''Them'' is an American

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launched in October 2017 by

Phillip Picardi Phillip Picardi (born April 5, 1991) is an American journalist and editor. He is the former editor-in-chief of ''Out''. His career in journalism began at ''Teen Vogue''. He also worked for ''Refinery29'' and '' Allure''. Early life and educa ...

and owned by

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. Its coverage includes

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, fashion, and politics.

History

In 2017 Picardi, then the director of ''

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'', proposed to

Anna Wintour Dame Anna Wintour (; born 3 November 1949) is a British journalist based in New York City who has served as editor-in-Chief of ''Vogue'' since 1988 and Global Chief Content Officer for Condé Nast since 2020; she is also the artistic directo ...

, Condé Nast's artistic director, that the company create an online, LGBT-focused media platform. Founding editors included

Meredith Talusan Meredith Talusan (born June 26, 1975) (pronouns: she/her/hers, they/them/theirs) is a Filipino-American author and journalist. She is a contributing editor at ''them.'' and released her memoir ''Fairest'' in 2020, which was nominated for a Lambd ...

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, and James Clarizio, and launch partners included

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, and

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. Upon the website's launch, there was some controversy over its naming, which some considered to be "

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". The name is derived from the singular ''them'' pronoun, emphasizing a

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approach including in its fashion coverage. Picardi left ''Them'' and

in the fall of 2018 to begin working as editor-in-chief of ''

Out Out may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Out'' (1957 film), a documentary short about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 * ''Out'' (1982 film), an American film directed by Eli Hollander * ''Out'' (2002 film), a Japanese film ba ...

'' magazine. Whembley Sewell was named the new executive editor in 2019. In October 2021, Sarah Burke became the new editor-in-chief of ''Them''. In 2020, ''Them'' hosted two virtual

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events, Themfest and Out Now Live. Out Now Live, its June 2020 virtual gay pride event, included speeches,

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and musical performances. It was produced in collaboration with

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