BLUE BOY Magazine ~ June 1980 #44 ~ The Italians ~ Vintage Gay Men Mag ~ M0377
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BLUE BOY Magazine ~ June 1980 #44 ~ The Italians ~ Vintage Gay Men Mag ~ M0377. The Italians [Giancarlo – 114689] (cover). The Italians (centerfold – Sodoma) It was published monthly from 1974 to 2007. The Detroit Free Press described the publication as "a full-color, slick gay version of Playboy magazine.". BLUE BOY MAGAZINE ~ June 1980 # 44 ~ The Italians ~ Vintage Gay Men Mag Founded in 1975 by Editor and Publisher Donald N. Embinder, Blue Boy was a pioneer in gay monthly magazines with lifestyle and entertainment news, in addition to photos of nude or semi-nude men . It was published monthly from 1974 to 2007. The Detroit Free Press described the publication as "a full-color, slick gay version of Playboy magazine." Its focus was on an upscale, urban gay market. While containing slick, full frontal male nude photography. The magazine went from being sold at adult bookstores and gay bars to being front and center at pharmacies and mainstream book & magazine shops across the country. Features included lifestyle columns, film and music reviews, excerpts from nonfiction authors, lush original illustrations, celebrity interviews, discourse on politics and gay rights, gay popular culture and of course ... handsome nude male models. THIS ISSUE The Italians [Giancarlo – 114689] (cover) The Italians (centerfold – Sodoma): Salvatore [?] Giancarlo – 114689 Bernardo [Dino – 114685] Maurizio [Dino – 114661] Palm Springs Weekend (fiction: Edward Patrick; ill: Gary Penka) Interview with Robert Jon Cohen Colt Studio: Italian Stallion [Johnny Falco, Franco Abruzzi, Hank Ditmar] Artwork: Leonard Cadient
