JC Calderon celebrates one year as an out, proud cocksucker this month. In honor of the anniversary, the Survivor contestant and Janice Dickinson model sat down with Instinct magazine, which published his original coming out interview.

The past year of gay fame has given him a new outlook, says Mr. C: "I'm changed. My perception has changed. I didn't give people credit — those closest to me and beyond." Translation: "I thought my friends would be total dicks, but they're genuinely nice guys!" Awwww.

Meanwhile, Calderon also acknowledges his place as a role model, but insists he won't curb his "wild" behavior: "I don't want to be a perfect role model… Sometimes I do crazy or wild things."

Um, really? We haven't caught wind of any scandals. You're obviously not being wild enough, Calderon. Try this combination: ten cheap hookers, yogurt, a plunger and a camera.

Out isn't the only fag rag with summer on its mind. Instinct magazine's February issue gets wet and moderately wild with the first openly gay Chippendale's dancer, Brandon Pereyda.

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Hey, gay, Henry Rollins has something to say! And the Black Flag screecher's saying it to that other other monthly fag-rag, Instinct Magazine.

Taking up the rear with this month's Last Word, Rollins' message acts as a "call to arms" for the queers. Though he remains optimistic about the state of the gay nation, he's adamant when he pressures so-called pansies to keep on keeping on.

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Instinct magazine is many things to many people but Pope Benedict XVI has never spoken favorably of the publication. Queerty finds especially relevant to social progress Instinct’s monthly Mom and/or Dad of the Month column, in which a homo relates how his parents accept his gayness. The Instinct website, always a fun place to surf, offers some amusing, free e-cards, to help us keep the GLBT in the WWW.

Happily for Instinct, it is a gay print media success story. The mag’s circulation gains in the past few years have caused many straight publications the media equivalent of penis envy. Audited by BPA Worldwide, Instinct’s circulation was found to have come in at 11.4% above its rate base guarantee for the past year. Translation for non-media types: advertisers will be more eager than ever to place pages in the mag.

Irreverence, of course, is an endearing Instinct specialty. This writer’s current horoscope, for example, reads: “Today’s a good day to do little, unexpected nice things for other people in your office. Like sleeping with them.”