Yes... XY, the equally loved and reviled gay teen magazine is staging a comeback. Why is it a good thing? There's a reason why I tagged this 'self-help'. It's a wellness issue. But with gay youth in turmoil and in need of affirming imagery, info, and sense of community to know they're not alone (or disordered) .... ... writer/photographer Alan Bennett Iligan answers that question better than I could in Once I Was A Twink Who Wanted To Be A Writer. After telling his story relating to XY he finishes with these two sentences. It is so well stated it should be shouted from rooftops..... "...Somewhere there is a boy hiding in his bedroom, searching for some small way out, some small chance to connect and believe in something better, some small bit of hope. Sometimes the one thing that stands between that boy hanging himself and waiting out one more night is a magazine that puts two boys kissing on its cover." |
Let's encourage XY Magazine to be more inclusive of the gay rainbow of gay teens - this time around and in the age of Obama's America - our America. Gay teens have brown hair, Gay teens are multi-ethnic, gay teens are Asian, Hispanic, Latin, Black, Native American and European American too.
Posted by: Kirk | February 09, 2011 at 04:34 PM
I agree Kirk.
Showing the full spectrum of young gay America is a must and I've dropped a note to the new Editor reminding him of that fact, while at the same time praising XY for what its already been -- groundbreaking.
Posted by: Taylor Siluwé | February 09, 2011 at 04:44 PM