When I first saw Julian in a copy of Playgirl I had originally wanted to put him on the cover of Men’s Fitness—but my being into him would have been too obvious for my more conservative (people I sensed as homophobic) superiors. Before I had become it’s EIC, I was way out at work, but upon being granted with the title, I decided to keep it a bit more quiet. The people who knew me, and many who didn’t, knew my deal.
But hetero’ing up Men’s Fitness from it’s very gay Weider roots seemed very VERY important to the folks I worked for. If something were too gay, I’d hear about it. Around that time though, I kept thinking about launching a new gay magazine out of sheer frustration that I had to keep my private life so fucking under wraps as the Editor In Chief of “a (formerly gay) major American men’s magazine” within the corporate culture in which I worked EVEN THOUGH MY MAGAZINE STILL HAD A HUGE GAY FOLLOWING.
When I finally arrived at Genre, I just had to use cute Julian on one of my covers. Look, he’s a model, and he looks like an everyday guy next to another everyday guy. Sort of hot to me (yeah, he’s straight, but straight guys are so fun to…let me stop). The idea was to use these hot boys to sell a bigger idea that I feel is very possible—longevity in relationships… The cover article I use these boys to sell tips for guys who may want to experience the same.
We’re sorry, but Fantechi is not an “everyday guy”. He’s a model, but ever…
In related news, our sources tell us that Genre‘s sales team walked out. This MediaBistro posting confirms.
Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/no-truth-in-genre-cover-20071211/$http://www.queerty.com/no-truth-in-genre-cover-20071211/#ixzz2vkzcXgCb