''Männer'' was a German lifestyle magazine for
lesbian
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,
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...
,
bisexual
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, and
transgender
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people, published by the German company
Bruno Gmünder Verlag. Between 1989 and 2007, the magazine was published as ''Männer aktuell''.
History
The magazine was established in 1987. Notable writers (present and past) are
Kevin Clarke,
Peter Rehberg
Peter Rehberg (29 June 1968 – 22 July 2021), also known as Pita, was a British-Austrian composer of electronic audio works. He was the head of Editions Mego, which he founded in 2006 as a successor to Mego.
Early life
Rehberg was born in To ...
, Frank Herrmann, Jürgen Bienieck, Thilo Keller. The last issue of ''Männer'' appeared in March 2017.
From 2011 to 2013, its editor was musicologist Kevin Clarke. From 2013 to 2015, it was the theologian David Berger. At the end of 2014, the AIDS association Aids-Hilfe denounced Berger's discriminatory remarks in the pages of Männer.
References
External links
Männer official site
Bruno Gmünder Verlag
1987 establishments in West Germany
2017 disestablishments in Germany
Defunct German-language magazines
Defunct LGBTQ-related magazines published in Germany
Magazines established in 1987
Magazines disestablished in 2017
Magazines published in Berlin
Monthly magazines published in Germany
Cultural magazines published in Germany
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