Mandate was a monthly gaypornographicmagazine. It was published in the United States and distributed internationally since April, 1975. Together with the other magazines of the Mavety Group, such as Black Inches, it folded in 2009.[1]
Modernismo Publications, Ltd. (MP) were publishers of Mandate, Honcho, and Playguy, popular gay men's magazines. MP was founded in 1974 by George Mavety with the publication of Dilettante, which folded in March 1975. The following month, its successor, Mandate, appeared on the newsstands under the editorship of John Devere.
Mandate was conceived as a magazine of erotica, news and entertainment for gay men. Each monthly issue, in addition to exhibiting artistic displays of male nudes and erotic fiction, contained reviews of books, motion pictures and sound recordings of interest to the gay community and reported on social, political and cultural events related to the movement for gay liberation.
Joseph Arsenault succeeded Devere as editor. By the time Sam Staggs succeeded to its editorship, following Arsenault, Mandate claimed a circulation of over 100,000 and enjoyed a reputation as the most important gay men's magazine in America. Staggs' dream was to make it the gay equivalent of Playboy or Penthouse.
Following the death of editor and novelist Stan Leventhal, the neglected Mandate was revitalized by Doug McClemont. McClemont was appointed Editor-in-Chief during the crucial period of the mid-1990s when gay sexuality was arguably at its most transitional point. The AIDS crisis had altered the way porn and same-sex relations were perceived by the general public.
^See Kit Christopher & Joe Thompson, "Mavety Media: The Rise and Fall of Socially Redeeming Content," Unzipped (October, 2009), 10–11.
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mandate, magazine, mandate, monthly, pornographic, magazine, published, united, states, distributed, internationally, since, april, 1975, together, with, other, magazines, mavety, group, such, black, inches, folded, 2009, mandatemandate, 2005, editor, chiefgeo. Mandate was a monthly gay pornographic magazine It was published in the United States and distributed internationally since April 1975 Together with the other magazines of the Mavety Group such as Black Inches it folded in 2009 1 MandateMandate 3 2005 Editor in ChiefGeorge WalkerCategoriesGay pornographic magazineFrequencyMonthlyCirculation115 000PublisherTony DeStefanoFounded1975Final issue2009CompanyMavety Media Group Ltd CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishISSN0360 1005 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory editModernismo Publications Ltd MP were publishers of Mandate Honcho and Playguy popular gay men s magazines MP was founded in 1974 by George Mavety with the publication of Dilettante which folded in March 1975 The following month its successor Mandate appeared on the newsstands under the editorship of John Devere Mandate was conceived as a magazine of erotica news and entertainment for gay men Each monthly issue in addition to exhibiting artistic displays of male nudes and erotic fiction contained reviews of books motion pictures and sound recordings of interest to the gay community and reported on social political and cultural events related to the movement for gay liberation Joseph Arsenault succeeded Devere as editor By the time Sam Staggs succeeded to its editorship following Arsenault Mandate claimed a circulation of over 100 000 and enjoyed a reputation as the most important gay men s magazine in America Staggs dream was to make it the gay equivalent of Playboy or Penthouse Following the death of editor and novelist Stan Leventhal the neglected Mandate was revitalized by Doug McClemont McClemont was appointed Editor in Chief during the crucial period of the mid 1990s when gay sexuality was arguably at its most transitional point The AIDS crisis had altered the way porn and same sex relations were perceived by the general public See also editList of gay pornographic magazinesReferences edit See Kit Christopher amp Joe Thompson Mavety Media The Rise and Fall of Socially Redeeming Content Unzipped October 2009 10 11 External links editModernHomo The Origin of Mandate Magazine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mandate magazine amp oldid 1122839255, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
