Blueboy (magazine)

Blueboy was originally a small black and white journal purchased in 1974 by publisher Donald N. Embinder. The former advertising manager for the arts magazine After Dark rebranded Blueboy as "The National Magazine About Men," which became the publication's longstanding tagline. The debut issue's cover parodied The Blue Boy by 18th-century painter Thomas Gainsborough. Notable contributors and interviewees included Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, William S. Burroughs, Edmund White, John Rechy, Patricia Nell Warren, Christopher Isherwood and Randy Shilts. airing on WKID-TV in Hallandale, Florida and as a late-night talk show on New York City's UHF Channel 68 (WBTB-TV). ==Legacy and revival==

In 2020, the Huntington Library in partnership with the Hammer Museum showcased Monica Majoli's series Blueboys, featuring centerfolds from the magazine by photographer Alex Sanchez. The exhibition included a new interview with Blueboy contributing artist Mel Odom and critical context by Miss Tiger, executive director of the Blueboy Archives and Cultural Arts Foundation. The Blueboy Archives and Cultural Arts Foundation was founded in 2017 to preserve and contextualize the magazine archives, as well as other historical LGBTQ periodicals, books, films and ephemera. Blueboy will return as an annual magazine in February 2022. ==In popular culture==

Singer Cyndi Lauper mentions the publication in the first lines of her song "She Bop": : Well, I see him every night in tight blue jeans : In the pages of a Blueboy magazine ==See also==