List of LGBTQ periodicals


The following is a list of periodicals aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer demographic by country.

Australia

Australian LGBTQ+ periodicals are listed in

Free

  • Monthly since 2021

Austria

  • - Pan-European magazine dedicated to quality journalism with stations in Vienna and London - in English
  • , national
  • , national
  • , launch 1979

Out of print

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Bangladesh

Brazil

  • A Capa
  • G Magazine
  • H Magazine
  • Homens
  • Junior
  • ''Revista Via G''

Out of print

Canada

Probably the most comprehensive list and largest collection of Canadian and international LGBT periodicals is at the ArQuives in Toronto. See the following website: .
  • Launched in 1998. Montréal.
  • Daily Xtra
  • , launch 1984
  • , launch 2003
  • The 'Out'port
  • , Ontar
  • , Ottawa, launch 2002
  • , Ontario, launch 2000
  • Wayves
  • Magazine

Out of print

  • , Toronto and New York
  • . There is a detailed digital INDEX to the contents of Angles and its predecessor, VGCC News, covering the period 1980 to 1998. Index is titled Angles and VGCC News and is available through Library and Archives Canada's online catalogue, through OCLC's WorldCat, or at the Internet Archive. .
  • , launch 2006
  • GO Info..
  • J.D.s
  • Le petit Berdache
  • , Manitoba
  • Perceptions, 1983–2013.. NOTE that this periodical title is sometimes given in library catalogues or elsewhere as: Gay and Lesbian Perceptions.
  • Rites.
  • Siren..
  • The Body Politic.
  • The Gaezette
  • Urban Fitness
  • Xtra!
  • * Xtra Ottawa
  • * ''Xtra Vancouver''

China, People's Republic of

See also separate list at: Hong Kong.
----乐点 / 点 = Gay Spot / GS / Gayspot Magazine.
One of the longest-running mainland Chinese LGBT periodicals. Note that digital archival copies for the period 2007 to 2015 have been posted for preservation to the Internet Archive. The entry as given above notes the various titles, in both simplified Chinese characters and in English, by which this periodical is represented. And yet one additional title form, Le Dian, has also been seen.
Femalefield = 女性天地.
Note one archived sample issue of Femalefield at Internet Archive.
Les+ .
Missionary.
First issue of Missionary, Sept. 2018, called "Public", created by DaddyGreenBASEMENT and "showcasing a series of personal discussions about male homosexuality in public spaces".

Costa Rica

  • , San Jose; launch 1994

Czech Republic

  • 1931–1932
  • 1932
  • 1932–1934
  • 1938
  • , launch 1993

Finland

  • , Helsinki 2010-
  • , Helsinki 2006-

Out of print

  • , Helsinki 1995
  • , Helsinki 1993–1994
  • , Helsinki 1975–1994
  • , Helsinki 2008–2009
  • , Helsinki 1995–2007

France

  • Jeanne Magazine
  • Stonewall.fr
  • , 1995-
  • Garçon Magazine

Out of print

  • , 1979–1991
  • , free
  • , 2004–2011

Georgia

  • , bilingual, launch 2006

Germany

  • BLU Berlin
  • BLU München
  • EXIT Ruhrgebiet
  • GAB Frankfurt, Rhein/Main
  • , Hamburg
  • , national
  • L-mag Jackwerth Verlag, national
  • rik Matthei Medien, Cologne
  • , Berlin

Out of print

Greece

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Hong Kong

For a more complete list of current and discontinued Hong Kong LGBT periodicals, see the "Towards Full Citizenship" bibliography. "Towards Full Citizenship" is accessible online at this link ..
NOTE: several Hong Kong periodicals of the 1990s have been archived to the Internet Archive site.. Additionally, contents of the three titles noted in the previous sentence have been indexed in a separately published index titled: IN THEIR OWN VOICES, which is electronically available at this link , and also through Library and Archives Canada's online catalogue.
Note also some other 1980s and 1990s titles archived as sample issues at Internet Archive.
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Hungary

India

1986 - Anamika - Print Magazine for South Asian lesbians and Bisexual women.
  • 1986 - Trikone - South Asian diaspora
  • 1989 - Khush Khayal - South Asian
  • 1989 - Shakti Khabar - South Asian
  • 1990 - Shamakami - For South Asian Lesbian and Bi women
  • 1990 - Bombay Dost - Indian gay men
  • 1990 - Freedom - Gay Newsletter
  • 1991 - Pravartak - Indian lgbt magazine
  • 1993 - Samiyoni - South Asian lesbians
  • 1993 - Aarambh - South Asian LGBT
  • 1997 - Darpan - LGBT Newsletter
  • 1998 - Scripts - Queer feminist magazine
  • 1999 - Sanghamitra - Bangalore LGBT magazine
  • 2001 - Lakshya - Gujarati Gay Magazine
  • 2004 - Swakanthey - Biannual bengali magazine
  • India's first LGBT Hindi webzine, launched 1 January 2014
  • India's largest LGBT webzine, launched 2010
  • launch July 2009, global quarterly distribution
  • available online as a pdf and a hardcopy.
  • The Gays Today, TGT, is an online magazine first published in January 2023 focusing diverse issues and components of the LGBTQ+ community in India

Indonesia

The following four Indonesian titles are noted by the Australian Gay and Lesbian Archives:

Ireland

  • , since 1988. The voice of the LGBT+ community in Ireland. A registered charity in Ireland covering all topics for the LGBT+ community and giving a voice to all other LGBT+ organisations in Ireland. Typically monthly but occasionally less due to Covid and financial limitations. Winner of numerous awards in Irish publishing.
  • Gay Star/update/upstart/Northern Gay were a family of publications covering a range of topics and uses. For example, Gay Star was mainly quarterly and normally ran as an A3 fold over with 24 to 28 pages, providing in depth articles, movie/book/theatre/music reviews, even sometimes poetry. It had some advertising of local events and venues, and also provided advice on medical issues such as AIDs and the Health Clinic location. The other magazines were in a number of formats, A4, A3 fold over and these were often used to get news quickly out to the community and warn them of some kind of possible issue in the gay community e.g. police sting operations, people being beaten up, a predator hunting gay people. A full set of these magazines is located in the Linenhall Library, 17 Donegall Square North Belfast, BT1 5GB, and listings of LGBTQ+ material can be searched on their website https://www.linenhall.com/. It should also be noted that these magazines started off as part of the Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association, but in later years were independent of the organisation, but still supporting the aims and objectives of NIGRA. The two main editors over time were Sean McGouran and Terry McFarlane. Sean is now retired and Terry runs his own website ACOMSDave as a community journalist https://acomsdave.com/

Out of print

Italy

  • La Falla
  • ''Lui Guidemagazine''

Out of print

Japan

Out of print

  • Samson, 1982–2020
  • BÁdi , 1994–2019
  • G-Men, 1995–2016
  • Adon, 1974–1996
  • * MLMW, 1978–1981
  • Adonisv, Yukio Mishima was concerned with foundation of a periodical, 1952–1962
  • Anise
  • Bara, launch 1964
  • Barakomi, launch 1986
  • Carmilla
  • doukou, launch 1959
  • Fabulous, launch 1999
  • The Gay, launch 1978
  • , launch 1999
  • Niji
  • P-NUTS, launch 1996
  • Sabu, 1974–2002
  • Super Monkey, launch 1979
  • yes, launch 2006

Jordan

  • My Kali magazine, launch 2007, a conceptual digital queer publication for/by Middle East, North Africa and diaspora queers.

Lebanon

Out of print

  • ''Barra''

Mexico

Out of print

Nigeria

Out of print

The Netherlands

Out of print

The Philippines

  • Outrage magazine
  • TEAM magazine

Russia

Out of print

Serbia

Out of print

  • Dečko magazine
  • Pride magazine

Singapore

Out of print

  • ''Manazine''

South Korea

  • Buddy magazine

Spain

  • Entiendes? 1989–
  • Gay Hotsa, bilingual Basque and Spanish, OCLC 289381704
  • MagLes magazine
  • Shangay magazine
  • Zero
Out of print
"Dunas Mag " - Gay Magazine in Maspalomas and Gran Canaria.

Sweden

Out of print

  • , launched May 2006, global quarterly distribution, ceased publication in January 2010

Switzerland

Out of print

  • Anderschume - Kontiki..
  • Der Kreis = Le Circle = The Cercle. Zurich.

Taiwan

  • Blue Man magazine
  • Blue Men magazine
  • G & L Passion magazine
  • Good Guy magazine
  • Style Men magazine
  • ''Tung Yen Wu Chi''

Thailand

See the Australian National University project website for many archived Thai LGBT periodicals in electronic format.

Turkey

  • , published quarterly by the LGBT organization KAOS GL
  • , published monthly by KAOS GL during 2001

Uganda

  • Bombastic, online and print magazine. The first seven issues have been archived in PDF format at the Internet Archive, entered there under title: Bombastic Magazine . See additional related information at the website: www.kuchutimes.com

United Kingdom

  • Online magazine, formerly a free monthly print magazine, from the organisers of Mr Gay UK
  • Official free magazine of the LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing organization LGBT Hero
  • Free monthly LGBTQ+ lifestyle magazine for the UK's South Coast
  • Free LGBTQ+ online magazine for Birmingham, West Midlands and East Midlands
  • PinkNews
  • QueerAF
  • Sassify Zine.
  • Somewhere: For Us: The LGBTQ+ arts, culture, heritage and enterprise magazine for Scotland
  • Free online LGBTQ+ magazine produced for and by Scottish Highlanders
  • Online lifestyle magazine, based in Manchester; edited by Adam Lowe (writer)
  • ''We Are Family magazine.''

Out of print

  • Action! "The European Gay Newspaper for Men", distributed in Britain, France, Belgium, Holland.
  • , previously Axiom
  • , literary and arts journal
  • , free
  • closed 15 April 1983, now formally part of Gay Times
  • , North West, 2000–2004
  • Midlands Zone.   Free monthly lifestyle magazine
  • Outback.
  • Free annual listings and lifestyle magazine for LGBT+ History Month UK
  • , 1987–2009
  • , closed 2008
  • , single issue in 1920
  • , closed 2021
  • closed 1995.
  • , Outright newsletter 1990s
  • , closed, ran 1983–1992
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United States

National news and information

  • , covering the arts, culture and society
  • , coverage of sports events and stories about athletes within the gay community
  • , covering national news, entertainment and lifestyle
  • , South Florida
  • , covering LGBT activism from the intelligent view
  • ''XY''

Regional

Lifestyle

  • A Bear's Life Magazine
  • Cakeboy Magazine
  • Curve
  • Echo Magazine
  • Elska, a bi-monthly gay photography and culture publication, each issue dedicated to a different city, with local boys and local stories
  • Envy Man
  • FTM Magazine
  • Hello Mr.
  • Gay Parent Magazine
  • GayWebMoney Magazine
  • Lavender Magazine
  • LGBT Living & Weddings Magazine
  • MetroSource
  • My Comrade
  • Next Door Magazine
  • noiZe Magazine
  • OMG! Magazine
  • Out
  • '
  • OUT THERE
  • Pride & Equality Magazine
  • Qr Magazine
  • Queerd
  • R*
  • , New England's LGBT largest LGBT newspaper; available as print or online.
  • RFD Magazine
  • , free online emagazine that publishes articles, editorials, news, and video content of particular interest to same-sex couples, unions, and domestic partners around the globe
  • She Magazine
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  • Velvetpark
  • VizionsMagazine.NET
  • Xodus USA
  • ''Zeus''

Health

  • , launched 1994

Travel

  • ''OUTCOAST''

Out of print

Scholarly

  • , online version
  • , online version
  • , online version
  • ' , online version
  • , online version
  • '. ISSN 2328-9252

Historical research resources

  • International Directory of Gay and Lesbian Periodicals,
  • Lesbian Periodicals Index,
  • Lesbian Sources: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles, 1970–1990,
  • Our Own Voices: A Directory of Lesbian and Gay Periodicals, 1890–1990: Including the Complete Holdings of the Canadian Gay Archives,
  • Women's and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Movements Periodicals Collection, 1968–2005, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University