It's best known for covering the Covenant House sex scandal, in which the privately funded homeless youth shelter's president, Father Bruce Ritter, was accused of abusing the young men he claimed to be aiding. The magazine became a source of breaking news for both New York City and the nation. Neither had journalism experience, but Morrison became a publisher and Rotello the editor-in-chief. He teamed up with fellow ACT UP member Kendall Morrison, who was looking for an avenue to advertise for his gay phone sex businesses. The magazine was conceived by music producer Gabriel Rotello, who was involved in ACT UP, the radical activist group which he felt needed a publication that represented its values. In doing so, Outweek left a lasting legacy. Though short-lived, Outweek presented a bold, unapologetic voice that was unafraid to call out America's dismissive attitude towards AIDS and homophobia. later embraced.Īlthough the magazine’s final issues were published in 2016, it can still be found worldwide, including at local American Apparel stores in the U.S. BUTT helped pave the way for a fresh appreciation of down-to-Earth guys, something that Hello Mr.
Queer magazines of the early 2000s still mostly stuck with the airbrushed, Ken-doll look that was ubiquitous in West Hollywood and Chelsea.
Since then, BUTT has featured gay artists such as Casey Spooner, Michael Stipe, John Waters, Heinz Peter Knes, Edmund White, Terence Koh, Walter Pfeiffer, and Slava Mogutin.īUTT's aesthetic was memorable for the way it sexualized men you'd find on the street or subway they had body hair, teeth that weren't perfect, even paunch. Though no longer making new content in print or online, the “infamous pink periodical” makes sure you’re 18 before entering its website - which is just as infamously pink.īUTT featured photography and interviews with renowned gay artists, such as German fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm, whose nude portraits - taken by Wolfgang Tillmans - appeared in the magazine’s first issue in May 2001. “The pocket-size magazine by, for and about homosexuals,” was founded in the Netherlands in 2001 by Gert Jonkers and Jep van Beenekom.