senior Vice President, Finance: Tony Shyngle
- Senior Vice President, Digital and I.T.: Bernard Rook
- Vice Presidents: Lisa Barker, Christin Dennis, John Knoebel
[edit] References
- ^ David Goodstein (18 March 1982). "Editorial". The Advocate: p. 6.
- ^ Cover of The Advocate, October 1, 1985.
- ^ a b "The Advocate: Staff". The Advocate. http://www.advocate.com/staff.asp. Retrieved on 2009-02-04.
- ^ "Matthew Breen Named Executive Editor of The Advocate". Echelon. EchelonMagazine.com. October 28, 2008. http://www.echelonmagazine.com/index.php?id=485. Retrieved on 2008-10-29.
[edit] Further reading
- Hogan, Steve; Hudson, Lee (1998). Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0805036296.
- Streitmatter, Rodger (1995). Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. Boston: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571198732.
- Thompson, Mark, ed. (1994). Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312131143.
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