Your favorite Gay/Lesbian local publications?

Betty · 10-28-2008, 07:02 AM

It occurred to me yesterday that I'm missing a huge opportunity to market to the local gay and lesbian (and yes, all the other flavors) community. With all the Prop 8 stuff it just clicked for me that there was a huge demographic I could market to and wasn't.

So, my friends of that persuasion, do you have any publications that you really like and read regularly? Local ones would be better then a national magazine. (We can't do installs anywhere but So. Cal.). They can't have any nudity in them or the owner will not approve (and that goes for hetero pub's as well.)

If you can send me the name of the publication(s) you enjoy, I can look them up and go from there.

Thanks for your help!

JWBear · 10-28-2008, 09:05 AM

I don't read the local gay rags with any regularity. They're mostly fluff. I have a subscription to The Advocate.

Kevy Baby · 10-28-2008, 09:29 AM

I'm partial to Teenage Lesbian Coeds Monthly, but I don't think that is what you are looking for.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 10-28-2008, 12:53 PM

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I'm partial to Teenage Lesbian Coeds Monthly, but I don't think that is what you are looking for.

That reminds me I need to renew...

Chernabog · 10-28-2008, 11:01 AM

Frontiers magazine is the major local gay magazine (there are stands for Frontiers all over West Hollywood at all the businesses). I have a friend who works for them in the advertising department. PM me your information and I can pass it on to him.

On a national level, there's the Advocate (news mag) and Out magazine.

Details is also a national magazine that is supposedly straight, but it really isn't.

Betty · 10-28-2008, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Chernabog

Frontiers magazine is the major local gay magazine (there are stands for Frontiers all over West Hollywood at all the businesses). I have a friend who works for them in the advertising department. PM me your information and I can pass it on to him.

On a national level, there's the Advocate (news mag) and Out magazine.

Details is also a national magazine that is supposedly straight, but it really isn't.

Done and thanks!

I'll still check out the national pub's though - sometimes they have different zones and I can get in a local one.

Gemini Cricket · 10-28-2008, 11:11 AM

The only gay publication I read on a regular basis is The Advocate.
Don't know a lot about the local publications.

innerSpaceman · 10-28-2008, 11:42 AM

What is it you're marketing to the gays??

Kevy Baby · 10-28-2008, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What is it you're marketing to the gays??

Yes on 8 bumper stickers

Betty · 10-28-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

What is it you're marketing to the gays??

Custom cabinetry. I have no idea if it will be successful - but I'm hoping that there may be a little more disposable income with that demographic. Or maybe I'm just stereotyping and will be looked down upon by my assumptions.

Hope not.

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Betty Kicking up my heels! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Silver State Posts: 3,783	Your favorite Gay/Lesbian local publications? It occurred to me yesterday that I'm missing a huge opportunity to market to the local gay and lesbian (and yes, all the other flavors) community. With all the Prop 8 stuff it just clicked for me that there was a huge demographic I could market to and wasn't. So, my friends of that persuasion, do you have any publications that you really like and read regularly? Local ones would be better then a national magazine. (We can't do installs anywhere but So. Cal.). They can't have any nudity in them or the owner will not approve (and that goes for hetero pub's as well.) If you can send me the name of the publication(s) you enjoy, I can look them up and go from there. Thanks for your help! __________________ Nee Stell Thue
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	I don't read the local gay rags with any regularity. They're mostly fluff. I have a subscription to The Advocate. __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	Frontiers magazine is the major local gay magazine (there are stands for Frontiers all over West Hollywood at all the businesses). I have a friend who works for them in the advertising department. PM me your information and I can pass it on to him. On a national level, there's the Advocate (news mag) and Out magazine. Details is also a national magazine that is supposedly straight, but it really isn't. __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony) Last edited by Chernabog : 10-28-2008 at 11:08 AM.
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The only gay publication I read on a regular basis is The Advocate. Don't know a lot about the local publications.
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