XY (magazine)
XY was a magazine published in the United States of America. His name was a reference to the XY chromosomes in the male sex. The target group were young homosexual men. The magazine was published from 1996 to 2007. The associated website XY.com went offline in 2009. Most of the employees work at BMagazine today . Models like Marcus Schenkenberg and Lars Burmeister were on the cover of the magazine .
XY was founded by Peter Ian Cummings in San Francisco in 1996, relocated to San Diego , California in 2001 and West Hollywood , California in 2004. It appeared four issues a year.
The magazine contained political and cultural articles, pictures and contributions from readers. It featured popular comic book series such as Abby Denson's Tough Love and Joe Phillips' Joe Boy .
Since its inception in 1996 to 2007, 49 issues have been published. In XY 49 (the Winter 2008 issue), founding editor Peter Ian Cummings stated that he was leaving the magazine for personal reasons and that he and his investors were looking for a new team. After an exhaustive search, no suitable buyers could be found, so the magazine stayed in suspension until 2010 when Cummings went bankrupt. In the bankruptcy proceeding, the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) data protection department issued a federal licensing requirement that all customer data must be destroyed to protect customer privacy.
Special editions
Both the normal issues of the magazine and a number of special issues were published:
Two editions of the “Survival Guide”. They were more serious than usual. Abby Denson designed the cover.
“The best of XY” contained the best from the magazine (article, pictures). The content was determined by readers and editors.
"XY: Die Fotos" contained the best photos from the magazine.
“XY: Die Bilder 1996-2007” contained additional photos (unpublished photos, among others by Ellen DeGeneres ).
The average age of the readers was 22 years, in 2001 it dropped to 18 years.
Controversy
One controversy concerned the longtime Managing Editor, Michael Glatze , who left the magazine in 2001, co-editor of the "XY Survival Guide" in 2003 and 2007. He announced that he would no longer be labeled homosexual and condemned. He is now a conservative Christian who campaigns against homosexual rights.
In June 2010, the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission rejected a request for access to customer data from "xy.com". The site had approximately 1 million subscribers. There are privacy policies on the newspaper and website that say they will "never publish data". Many of the subscribers were not underage and the public outed . This made their privacy a particularly important issue. As a result of this FTC warning, the names, addresses and online profiles have been deleted.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bmag.us
- ↑ http://privacylaw.proskauer.com/uploads/file/NJConsent(1).pdf
- ↑ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/08/publisher-former-partners-agree
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/magazine/my-ex-gay-friend.html?_r=0
- ↑ https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/cases-proceedings/closing-letters/letter-xy-magazine-xycom-regarding-use-sale-or
- ↑ http://www.pcworld.com/article/200942/article.html
- ↑ XY Mag to Destroy Rather Than Share Personal User Info ( Memento from September 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )