Mandates
| Mandates
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| description | Gay magazine |
| publishing company | Mavety Media Group |
| First edition | April 1975 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Widespread edition | 115,000 (estimated) copies |
| Editor-in-chief | Sam Staggs |
| Web link | Mandates |
Mandate is an American LGBT magazine .
The magazine is published monthly in the United States and has been published since April 1975. Mandate belongs to the company Mavety Media Group . The magazine is one of the oldest gay erotic magazines in the world. Mandate has a circulation of around 115,000 copies. The magazine primarily targets homosexual and bisexual men. The magazine contains photographs of naked men, often well-known porn stars from the film industry, as well as erotic fictional articles and interviews.
The magazine originally belonged to Modernismo Publications (MP), which also published Honcho and Playguy magazines . In 1974, MP was founded by George Mavety . Mandate was initially edited by John Devere ; he was followed by Joseph Arsenault and then Sam Staggs .