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Destroyer Editor Karl Andersson Categories Gay Frequency Twice a year First issue 2006 Final issue 2010 Country Czech Republic Language English Website destroyerjournal.com ISSN 1801-8203 Destroyer was a Swedish-based gay magazine published by Karl Andersson, containing features, photos, essays, interviews, reviews, columns, culture articles and fiction. Unlike most gay magazines, it focused exclusively on boys and younger men, who, says the editor, were once a part of gay culture, but have vanished in recent years.
Destroyer was the brain child of Karl Andersson, a Swedish magazine professional. In 1999 he headed Straight, Sweden's first glossy gay magazine, and he has since then worked for Aftonbladet, Sweden's biggest daily, Slitz, the biggest men's magazine in Scandinavia, and for IDG Sweden. He has a bachelor of arts degree in language consultancy and lives in Berlin.
The magazine was printed and officially published in the Czech Republic, but distributed globally through its website, destroyerjournal.com. It contained no nude boys under 18, and is legal in all countries where homosexuality is legal. It has received a lot of criticism from the media and child-protection professionals for allegedly "sexualising" children, but Andersson has been quick to defend his publication and gives interviews to argue against his critics.
Destroyer is sometimes called "Destroyer Magazine", "Gay Magazine Destroyer", "twink magazine Destroyer" and even "pederast magazine Destroyer". The correct title is Destroyer – Journal of Apollonian Beauty and Dionysian Homosexuality. Destroyer's final issue (#10), published in January 2010, was limited to 1,000 copies.
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Categories: Swedish magazines | LGBT-related magazines | LGBT-related media in Sweden | Czech magazines | Magazines established in 2006 | Magazines disestablished in 2010
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