
When we reported Friday that Regent Media was firing upwards of two dozen staffers at its magazines as it moved to shutter The Advocate as a standalone magazine (it’ll be poly-bagged with Out moving forward), we relayed that production manager Brian Lindsey, upon getting word that he was fired, “sent out a naked picture of himself with a sock over his happy parts” to colleagues. We’re not sure exactly what message he was trying to send — Suck it, Colichman? Good luck with your shrinkwrap, Jarchow? — but we got ahold of the photo.
Of which you can see the possibly NSFW version on the next page.
UPDATE: One commenter says Lindsey is the fella on the left, not the sock-sporter on the right. If that’s the case, the jockstrap skirt sends a message of … “Your ass is grass?”
This picture was never intended to be “fuck off” to Regent Media in any way. It was meant to be a humorous send off to my colleagues. I had a great five years working at the Advocate and met a lot of great people and made a lot of good friends. I wish them all the best of luck and apologies to anyone who found it offensive.
This was just a stupid picture of me at a Halloween party at the Frolic room with a hot-socked twink. I do regret not getting sockboys name and number though…. Anybody?…
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Brian didn’t lose his severance because of his friend’s socked-junk. Regent needs the extra money for their writers and artists, who haven’t been paid in months. Brian’s email was a kind farewell to his friends at the company, and Regent’s HR alien-queen-bitch knows it.
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Did any of these people ever study Journalism anyway?