In the spirit of LGBT History Month, your dedicated editors sifted through a huge pile of glossy dead trees to find breakthrough magazine covers. (Not really–we Googled.)
Some obvious images came to mind, Barack Obama in Newsweek, Ellen DeGeneres’s TIME cover in 1997, Laverne Cox looking fabulous after her star-turn on Orange is the New Black. Going back even further we were reminded of great covers like Leonard Matlovich on the cover of TIME Magazine back in 1975.
“The Homosexual” in America, TIME Magazine, 1969
Leonard Matlovich, TIME Magazine, 1975
How about we take this to the next level?
Our newsletter is like a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.
Sir Elton John, Rolling Stone, 1976
The Case for Gay Marriage, The New Republic, 1989
K.D. Lang and Cindy Crawford, Vanity Fair, 1993
“Yep, I’m Gay,” Ellen Degeneres. TIME Magazine, 1997
Is Gay Marriage Next? Newsweek, 2003
Lance Bass, People Magazine, 2006
Adam Lambert, Rolling Stone, 2009
Ricky Martin, People Magazine, 2010
Wanda Sykes, POWER 150, Ebony Magazine Dec 2009/January 2010
President Barack Obama Newsweek, 2012
Gay Marriage Already Won, TIME Magazine, 2013
Jason Collins comes out, Sports Illustrated, 2013Caitlyn Jenner, Vanity Fair July 2015
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Wonderful Magazine Pictures and Subjects! My lifetime partner of 54 years and I have watched LGBT advancements over the years, getting married in Massachusetts in 2004, filing our taxes jointly in 2014 following the SCOTUS overturning section 3 of DOMA in 2013, and SCOTUS ruling for Marriage Equality as the law of the land in 2015! Kudos to all of our supporters and boo to those that don’t support us, especially those who we pay their salaries with our tax money.