Gay Pages

Established in 1994 and one of the world’s 25 oldest printed magazines, the sophisticated Gay Pages is the only gay glossy coffee table magazine in South Africa. It enjoys comprehensive national print distribution, reaching approximately 1600 outlets ranging from airport lounges, retail and 1400 mail boxes. This clean, presentable coffee table publication has a wide and diverse audience, while many premium brands advertise with us, as the affluent, brand loyal gay consumer segment is one of the most sought-after audiences globally. Our focus on writing reviews on travel, restaurants, cars, lifestyle and luxury products, whilst publishing gay content from all over the world, made us a household name and popular with local and international tourists from Japan to the USA. Our incredibly popular website has over 1000 articles (www.gaypagessa.co.za) and has tremendous reach, with more than 100 000 page views per month. We offer both print and online subscriptions.

Gay Pages

EDITORIAL

CONTRIBUTORS

BUSINESS DIRECTORY

KODIE Macayan • My journey to winning the coveted Mr Gay World title was a long roller-coaster ride. Nobody told me the road would be easy, but I was up for the ride in the name of my dreams.

ECOLOGY

IN THE SPIRIT

DÉCOR

COLOUR WHAT’S IN A NAME? • Being a bit of a wordsmith, the names of things have always borne a great fascination to me. And the artist in me finds the names of colours fascinating.

Mercedes-Benz EQS takes us to the future

CAR NEWS

MERCEDES-BENZ GLB 250

AUDI A6 45 TDI QUATTRO

KIA PICANTO 1,2 X-LINE AUTO

TOYOTA URBAN CRUISER XR MANUAL

DVD & STREAMING REVIEWS

MUSIC REVIEWS

SPRINGFIELD’S Little QUEEN • I am finding a lot of the new music very uninspiring and not taking that leap of artistic daring. However, I recently came across an artist that literally just blew me away. Introducing Jake Wesley Rogers. His fashion sense is over the top. His videos are thought provoking and controversial. His vocal abilities are elevated above the mundane pop world… and he is openly gay.

BOOK REVIEWS

DYLAN ROSSER

THE MEDIA’S PERFECT MALE BODY • The perfect young muscular body, great smile and sexy eyes on the cover of a magazine, yes, we have all done it. We have all picked up a magazine because a sexy guy on the cover caught our eye. As we flick those glossy pages, we hope to find a few more images of that stud with fewer clothes on, and what is wrong with that?

Life revolves around the narcissist

OVERCOMING STIGMA

Calling a GAY SPADE A GAY SPADE • Breaking down the academic closet door through visibility

THE BEST BOYS WHY GAY MEN STRIVE TO BE BETTER • On the eve of my first solo businesses trip, I sat at a coffee shop inside Cape Town International Airport, with every intention of getting some work done. At another table, directly across from me, a fifty-something-year-old man in an expensive-looking suit was throwing back whiskeys at an impressive (read: alarming) rate. Following some awkward and unavoidable eye contact, he called me over to ask if he could buy me a beer. Because I am always desperately receptive to unusual experiences – and free alcohol – I accepted. What happened next had a profound impact on my self-image.

Professor Poeschl and the Electric Lightning Polymath • IQ is complex, but polymaths are brilliant at scoring exceptionally well across several aptitudes and consequently excel in at least three fields. Sometimes they blend in unobtrusively, whilst laying the foundations for the supercharging of the spiritual and intellectual evolution of the human race.

Alpha THE GAY GENERATION? • Across generations there is as much to learn as there is to teach. (Gloria Steinem, American...