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Assorted
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This section of this site will feature downloadable and searchable PDF files of selected gay & lesbian publications, mostly from Houston, but including some statewide ones. This is by no means all of the ones that existed, just the ones to which I had access, and all are rare and interesting. If you can provide other issues of these and similar publications for scanning purposes, please contact me. I am displaying these in roughly year order. Access to these publications is courtesy of Gulf Coast Archive & Museum and The Botts Collection and my own Archives. A listing of some early Houston GLBT publications (a work in progress) can be found at this link.
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Texas
Triangle, 1992-2004
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Texas Triangle Based
in Austin, and published by Kay Longcope, this statewide paper began
10/15/92, and had rough years, before being bought by Angle Media in
1997. 10.5x13" |
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Vol
1-50, 9/22/93, PDF |
Vol
3-35, 6/16/95, PDF |
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Vol
9-34, 5/25/01, PDF |
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Highlights
from |
Vol 10-12, 12/28/01, PDF |
Vol 10-36, 06/14/02, PDF |
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The 6/13
issue has an extensive feature on Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon |
Vol 11-38, 6/27/03, PDF |
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Vol 11-39, 7/4/03, PDF |
Vol 12-48, 9/3/04, PDF |
Vol 13-2, 10/15/04, PDF |
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OutSmart,
1994-Present
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OutSmart OutSmart is certainly not an "assorted publication," and it got its start with its 2/15/94 issue, a monthly, and is still going strong. After the 8/15/96 issue it moved to monthly dating, and next issue was 10/96. Size has always been 8x11", in recent years 100-150 pages, too large for scanning completely, so only selected pages are represented here. The Publisher from the beginning has been Greg Jeu. OutSmart's
coverage of the Houston Pride Celebrations is always excellent, and
scans |
Volume
1-1, 02/15/94 |
Volume
1-2, 03/15/94 |
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Volume
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During 1999 a wonderful year-long feature on Houston history was included, so I've done two special scans of just those sections. Part 2 also has some additions from history relation articles from 2000/2001. The magazine has a great site where the current issues (from Jan 2017) and recent articles are archived, at |
Volume
6-12 thru 7-5, |
Volume
7-6 thru 7-11 +, |
Volume 20-9, Oct 2013, PDF |
Volume
23-5, June 2016, |
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Vol 24-5, June 2017, PDF |
Vol 25-5, June 2018, PDF |
Vol 25-11, Dec 2018, PDF |
Vol 26-5, June 2019, PDF |
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Vol 27-8, Sep 2020, PDF |
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Uptown
Express
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Leather
Alternatives, 1997-1999
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You could
not really term Uptown Express a "gay" publication,
and it called itself a "holistic magazine." I list it here
as it was published by Greg Jeu (of Outsmart), and his staff over the
years included many LGBT folks, like Nancy Ford and Blase DiStefano.
It was bi-monthly and ran from 1984 through about 1996. |
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Book
of Maps (1998)
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Homoboy
- 1993-95,
and AKFD
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The Book of Maps Henry McClurg ran the Montrose Inn and issued his own map publication...unsure how many issues were done. #1, July 1998, PDF (very similar to 1996-97 publication MAP, see separate page) |
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a rambling poetry & misc 'zine out of Houston by Eric Deutsch, from 1993 through 1995. He died 9/29/96. |
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He also issued a zine in 1995 called "AIDS Kill Fags Dead" |
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Clikque
(or Clik), 1997 - 2008
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Clikque Billed
as "the Nation's Premier Gay Publication For & About People
of Color," it was an entertainment pub based out of Atlanta, though
originally based out of Houston. Publisher was Dwight Powell. It had
good Houston coverage, frequent Houston ads, and had several Texas writers. |
1998, Aug, PDF |
1998, Dec, PDF |
1999, Jul, PDF |
1999, Sep, PDF |
2000, Apr, PDF |
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In 2005 they
changed to Clik
Magazine, in a larger format, 8x11, 60-70 pages, and ended in
April 2008. Same publisher as for Clikque (Dwight Powell) and no longer
any Houston contributors. Clik was published |
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Eclipse,
1996-2003
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As of Vol 4-4, 1/29/99, it was owned by Windows Media, adding offices in Houston and Atlanta and bar info sections for the cities. Lasted into 2004. Main value of Eclipse was in data about the bars, as in which ones were open and when. |
 Vol 4-29, 7/23/99, PDF Vol 4-49, 12/10/99, PDF As there was only 4-5 pages per issue of 'Houston content' I did a special scans of those pages only from 19 issues from 1999, in this PDF |
That PDF contained 1999 issues #s 14, 10, 12, 19, 20, 23-30, 32, 33, 43, 47-49. |
And here's a second batch, of 10, from 1999, with #s |
More
from 1999 Only pages
with Houston content scanned |
From
2000, this one |
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More from 2000 |
16 Issues
from 2002, #s: #38 PDF
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From
2003 Vol 8-03,
1/17/03, PDF
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2003
Issues #s: |
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Always a "bar rag" slight on actual "content," at first 8 1/4x10", then drastically on 6/13/03 changing to 7 1/4x5 1/4", actually pocket size. Intro in 8-25 did not mention the size change but alluded to a new focus on Houston, and the 8-26 issue has a Houston address only, instead of Atlanta. Now subtitled as "The Gay Houston Nightlife Guide." |
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Vol 8-24/25,
Vol 8-26/27, |
Vol 8-32/33, |
Vol 8-36/37, |
Vol 8-40/41, Vol 8-42/43, |
Vol 8-44,
10/31/03, PDF In early 2004 (I think) the Houston presence faded and the rest was absorbed by the Washington Blade and David Atlanta. I have not seen any 2004 issues. |
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QTexas,
2000 - 2004
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QTexas Founded
in the Fall of 2000 by Richard Moore.It was started by the Dallas Voice
when TWT folded (in Aug 2000), and the last issue was 12/31/04. Offices
in Dallas and Houston, with Dennis
Vercher as Editor. Alan
Gellman (once TWT publisher) was Managing Editor until his death
in January 2001. |
For all practical purposes, this was a 'bar rag,' and there's nothing wrong with that.....
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TXT
Newsmagazine, 2005
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TXT Newsmagazine Dallas Voice
owner Richard Moore acquired the Texas Triangle and at the start of
2005 name was changed to TXT Newsmagazine, maintaining the same format
and many of the same writers and distribution addresses. It ran for
one complete year. |
Vol 1-5, 2/4/05, PDF |
Vol 1-19, 5/13/05, PDF |
Vol 1-24, 6/17/05, PDF |
Vol 1-25, 6/24/05, PDF |
Vol 1-42, 10/21/05, PDF |
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Vol 1-47, 11/25/05, PDF |
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Vol 1-51, 12/23/05, PDF |
Vol 1-52, 12/30/05, PDF |
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Red,
2005 - 2008
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Red A monthly pub, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2", based out of Phoenix, distributed to several cities and at first in each kept a local focus, though by the end of 2006 issues covered multiple cities. About 50 pages, many more articles than similar pubs. Begun April 2005, last issue June 2008. Editors were David Salcido and then Mike Zydzik.
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Vol
1-5, Nov 2005, PDF |
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Vol
2-3, Sep 2006, PDF |
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Vol
3-8, Nov 2007, PDF |
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Defying
Gender Norms (June 2019)
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The
Guide
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Let's
Get Acquainted
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The Guide Texas
section from the national magazine, The Guide. Different cities were
featured in each issue. May 2000, PDF
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AbOUT
Magazine, 2008 - 2016
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Galveston
- On the Isle of Paradise (2022)
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AbOUT First issue
was 11/28/08, this is a very slick and bright bar publication, |
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A wayback
machine visit to a quite queer Isle, |
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The QR
code is
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