We’ve loved BUTT since we discovered our own... Well, okay, that’s not true. We’ve loved BUTT since its 2001 inception. And it’s grown like a five-year old, too. Only bigger. BUTT’s so big, in fact, even straight men have been turned on to the Amsterdam-based pink-papered lit-porn fag rag.

Nerve's Sarah Sundberg writes:

I began to notice Butt surfacing in unexpected places. The first time it happened it barely registered — a straight friend mentioned he liked the irreverent style of BUTT's bedside interviews.
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Suddenly it seemed to be everywhere... BUTT, the gayest magazine in existence, is achieving name-recognition that signals more than simple crossover appeal — it is sincerely resonating with straight men.

How queer...

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The news totally gets us down. So, in order to bring a little fashionable light into our lives, we headed on over to Refinery 29 to see what they have cooking. Imagine our elation when we came across The Power Issue subject, Gert Jonkers: publisher of fantastic fag-rag, BUTT.

Profiled in the website's "Hot For..." section, Jonkers tells the reader that he's recently adopted a " bourgeois" aesthetic and can't wait to see more Henley tank-tops out and about. Why is he so psyched about that particular item? Because the Amsterdam-based homo's positively itching for warm weather:

I'm really ready for some sun right now, and I love sunshine in general. I think it's okay to care about the environment and to switch off the light when you go out and stuff, but if global warming would lead to warmer summers and more sun, I'm all for it!

Well at least now we know who to blame...

By his own admission, Canadian-born, New York-based artist AA Bronson's lived a pretty spectacular life. After studying architecture in Manitoba and founding a commune, a newspaper and a free store (among other things), Bronson moved to Toronto and joined forces with Felix Partz and Jorge Zontal to form viral art collective, General Idea. From 1969 until Partz and Zontal's AIDS-related deaths in 1994, General Idea's work reappropriated and reconstructed cultural symbols and cliches to take on popular and mainstream society. As gay men, they were particularly concerned with the rise of the AIDS crisis and from 1987 through 1994, their work addressed the world's silence on AIDS - perhaps most famously through their reimagining of Robert Indiana's '60s "LOVE" square in which they replaced it with AIDS.

With Partz and Zontal's deaths, Bronson found himself in a whole new world of isolation, trauma and what he describes as "extraordinary depression". Despite those years, Bronson found a new life through healing workshops. Armed with the power of curative creation, Bronson's forged a new life by merging his artistic vision with his medicinal mission. In many way, Bronson's experiences led him to a second youth, making him a perfect addition to The Youth Issue.

Thus, editor Andrew Belonsky had a little sit down with Bronson to talk about General Idea, Bronson's rebirth, loss of virginity, childhood and so much other shit we had to split it into two interviews. Experience part one, after the jump and head on back Monday for the rousing conclusion.

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Wow, who knew one little line could cause such drama? You guys may recall yesterday's post on BUTT Magazine's interview with Michael Lucas.

In said post, we included virulently pro-Israeli Lucas' comments on how people aren't used to seeing Jews defend themselves with weapons, to which we replied: "For our part, we think the world's tired of seeing Israel use its weapons, but what do we know?" For some strange reason, those nineteen little words elicited a quite the shit storm...

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We haven't left our house in weeks, so we haven't yet had a chance to peruse the new issue of BUTT Magazine featuring a chat with Michael Lucas. Thankfully, Lucas Entertainment's publicity-queen Heather Reznor sent us this link to Lucas' blog, where you can find his interview with our friend and BUTT editor, Gert Jonkers.

While the boys chat about Lucas' boyfriend and Brooklyn-based relatives, we were struck by two particular things. The first comes in the form of Lucas' admission that he's trying to toss his accent:

GJ: Are you trying to lose your accent?

ML: Sure, I would love to lose it. I'm sure I will one day. It'll take some time an I'll have to take more classes. If you live in a country, you want to speak the language. You don't want to be asked all the time, like, "Where are you from?" I also think it's a sign of respect for the country to speak the language properly.

Boo! Hearing him call you guys our "retarded readers" simply won't be the same without what we always thought to be his most endearing quality. Although, thanks for respecting our country so much, but we suspect he doesn't love it as much as Israel.

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For today's installment of The Power Issue we sat down with Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers, the darling duo behind everyone's favorite arty-cum-pervy fag-rag, BUTT.

Of course, when we say "sit", we mean we actually corresponded via the magic of the internet. Why? Well, a number of reasons, not least of all the fact that the boys live in Amsterdam. And they've been gearing up for the American release of The BUTT Book published by Taschen, a compilation of the last five years of the pink-papered mag. As if that's enough, the next issue of BUTT will be out sometime in December. One never can tell with these things.

In the meantime, dive on into that there jump and see what the boys have to say about growing up "in the exact geographical middle point of The Netherlands" (even though their towns have different names), the hows and whys behind the BUTT birth, the difference between their magazine and porn and - of course - what they look for in a penis.

When you're done pouring over the details, head on over to the BUTT website and to Fantastic Man: their less nudie, but no less incredible fashion mag. Because, really, we could also be a bit more fantastic. Except for Jop and Gert, of course...

(Loyal readers will notice we've changed the picture above. Jop asked that we change it. It seems he didn't like the way he and Gert looked. While we typically don't concede to subjective requests, he used four question marks. And he said please. So, we caved.)

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