Gay magazines,are they doing their job?

There are a few magazines on the market for the gay communuity in Thailand.

I try to read all of them when I can,but not being in Thailand continually through out the year makes it difficult.

That's why I prefer those who make the effort to go online.

AND i prefer magazines who dont just talk about bars and advertising,topics such as health,travel,financial for gay single men interest me a lot.

Many mention with good reports the old Spartacus magazine ,is that still around?

I have been reading this magazine online ,OUT IN THAILAND,it is relatively new but they are starting to cover a broad range of subjects.

I quite like Out In Thailand's current edition on the article where they interview The Rainbow Association,it may not interest you however.


Do anyone of you really read the gay magazines in Thailand and what topics do you think are important? :read:
Do they interest you,or do you just skim through them?
One thing I do is cut the discount coupons from them,especially to Unkle Buckie's Happy Place bar half price drinks.
More discount coupons and I will be even more happier.
See what you think.
http://www.out-in-thailand.com/magazine

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[James Barnes]

Dear tonyfromkent,

Many thanks for your kind words about OUT iT.

I am very pleased that you are able to keep in touch with the gay scene in Thailand while you are away by reading the magazine online. The latest Google analytics report shows that we are now being downloaded by guys in 53 different countries. I have no idea how that happened but it is great news.

We are due to start a monthly financial advice column in the July issue and also hope to have a regular report from Isaan. Any suggestions, story ideas or contributions are warmly welcomed- just email me: editor@out-in-thailand.com

Again, many thanks for your interest in the magazine, which I hope will improve with every issue.

Best wishes,

James.

You sound like a nice man James,yes I love reading your magazine and that's why I have told everyone about you and to maybe suggest ideas and articles to write about because I know that you want to know what we know and what we want to know.
Maybe even get some contributors from here,there's some fantastic writers amongst us and photgraphers here too.
You only have to look at Bao 's website for stunning photography and for a story on remarkable fitness in the senoir years look at xiandarkthorne's blog.

Even a story on farang's who live in Issan,TOQ'S blog is great.



So hopefully you will accept good contributions.

You probaly know I have several boyfriends who own go go bars, one probaly soon to be my future husband,so maybe even doing a bar profile or something like that would be good on the gay business owners.

Hopefully others can give you some ideas too,despite the bad name this forum gets,there's some great people on here and really good people who make up the gay community in Thailand.
I really dont want to go into personal matters on here James(,i will email you instead)but i met my boyfriends on here and i use to have two good friends in Sunee Plaza a few years ago but they sadly disapeared when the pool bar closed,i haven't really got over that because they use to tell me things through the gate when it was closed at night.
Anyway i will email you about that.

Discount coupons are a great idea too for those of us who are on a budget.

Im beginning to like you.....a lot James,you listen to your readers and that'a rarity.I hope your magazine becomes no 1.

[James Barnes]

Dear tonyfromkent64,

Once more, a million thanks for your kind words and positive thoughts.

I have just found xiandarkthorne's blog and agree that it is an informative, intelligent and inspiring read, hopefully he will read this and get in touch with me and the same goes for Bao. I do think that bar profiles are a good idea and would be most grateful if you would email me with any that you would like to nominate.

Losing touch with old friends is a sad affair and any way I can help, I will- maybe we can put an appeal on www.out-in-thailand.com/facebook ?

You are not the first person to suggest discount coupons and I will chat to our marketing director to see if we can make them a feature.

It is my firm belief that a magazine is its readers- if we do not listen to them, they will certainly not read us!

Best wishes,

James.

Losing touch with old friends is a sad affair and any way I can help, I will- maybe we can put an appeal on http://www.out-in-thailand.com/facebook ?

Yes Thankyou James,it was a few years ago and im still trying to track them down,I have sent you an email.

"TOQ'S blog is great"

@tony - would you have / could you paste the full URL for that by chance as I'd like to have a read. Thanks.

Yes N irish guy HERE is a link http://freeblognetwork.com/TOQ

Quite interesting but hasn't been updated for a while,interesting to read about a gay farang who lives in a small village with his BF.

Another is xiandarkthorne's mostly about his resilience to life and his coping with depression and fitness in his senior years. http://xiandarkthorne.blogspot.com

There are a few more i enjoy too.

Many thanks for that. - Although by rights I really feel that Im letting the side down by not now inserting some form of totally non witty, personally insulting and degrading jibe, aimed at someone/anyone/ no one in particular on the board as seems to be the want these days but hey I think I'll refrain and just leave it at a hearty thanks and sure maybe it's start a trend ! :-)

lol seriously though :-) thanks, I look forward to having a read at those sometime soon.

[James Barnes]

Losing touch with old friends is a sad affair and any way I can help, I will- maybe we can put an appeal on http://www.out-in-thailand.com/facebook ?

Yes Thankyou James,it was a few years ago and im still trying to track them down,I have sent you an email.

Dear tonyfromkent64

Sorry to say that I have not had your email- did you send it to editor@out-in-thailand.com ?

Best wishes,

James.

[Rene]

Losing touch with old friends is a sad affair and any way I can help, I will-
James.

James, how thoughtful of you! I lost touch with this friend a few months ago and desperately want to locate him again! Can you find him for me? Please?
Send me a PM as soon as you locate him and I'll be right over to pick him up!

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