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Q Monthly
''Q Monthly'' was an LGBT news and features publication produced in the Twin Cities from 1994 to 1998. Billed as "the publication for gays, lesbians and bisexuals" in Minneapolis-St. Paul, it first appeared on July 6, 1994, as an insert inside the alternative weekly ''Twin Cities Reader''. ''Q Monthly'' won several Vice Versa awards, given to outstanding LGBT publications nationwide. Originally the publication was owned by ''Twin Cities Reader'' owner American City Business Journals, but was later bought by Stern Publishing. History In February 1995, the publication was launched as a standalone free publication with its own distribution by then ''Twin Cities Reader'' publisher R.T. Rybak and ''Twin Cities Reader'' editor David Carr. R.T. Rybak later became mayor of Minneapolis and David Carr went on to be a well-known reporter and columnist at the ''New York Times''. ''Q Monthly'' editor was Rick Nelson, and its executive editor was Claude Peck. It was launched soon after ano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q Monthly November 1998 Cover
Q, or q, is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is pronounced , most commonly spelled ''cue'', but also ''kew'', ''kue'', and ''que''. History The Semitic sound value of Qôp was (voiceless uvular stop), and the form of the letter could have been based on the eye of a needle, a knot, or even a monkey with its tail hanging down. is a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in many European languages. In common with other glyphs derived from the Proto-Sinaitic script, the letter has been suggested to have its roots in Egyptian hieroglyphs. In an early form of Ancient Greek, qoppa (Ϙ) probably came to represent several labialized velar stops, among them and . As a result of later sound shifts, these sounds in Greek changed to and respectively. Therefore, qoppa was transformed into two letters: qoppa, which stood for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
