Out (magazine)#Out100

Out was founded by Michael Goff in 1992{{cite journal|author=Sandra L. Caron|title=An investigation of content and media images in gay men's magazines|journal=Journal of Homosexuality |date=February 2008 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/23555244 |access-date=August 13, 2015|doi=10.1080/00918360802345297|volume=55|issue=3|pages=504–523|pmid=19042283|s2cid=205468927}}{{cite web|title=Magazines in Alphabetical Order|url=http://guides.library.harvard.edu/schlesinger_womens_magazines|work=Radcliffe Institute|access-date=October 19, 2015}} as editor in chief and president. The executive editor was Sarah Pettit (since deceased). In 1996, owner Robert Hardman fired Goff and hired Henry E. (Hank) Scott, a former New York Times Co. executive, as president of Out Publishing Inc., with the charge to rescue the financially troubled magazine company. When Scott joined Out, the company had annual revenues of less than $4 million and expenses of $7 million. Scott changed Out{{'s}} LGBT focus, arguing that gay men and lesbians had little in common other than political and legal issues. He fired Pettit and hired James Collard, editor of Attitude, a gay magazine published in the UK, to refocus Out on an affluent and style-conscious gay male audience. Audited circulation grew by 67 percent to over 130,000 and the household income of the average Out reader, as measured by MRI, grew from $70,000 a year to $90,000 a year. With the help of Lou Fabrizio, a senior advertising executive whom Scott hired from The New York Times, Out began attracting major fashion advertisers and brands such as Saturn, which previously had not advertised in gay publications. Three years after Scott took control of Out, it had tripled its revenue and become the largest-circulation gay magazine in US history. Those changes positioned the publication for a sale by Hardman to LPI Media in 2000.

In 2001 the circulation was 100,000. Judy Wieder, who was the first female editor in chief of The Advocate, became the first female editorial director of Out. By 2006, when the magazine was acquired by PlanetOut, Out{{'s}} circulation had reached 130,000. Out attracted international attention when it published its debut Power Issue in May 2007, with a cover that featured two models wearing masks of journalist Anderson Cooper and actor Jodie Foster above the cover line, "The Glass Closet". Some lesbians have criticized Out for primarily focusing on gay men. A writer for the website AfterEllen noted that in 2008, no lesbians were featured on the magazine's cover, and that only 22% of the persons featured in the Out100 were lesbians.{{cite web|author=Dorothy Snarker|title=An open letter to Out magazine|work=AfterEllen.com|publisher=Logo Online|date=November 13, 2008|url=http://www.afterellen.com/blog/dorothysnarker/an-open-letter-to-out-magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421170211/http://www.afterellen.com/blog/dorothysnarker/an-open-letter-to-out-magazine|archive-date=April 21, 2010|access-date=February 3, 2009}}

In 2008, Out, along with its sister publication The Advocate, was purchased by Here Media Inc. Here Media expanded the magazine's web presence, OUT.com, and added a mobile application.{{Cn|date=August 2024}} In April 2012, Out laid off the twelve members of its editorial staff with one month severance; editor-in-chief Aaron Hicklin said he intended to hire back most of them as contractors with his new company Grand Editorial.{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2012/04/5727847/out-lays-its-entire-editorial-staff-editor-aaron-hicklin-wants-hire-mo|title='Out' lays off its entire editorial staff, but editor Aaron Hicklin wants to hire 'most' back into his new startup|access-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417070101/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/media/2012/04/5727847/out-lays-its-entire-editorial-staff-editor-aaron-hicklin-wants-hire-mo|archive-date=April 17, 2016|url-status=dead}}{{Update needed|date=August 2024}}

In 2017, Here Media sold its magazine operations to a group led by Oreva Capital, who renamed the parent company Pride Media.{{Cite news| title = Publisher of High Times acquires LGBT publications| work = Reuters| access-date = 2020-04-04| date = 2017-09-07| url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-oreva-lgbt-idUSKCN1BI1QW}} In August 2018, Hicklin stepped down after 12 years as editor-in-chief{{Cn|date=August 2024}} and was replaced by Phillip Picardi.{{Cite news|url=https://fashionista.com/2018/08/phillip-picardi-out-editor-in-chief|title=Phillip Picardi Leaves Condé Nast for 'Out'|work=Fashionista|access-date=2018-08-27|language=en}}

Despite editorial changes, Out and Pride still faced financial issues and frequent complaints from freelancers and contract employees.{{cite news |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |title=Out Magazine, Pride Media Rife With Challenges for New Editor |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/out-magazine-pride-media-challenges-new-editor-phillip-picardi-1202884718/ |access-date=October 18, 2018 |work=Women's Wear Daily}} In February 2019, Women's Wear Daily reported that more than forty contributors wrote an open letter to Pride Media and Oreva Capital, its operating entity, as well as its former editorial management partners Grand Editorial and McCarthy LLC, demanding payment for past work.{{Cite web |last1=Hays |first1=Kali |date=February 8, 2019 |title=Unpaid Out Magazine Contributors Demanding Payment Amid Fresh Layoffs |url=https://wwd.com/business-news/media/unpaid-out-magazine-contributors-letter-out-layoffs-1203006401/ |work=Women's Wear Daily}}{{Cite web |last=Weiner |first=Sophie |date=January 30, 2019 |title=Out Magazine Contributors Are Still Waiting to Be Paid |url=https://splinternews.com/out-magazine-contributors-are-still-waiting-to-be-paid-1832181269 |website=Splinter News}}{{Cite web |date=February 7, 2019 |title=Pride Media says the check's in the mail |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/02/07/pride-media-says-the-checks-in-the-mail/}} They filed a nonpayment grievance via the National Writers Union. "The National Writers Union is now representing 25 freelance contributors to Out magazine, who are owed more than $40,000 for work that was contracted, produced and published," the union said in a statement.{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Out Magazine: Pay the Freelancers! |url=https://nwu.org/out-magazine-pay-the-freelancers/}} The New York Times detailed the nonpayment issues and that the total owed was in excess of $100,000.{{Cite web |last=Peiser |first=Jaclyn |date=February 25, 2019 |title=Out Magazine's Fresh Start Overshadowed by a Bitter Money Dispute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/business/media/out-magazine-unpaid-freelancers.html |work=The New York Times}}{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2019 |title=Out Magazine owes freelancers more than $100K |url=https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2019/02/26/out-magazine-owes-its-freelancers-more-than-100k-are-you-one-of-them/ |website=Freelancers Union Blog}} The New York Post reported Pride Media owed more than $100,000 in unpaid ad commissions to PinkNews, a London-based digital publisher catering to the global LGBT audience.{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Keith J. |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Out magazine owner owes more than $100K in unpaid ad commissions |url=https://nypost.com/2019/03/05/out-magazine-owner-owes-more-than-100k-in-unpaid-ad-commissions/}}{{Needs update|date=August 2024}}

In December 2018, Raquel Willis was appointed as executive editor, becoming the first trans woman to take on a leadership position at the publication.{{cite magazine |last1=Christian |first1=Tanya A. |title=Transgender Activist Raquel Willis Appointed Executive Editor at Out Magazine |url=https://www.essence.com/news/transgender-activist-raquel-willis-appointed-executive-editor-out-magazine/ |access-date=December 11, 2018 |magazine=Essence |date=December 10, 2018}} While at Out, Willis won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Article for "[https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/20/trans-obituaries-project-honoring-trans-women-color-lost-2019 The Trans Obituaries Project]".{{Cite web|date=2020-07-30|title=UPDATING: Award Recipients at the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards|url=https://www.glaad.org/blog/winners-31st-annual-glaad-media-awards|access-date=2020-09-29|website=GLAAD|language=en}}

Picardi left Out in December 2019, announcing his abrupt departure via Twitter.{{cite news |last1=Levesque |first1=Brody |date=December 11, 2019 |title=Advocate and Out Magazine Editors-In-Chief depart amid turmoil |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2019/12/11/advocate-and-out-magazine-editors-in-chief-depart-amid-turmoil/ |access-date=December 11, 2019 |work=Los Angeles Blade}} In September 2020, David Artavia was appointed as the magazine's new editor-in-chief.{{Cite web|date=2020-09-28|title=Pride Media Taps David Artavia as New Editor in Chief of Out Magazine|url=https://www.out.com/news/2020/9/28/pride-media-taps-david-artavia-new-editor-chief-out-magazine|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.out.com|language=en}} In January 2020, Diane Anderson-Minshall was named CEO of Pride Media and later that year became the editorial director of Out.{{Cn|date=August 2024}} In June 2022, Equal Entertainment—the largest LGBTQ-owned media company in the United States—acquired Pride Media and took on the name Equal Pride.{{cite web |last1=Herren |first1=Parker |title=Pride Media acquired by Equal Entertainment—making it the largest LGBTQ+-owned media company |url=https://adage.com/article/media/pride-media-acquired-equal-entertainment-form-equal-pride/2420781 |website=Ad Age |access-date=16 August 2024 |date=June 21, 2022}}

Since its beginning, Out offered an annual list, the Out100, documenting a hundred "influential, inspirational" LGBTQ personalities and celebrities{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/30-rocks-maulik-pancholy-glees-jonathan-groff-join-100-list/|title=OUT100 List Adds '30 Rock's' Maulik Pancholy, 'Glee's' Jonathan Groff,' 'American Horror Story's' Denis O'Hare|date=2013-11-12|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-sh-out-magazine-19th-out100-ian-mckellen-20131107-story.html|title=Out magazine rolls out its 19th Out100 list of LGBT celebrities|last=Hubbard|first=Amy|website=Los Angeles Times|date=November 7, 2013|access-date=2019-06-16}} and "founded to celebrate and honor some of the most influential LGBTQIA figures."{{Cite web|url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/pop%20culture/this-year-s-out100-list|title=This Year's Out100 List|website=www.lofficielusa.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-16}} In conjunction with the listings is the annual Out100 Awards honoring a handful of that year's celebrities with: Ingenue of the Year, Reader's Choice, Artist of the Year, and Entertainer of the Year.{{Cite news|url=https://www.axs.com/the-2014-out100-awards-celebrate-two-decades-of-lgbt-advocacy-29938|title=The 2014 OUT100 Awards celebrate two decades of LGBT advocacy|work=AXS|access-date=2019-06-16|language=en-US}} In 2019, editor Phillip Picardi said the Out100 was the magazine's "greatest and most well-known tradition".{{Cite web|title=Welcome to the 2019 Out100|url=https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/18/welcome-2019-out100|last=Picardi|first=Phillip|date=November 18, 2019|website=Out|language=en|access-date=May 8, 2020}} Out introduced a Reader's Choice Award in 2013 in addition to its editorially curated list of the top 100 honorees.{{cite web |title=Out Celebrates the 19th Annual Out100 Presented by Buick |url=http://echelonmagazine.com/celebrates-19th-annual-out100-presented-buick/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810125052/http://echelonmagazine.com/celebrates-19th-annual-out100-presented-buick |archive-date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}

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• Bret Easton Ellis {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Josh Kilmer-Purcell {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Dale Peck{{Cite web|title=Dale Peck|url=https://www.out.com/authors/dale-peck|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Dan Savage{{Cite web|date=2017-10-01|title=2010: 'It Gets Better' Founder Dan Savage Reflects on The Groundbreaking Youth Project|url=https://www.out.com/pride/2017/10/01/2010-it-gets-better-founder-dan-savage-reflects-groundbreaking-youth-project|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Nathan Lee{{cite news|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2007/11/13/syllabus-film-1980|title=Syllabus: 1980|access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• T Cooper{{cite news|url=http://t-cooper.com/other-work/|title=Some other places with writing by T Cooper|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140210121238/http://t-cooper.com/other-work/|archive-date=February 10, 2014|url-status=dead}}
• Mark Simpson{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10section3b.t-6.html?_r=1&|title=Sporno|newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 10, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2012|last1=Haskell |first1=David }}
• Tim Murphy{{cite news|url=http://www.aidschicago.org/home/772-out-magazine-talks-prep-and-features-afcs-jim-pickett|title=OUT Magazine talks PrEP and features AFC'S Jim Pickett|access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• Edmund White {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Jesse Archer{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jesse-archer/|title=Jesse Archer|access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• Bob Smith{{cite news|url=http://events.sfgate.com/performers/show/895054-bob-smith|title=Bob Smith|access-date=January 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107020406/http://events.sfgate.com/performers/show/895054-bob-smith|archive-date=January 7, 2014|url-status=dead}}
• Dustin Lance Black{{Cite web|date=2010-05-24|title=Dustin Lance Black: Pillars of Salt|url=http://www.out.com/entertainment/2010/05/24/dustin-lance-black-pillars-salt|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Kimberly Drew{{Cite web|title=Kimberly Drew|url=https://www.out.com/authors/kimberly-drew|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Jenna Wortham{{Cite web|date=2019-02-13|title=How Our Generation Is Changing the Definition of 'Femme'|url=https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2019/2/13/how-our-generation-changing-definition-femme|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Ericka Hart{{Cite web|date=2019-08-05|title=We Need to Decolonize the Body Positive Movement|url=https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/8/05/we-need-decolonize-body-positive-movement|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Chani Nicholas{{Cite web|date=2019-11-27|title=Chani Nicholas Gives You the Only Astrology Reading You Need for 2020|url=https://www.out.com/print/2019/11/27/chani-nicholas-give-you-only-astrology-reading-you-need-2020|access-date=2020-12-16|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Adam Eli{{Cite web|date=2019-09-09|title=India's Gay Prince Says Repealing Sodomy Ban Isn't Enough|url=https://www.out.com/out-exclusives/2019/9/09/indias-gay-prince-says-repealing-sodomy-ban-isnt-enough|access-date=2020-12-28|website=www.out.com|language=en}}
• Diane Anderson-Minshall
• Mey Rude
• Tracy Gilchrist

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• Francois Rousseau{{cite news| url=http://www.ohlalaparis.com/ohlalaparis/2007/09/vampires-in-la-.html| title=Vampires in L.A. by Francois Rousseau // OUT| access-date=January 6, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126073352/http://www.ohlalaparis.com/ohlalaparis/2007/09/vampires-in-la-.html| archive-date=November 26, 2015| url-status=usurped}}
• Roger Erickson{{cite news| url=http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/photographer_roger_erickson| title=Roger Erickson| access-date=January 6, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107010545/http://www.rockpaperphoto.com/photographer_roger_erickson| archive-date=January 7, 2014| url-status=dead}}
• Ben Watts {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Matthias Vriens{{cite news| url=http://glampr.com/james-marsden-for-out-magazine-by-photographer-matthias-vriens-mcgrath/| title=James Marsden for OUT Magazine by Photographer Matthias Vriens McGrath| access-date=January 6, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106230541/http://glampr.com/james-marsden-for-out-magazine-by-photographer-matthias-vriens-mcgrath/| archive-date=January 6, 2014| url-status=dead}}
• Cass Bird {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Patrick McMullan{{cite web |url=http://pmc-mag.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911200525/http://pmc-mag.com/about/ |archive-date=2013-09-11 |url-status=usurped |title=About PMc |website=PMc Magazine |access-date=July 28, 2022}}
• Joe Opedisano{{cite news| url=http://www.ohlalaparis.com/ohlalaparis/2007/01/ave_joe_oppedis.html| title=Ave Joe Oppedisano!| access-date=2012-01-06| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126064132/http://www.ohlalaparis.com/ohlalaparis/2007/01/ave_joe_oppedis.html| archive-date=November 26, 2015| url-status=usurped}}
• Terry Richardson{{cite news|url=http://www.highsnobiety.com/2012/07/12/chloe-sevigny-by-terry-richardson-for-out-magazine/|title=Chloe Sevigny by Terry Richardson for OUT Magazine |access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• Xevi Muntane{{cite news| url=http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2011/10/spanish-actor-jan-cornet-by-xevi-muntan%C3%A9-for-out-magazine.html| title=Spanish actor Jan Cornet by Xevi Muntané for OUT Magazine| access-date=January 6, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106234757/http://www.ohlalamag.com/en/2011/10/spanish-actor-jan-cornet-by-xevi-muntan%C3%A9-for-out-magazine.html| archive-date=January 6, 2014| url-status=dead}}
• Pierre et Gilles {{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• Walter Pfeiffer{{cite news| url=http://www.galeriesultana.com/__Pages_Artistes/walter_pfeiffer.htm| title=Walter Pfeiffer| access-date=January 6, 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305121838/http://www.galeriesultana.com/__Pages_Artistes/walter_pfeiffer.htm| archive-date=March 5, 2014| url-status=dead}}
• Nicholas Wagner{{cite news| url=http://www.behance.net/gallery/Power-Point/2180343|title=Power Point |access-date=January 6, 2012}}
• Mike Ruiz{{Cite web|date=2020-04-17|title=Out Cover Star Mike Ruiz's 7 Portraits of LGBTQ+ Icons|url=https://www.out.com/photography/2020/4/17/out-cover-star-mike-ruis-7-portraits-lgbtq-icons|access-date=2020-10-22|website=www.out.com|language=en}}

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