![]() However, in the premiere issue there was a touching essay about a writer's experience as a gay teen feeling like an outsider in black barbershop culture. What makes the publication somewhat different from Out or The Advocate is that every article doesn't have a gay angle. So I suppose this means we shouldn't expect to find the likes of Billy Porter, Titus Burgess or RuPaul on the cover. (An updated version of the DL?) And when I spoke to Here Media's business development manager and referred to Chill as the gay magazine for black men, he demurred and reiterated the "fluidity" of their orientation. The publisher's letter described the magazine's audience as men who are "empowered by label-free living". Upon further investigation I learned that Chillis a new quarterly published by Here Media, which is also the publisher of Out, The Advocate and Out Traveler. And while the photo essays gave off a subtle gay vibe, I was uncertain about the publication's intended readership. As I thumbed through it, a surfeit of photos showing sexy African American men got my attention. Last month (May 2018) I came across a magazine at my gym that I wasn't familiar with, Chill.
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