Current Status
As of 2008, paid subscriptions totaled about 8,000, with circulation estimated at 12,000. Dr. Schneider has remained editor-in-chief. Martha E. Stone, literary editor, has served from the beginning as well. As of August 2008, the G&LR had published 75 issues.
From the magazine’s inception, each issue has been organized around a conceptual theme with essays from leading scholars and writers in the given field. Recent themes have included, for example, “The science of homosexuality,” “Eros and God,” and “Weird Psychology.” In addition to these essays, which account for about 60% of the magazine’s content, each issue offers book reviews, several poems, and special columns such as “International Spectrum” and “Artist’s Profile.” The Review has recently launched a redesigned website at www.GLReview.com, which offers a sampling of articles from the current and past issues, writers’ guidelines, subscription information, and so on.
The journal’s mission statement reads as follows: “The mission of The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide is to provide a forum for enlightened discussion of issues and ideas of importance to lesbians and gay men; to advance gay and lesbian culture by providing a quality vehicle for its best writers and thinkers; and to educate a broader public on gay and lesbian topics.”
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