- Butt (magazine)
Infobox Magazine
title = BUTT
image_size = 200px
image_caption = Cover of "BUTT" 23 (Spring 2008)
editor =Gert Jonkers andJop van Bennekom
editor_title = Editors
previous_editor =
staff_writer =
frequency = Quarterly
circulation = 24,000
category = Gay
company =
publisher =
firstdate = Spring 2001
country = Flag|Netherlands
based =
language = English
website = http://www.buttmagazine.com/
issn =BUTT is a quarterly magazine for gay men, founded in 2001 and edited by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom. [Jonkers, Gert and Jop van Bennekom. [http://www.buttmagazine.com/?p=259 "About BUTT Magazine"] BUTT Magazine, 2008. Accessed 3 April, 2008.]
As of 2008 , it has an estimated worldwide circulation of 24,000.cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/indexes/2008/03/09/style/t/index.html#pageName=09fantasticw|title=Double Dutch|last=Hornyn|first=Cathy|date=2008-03-09|work=TMagazine|publisher=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-06-12]The magazine, which originates from the
Netherlands , features interviews, articles, and advertisements and illuminates upon trends and lifestyle-choices among the male homosexual community.The magazine has published photography and interviews with renowned gay artists, and became well-known with its very first issue, which showed German fashion designer
Bernhard Willhelm in nude portraits taken byWolfgang Tillmans . Since its first issue in May 2001, Butt Magazine has featured on its pages international homosexual artists such asCasey Spooner ,Michael Stipe ,John Waters ,Heinz Peter Knes ,Edmund White ,Terence Koh ,Walter Pfeiffer andSlava Mogutin .Submissions are unrestricted, as readers may send in interviews, letter, photographs, and articles. Subscribers are referred to as "BUTTHEADs" and may join the BUTTHEAD community officially through the magazine's website.
The magazine may be found world-wide. In the United States, it is available in
American Apparel stores, among other locales."BUTT" has been praised for its unabashed sexual and non-sexual portrayals of men, which emphasizes an equal opportunity in depictions of all peoples in print-society. [McClear, Sheila. [http://gawker.com/352832/finally-a-chance-for-fully+splayed-men "Finally, a Chance for Fully-Splayed Men"] Gawker, February 5, 2008. Accessed 3 April, 2008.] In addition, the magazine has been lauded even by women for its unique, candid approach to interviews, which may be done by anyone. [ AMP [http://www.ampnet.co.uk/sleaze/butt_magazine.html "Why I Love BUTT Magazine"] AMP Minizine, 2008. Accessed 3 April, 2008.] [James, Mark. [http://www.gay.com/content/slideshow/?sernum=2497&navpath=/channels/style/ "Are You a BUTT Man?"] Gay.com Style, 2006. Accessed 3 April, 2008.]
References
External links
* [http://www.buttmagazine.com "BUTT Magazine"]
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