Your favorite Gay/Lesbian local publications?

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I want to use the same channels of information and consumerism as everyone else.

But isn't seeing ads in magazines a standard channel of information and consumerism? If I'm reading Rabbit Fancier Monthly and see an ad that has nothing to do with rabbits, I don't think, "Damnit, why are they singling me out?! Why can't they just show me an ad in a NORMAL context?!"

So the only advertising you want to see in gay-themed magazines is specifically gay products? Nothing but anal-sex aids (not AIDS), bouffant wigs, and Volvos? That doesn't make sense to me.

Or are you just talking about product ads that are specifically geared towards 'mos in 'mo magazines. Like gn2dlnd mentioned, isntead of, "Hey, we've got furniture, buy it," an ad that's, "Hey you flaming gay boy, look at this dude's package as he drapes over our furniture!" I can understand how creating specific advertising that they wouldn't run elsewhere because of the gay content would be irksome. But even that I don't really get. Companies tailor their ads to the publication's audience all the time. An ad for the same product is not going to look the same in Wired as it does in Newsweek.