From: MagnusNews@aol.com
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 17:57:40 EST
Subject: Magnus Mag Launched in SF; Queers Quake with Anticipation



For Immediate Release
November 4, 1999

Media Contact:
Magnus Magazine
Phone: 415-252-6405
Email: MagnusNews@aol.com

                              Magnus Magazine Launched; 
   Opinionated Journal Challenges Other Gay San Francisco Publications


San Francisco, CA - Magnus, a new monthly journal of gay and lesbian news, 
opinion and culture hit the streets of San Francisco today.  Edited 
collectively by Andrea Lindsey, David Pasquarelli and Michael Petrelis, 
Magnus was launched to provide a skeptical view of queer politics, which the 
editors believe is sorely lacking in Bay Area media outlets.

Contributors include the Ad Hoc Committee for an Open Process, Ronnie Burk, 
Steve Huggins, Steven D. Keller, Christine Maggiore, Shawn O'Hearn and 
William B. Turner.  

Topics covered in the premier issue include the Federal Election Commission 
records for Bay Area Reporter owner Bob Ross and his political editor Wayne 
Friday; HIV contact tracing; the alleged syphilis outbreak among gay men 
cruising web chat rooms; Martina Navratilova's lack of contributions to 
lesbian candidates; questions about what causes AIDS and the drugs to treat 
the disease; along with reviews of films, books and CDs.

Ten thousand copies of Magnus were printed.  It has 24 pages, was published 
on newsprint and has a two-color cover.  Magnus is primarily being 
distributed free at San Francisco cafes, sex venues, bars, bookstores and 
medical marijuana clubs.  The publication will also be shipped to queer 
establishments in select cities.  If readers know of local businesses willing 
to circulate Magnus, they are asked to contact the editors. 

Magnus is also available on the web at www.magnusnews.com.  Postal mail 
subscriptions are available at $24 for twelve issues. 

The magazine is named after Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 - 1935), a 
German-Jewish homosexual leader who founded the world's first gay rights 
organization, The Scientific Humanitarian Committee in 1898.

Pick up a copy of Magnus today.  Or visit our web site and read what other 
gay publications in San Francisco aren't printing.

Magnus
2215-R Market Street
PMB# 495
San Francisco, CA 94114
www.magnusnews.com