''Men'' was an American
gay pornographic magazine originally published as ''Advocate Men'' from 1984 until 1997, when it was retitled ''Men''. It was published by
Los Angeles
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Specialty Publications
Specialty Publications is an American publisher of gay erotic material.
Specialty Publications was owned by LPI Media until LPI's publishing holdings were purchased in August 2008 by Regent Entertainment.
Writers included Mickey Skee, J.C. Adams ...
. The magazine contains explicit nude male photography, often featuring popular stars from the gay adult film industry,
erotic fiction
Erotic literature comprises fictional and factual stories and accounts of eros (passionate, romantic or sexual relationships) intended to arouse similar feelings in readers. This contrasts erotica, which focuses more specifically on sexual feelin ...
, erotic comics, video reviews and other features. Notable models have included Zeb Atlas and Mark Dalton. Notable artists include Gerard
Donelan who contributed erotic comics to the magazine for eight years. In late 2009, it was announced that all of Specialty Publications' gay porn magazines would be merged into Unzipped.net. The website in question is no longer available and no issues of any of the magazines have been released since.
History
''Advocate Men'' started as a sister publication to ''
The Advocate'',
a gay and lesbian news monthly, and became a monthly publication from November 1984. Starting with the October 1997 issue it changed its name to simply ''Men''.
See also
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List of gay pornographic magazines
This is a list of pornographic magazines (sometimes called ''erotic magazines'' or ''adult magazines'') — magazines that contain content of a sexual nature and are typically considered to be pornography.
For inclusion in this list, pornograph ...
References
External links
''Men'' at Gay Erotic Archives
Pornographic magazines published in the United States
LGBT-related magazines published in the United States
Defunct magazines published in the United States
Gay male pornographic magazines
Gay male pornography in the United States
Magazines established in 1984
Magazines disestablished in 2009
Magazines published in Los Angeles
1987 establishments in the United States
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