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The publishers of Outserve Magazine have received permission to distribute the gay-oriented title on Army and Air Force bases beginning next month. OutServe Magazine will hit store shelves at Army and Air Force bases on Sept. 20, the day the Pentagon plans to formally end enforcement of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly. The …

From an outfit called Higher Standard Productions, Tea Party Review will debut at CPAC to “celebrate our Christian and conservative heritage in America.” The magazine’s mission statement: We need a forum for Tea Partiers to come together, to trade ideas, to resolve disputes, to find out what other activists are doing and thinking….a place to develop plans for taking our …

The Chinese edition of Sports Illustrated last week featured the words “Go Gays!” on its cover to highlight a feature story on out Chinese athletes. The below clip recaps the SI article (with English subtitles).(Tipped by JMG reader Jim)

“This is a learning moment for everybody.”

My click-tracker tells me that over 1700 of you hit the Harps contact page link I posted at the beginning of the day. It’s a tiny victory to be sure, but it’s also a message to all the nation’s retailers. Nice work, everybody. UPDATE: Appreciative positive reinforcement would be a nice thing for us to do.

Last night Twitter user JennHudd tweeted out this photo she took at Harps, a grocery store in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Apparently US Weekly’s cover shot of Elton John, his partner, and baby is just too shocking for children. Harps has over 60 locations in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. Call their home office at 877-772-8193 or use their contact form if …

Bob Guccione, founder of Penthouse Magazine and the man whose spectacular flop Caligula introduced hetero movie audiences to fisting, has died at the age of 79. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1930, Guccione started Penthouse in the mid-1960s. By the 1980s, he had created a $300 million media business and Penthouse had a circulation of 4.7 million, according to …

Copyranter points out James Franco’s cover shot for the first issue of Candy Magazine, “the first transversal style magazine.” One thousand copies only, street date October 24th.

Mithly, a groundbreaking magazine for gay Arabs, has launched in Morocco. Although an online magazine for gay Arabs launched out of Lebanon in 2007, Mithly is first such print title. Mithly means “the same as me” in Arabic; it is also a respectful way to refer to homosexuals. It is a word that the people behind Mithly magazine would like …

Boy Culture is reporting that Mavety Media Group is ceasing the publication their lengthy stable of gay porn magazines, some of which have been around for decades. Among the titles gone are one-time one-handed standards such as Mandate, Honcho, Torso, and Inches. Boy Culture author Matthew used to work for Mavety and has some fascinating memories of his time there. …