Gay magazines in shops

stefanovich

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Lol. I'm actually genuinely surprised those magazines still exist. Who pays for porn nowadays?

dar100

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

blinding

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'd say that if you could wave a magic wand and make all men happily gay then they probably have a happier all round life .

Wouldn't have to pay much attention to feminism etc ,etc ,etc ,

Universal homosexuality for men would probably be a good thing for men .

Phoebas

stefanovich wrote: »

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I dunno.
In what way are these magazines encouraging you to be gay?

infogiver

dar100 wrote: »

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

me_right_one

dar100 wrote: »

Yes because you can actively encourage a persons sexuality, it is the one aspect they have choice over😊

Exactly. It's only impressionable teenagers who go for top shelf magazines anyway, and if their first sexual encounter is going to be pics from a gay magazine, thats it! Gay for life. Its pretty sinister if you ask me.

suicide_circus

Every trip to Central makes you 0.8% gayer

Collie D

me_right_one wrote: »

Exactly. It's only impressionable teenagers who go for top shelf magazines anyway, and if their first sexual encounter is going to be pics from a gay magazine, thats it! Gay for life. Its pretty sinister if you ask me.

I nearly thanked this and then realised when I saw you had thanked the OP that you may actually be serious.

Hammer Archer

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Because there's no demand for them? Shops generally stock items that will sell.

Phoebas

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Economics?

gizmo81

in a shop like Eason's there will be near a thousand magazines of which three to five will be targeted towards the LGBTQ community. So, Yes, straight men are being targeted for extermination.

Collie D

Phoebas wrote: »

I dunno.
In what way are these magazines encouraging you to be gay?

Some magazines have free CDs or video games but they're only sample tasters. In order to get the full album or game you have to have at least three gay experiences.

Pherekydes

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'm heterosexual, OP, and I can buy any magazine I want to buy. Just ask and shops that sell magazines will order what you want .

You can get them to place your magazine in the 'Proud Heterosexual ' section.

Avatar MIA

What gay magazines are available? Is this the fitness magazines, with buff good looking guys on the cover?*

Or are you talking about something explicitly for gay men?


























*Yes, I know how gay that reads. :pac:

infogiver

Phoebas wrote: »

Economics?

FHM and NUTS are gone but Esquire is going strong. If I wanted it I'd ask my newsagent to get it for me.

crazyderk

lot of them have gone out of business

FHM/Zoo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/17/fhm-zoo-magazines-suspend-publication

Nuts
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/31/nuts-magazine-close

Loaded
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/27/loaded-close-21-years-lads-mag

TheDriver

You've been doing a good bit if research OP

El_Duderino 09

stefanovich wrote:

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

Just to play along with your delusion for a minute. Being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged by whom? 'The Man' presumably. Has 'The Man' turned gay?

To answer your question seriously, being a heterosexual male isn't being actively discouraged in all men, just you.

Nervous Wreck

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

What?!

Rachiee

Ha ha shops have no agenda they stock things that sell. fhm maxim playboy sold for boobies it was never about the articles now there are boobies everywhere for free on the internet. If gay times sells its because some people are actually interested in the articles. spar is not trying to do anything but make money seriously OP who exactly do you think is behind this active discouragement of the straight lifestyle ?

keeponhurling

blinding wrote: »

stefanovich wrote: »

Seems less and less shops stock men's magazines like Esquire, FHM loaded or Playboy but they all seem to have at least 3 gay magazines.

Is it gotten to the point where being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged?

I'd say that if you could wave a magic wand and make all men happily gay then they probably have a happier all round life .

Wouldn't have to pay much attention to feminism etc ,etc ,etc ,

Universal homosexuality for men would probably be a good thing for men .

Might bring some disadvantages for the future of the human race, mind you

skankkuvhima

You're not really allowed to criticize objectifying men. Objectifying women is completely out of order though. That's why magazines objectifying men are fine but doing the same for women is wrong. Another example would be the diet coke ads vs hunky dory ad

imme

Avatar MIA wrote: »

What gay magazines are available? Is this the fitness magazines, with buff good looking guys on the cover?*

Or are you talking about something explicitly for gay men?


*Yes, I know how gay that reads. :pac:

Yes i think he means gay magazines ie mags directed at the gays, but i think that's what you mean

Attitude
Gay times

My local supermarket used to stock gay times but has since stopped
So the market isn't there maybe

Grindr tells me otherwise

Oasis1974

Rachiee wrote: »

Ha ha shops have no agenda they stock things that sell. fhm maxim playboy sold for boobies it was never about the articles now there are boobies everywhere for free on the internet. If gay times sells its because some people are actually interested in the articles. spar is not trying to do anything but make money seriously OP who exactly do you think is behind this active discouragement of the straight lifestyle ?

What articles in a gay magazine would make them sell i mean i cant understand that? I take it was the same as the now gone straight mags just the pictures :P

stefanovich

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Lol. I'm actually genuinely surprised those magazines still exist. Who pays for porn nowadays?

GQ and Esquire are certainly not porn. Playboy doesn't even do nude pictures anymore.

infogiver wrote: »

I don't think that's what he means. If a shop sells magazines that may be of interest to the gay community then why wouldn't the shop sell magazines that may be of interest to the straight community?

Exactly. Somehow it seems it is not politically correct to encourage men's interest in women but somehow top shelf gay magazines are everywhere.

gizmo81 wrote: »

in a shop like Eason's there will be near a thousand magazines of which three to five will be targeted towards the LGBTQ community. So, Yes, straight men are being targeted for extermination.

I've never looked at one but they usually have a picture of a scantily clad man on the front so I am probably not far off my assumption that they have more of the same inside.

I am thinking that they are the gay equivalent of something like FHM or Playboy.

Is it because feminists are not so worried about the objectification of men?

Collie D

crazyderk wrote: »

lot of them have gone out of business

FHM/Zoo
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/nov/17/fhm-zoo-magazines-suspend-publication

Nuts
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/31/nuts-magazine-close

Loaded
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/27/loaded-close-21-years-lads-mag

And Playboy stopped publishing nudes about a year ago. We'll see if all those "I only read it for the articles" types will keep it in circulation

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/susannahbreslin/2016/04/04/playboy-no-nudes/amp/

El Weirdo

suicide_circus wrote: »

Every trip to Central makes you 0.8% gayer

This is true. I was in Centra twice yesterday and definitely had a slight hankering for some cock afterwards.

imme

Oasis1974 wrote: »

What articles in a gay magazine would make them sell i mean i cant understand that? I take it was the same as the now gone straight mags just the pictures :P

Gay times and attitude both gay mags aren't porn

They're very tasteful!

Seriously though they're not porn, don't think there's even a single fully naked guy in them

They deal with social, lifestyle health etc issues predominantly in a tasteful way
Maybe check one out next time you see one on sale

stefanovich

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Just to play along with your delusion for a minute. Being a heterosexual male is being actively discouraged by whom? 'The Man' presumably. Has 'The Man' turned gay?

To answer your question seriously, being a heterosexual male isn't being actively discouraged in all men, just you.

Discouraged by the cuckolded society we live in. Overweight hairy 3rd wave feminists complain because of a pretty girl on the cover of a magazine being objectified when really they are jealous. Meanwhile, gay rights are being pushed and no one would dare apply the same rules.

imme

El Weirdo wrote: »

This is true. I was in Centra twice yesterday and definitely had a slight hankering for some cock afterwards.

Craigslist is the place for you then