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The Advocate
The Advocate #994, 9 October 2007
Editor in ChiefAnne Stockwell
CategoriesNewsmagazine
FrequencyBi-weekly
PublisherMichael Phelps
First issue1967
CompanyLPI Media
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.advocate.com
ISSN0001-8996
The Advocate (ISSN 0001-8996) is a US-based LGBT-related biweekly newsmagazine. Established in 1967, it is the oldest continuing gay publication in the United States.

The website for the magazine contains approximately thirty percent of the print issue online and is updated daily. Archives of the magazine can be found in various subscription databases including EBSCO and InfoTrac.

History

The Advocate was first published by Dick Michaels and Bill Rand, of the Los Angeles activist group PRIDE in Los Angeles in 1967 as a local newsletter titled The Los Angeles Advocate. In 1969 it was renamed The Advocate and distributed nationally. By 1974, Michaels and Rand were printing 40,000 copies for each issue. It attracted the attention of David Goodstein, an investment banker from San Francisco who bought the publication in 1974.

Goodstein's influence

Goodstein instituted several changes to the publication once he acquired it, including switching from newspaper to magazine format. Under his watch, The Advocate fully transformed into a national news magazine covering events important to the homosexual community, including the gay rights movement, art and culture. Goodstein also worked toward reducing sex-oriented advertisements in favor of more socially acceptable ones.

Goodstein also created, with Dr. Robert Eichberg, "The Advocate Experience". Loosely based on the then-popular EST (Erhardt Seminars Training). The Advocate Experience was a two-weekend, all-day series of extensive self-realization workshops to bring self-acceptance, awareness and tolerance within the LGBT community. Goodstein and Eichberg facilitated the workshops for much of their duration.

Soon after Goodstein's death 1985, the magazine changed hands through a series of mergers and acquisitions, and is currently published by LPI Media, a division of PlanetOut Inc.[1]

Contributors

Notable writers, present and past

Editors

  • Editor in Chief: Anne Stockwell
  • Managing Editor: John Jameson
  • Deputy Editor: Rachel Dowd
  • Arts & Entertainment Editor: Corey Scholibo
  • News & Features Editor: Sean Kennedy
  • News Editor: Kerry Eleveld
  • Associate Editor: Neal Broverman
  • Art Director: Craig Edwards
  • Photo Editor: Albert Smith
  • Associate Photo Editor: Meghan Quinn
  • Editorial Assistant: Michelle Garcia

Executive officers

  • CEO: Karen Magee
  • Vice Presidents: Lisa Barker, John Knoebel, Brett Mattingly[2]

References

1. ^ Wik Wikholm. "What Is the History of The Advocate?". PlanetOut.com. Retrieved on 2007-02-10.
2. ^ The Advocate staff - Advocate.com


  • Hogan, Steve; Hudson, Lee (1998). Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 0805036296. 
  • Streitmatter, Rodger (1995). Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America. Boston: Faber and Faber. ISBN 0571198732. 
  • Thompson, Mark, ed. (1994). Long Road to Freedom: The Advocate History of the Gay and Lesbian Movement. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312131143. 

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