Gay Times: 500 Issues, 35 Years

What we love about the 500th issue

As Gay Times magazine likes to do, there are multiple covers with the 500th issue, and the star-studded cover icons are Aaron Philip, Chella Man, Rickey Thompson, Blair Imani as well as a throwback illustration of the first-ever cover. 

Throughout the issue, you’ll discover exclusive interviews and honest opinions with members of the LGBTQ community. Instead of focusing too much on how far Gay Times has come, the intention was on sharing the stories of today's readers, those fighting for what they believe in and giving the recognition to those going against the status quo.

This issue is incredibly inspiring, eye-opening and realistic, much like all of Gay Times magazine. As Tag Warner says in the opening words “there hasn’t been a time like now and I’m so excited to step foot into tomorrow with more of you”.

Our 5 favourite Gay Times magazine issues

These 5 issues are the ones that stood out to us because of their amazing celebrity interviews, the coverage of issues affecting the LGBTQ community and simply the magnificent photography. We’ve chosen our favourite magazines from the recent rebrand of Gay Times as this means you can download the issues and read the content that is inside of each of them right away.

February 2018 with Reece King, Peppermint, Josh O’Connor, River Viiperi, Kyle De’Volle and Rikki Beadle-Blair. In this issue, Gay Times celebrates four different sections of the community: gay, bisexual, transgender and ally, alongside intriguing articles with stars we love.

July 2018 with Tyler Oakley, Nyle Dimarco, Lady Phyll, Sadiq Khan and Manvendra Singh Gohil. Discussing queer privilege from a social media celebrity to the first gay Prince of India, this issue covers topics that are shaping the community. 

August 2018 with Lizzo, Derek Chadwick, Aquaria, Hannah Gadsby and the stars of Transparent. From coming out as gay for the first time, an insider interview with the queen of queer pop to Aquaria spilling the tea about her RuPaul’s Drag Race win, there’s a lot of opinions being shared in this issue. 

December 2018 with Hayley Kiyoko, Jake Borelli, CupcakKe, Paris Hilton and Wanda Sykes. In this issue, Gay Times celebrates the end of 20GAYTEEN, and how these celebrities are shaping their industries.

August 2019 with Charli XCX and Jonathon Van Ness. A new wave of visibility is here, where people are standing up and using their digital space to tell their story, from JVN discussing how Netflix helped him come out to Charli XCX supporting the community through her music.

If you’d like to add the 500th issue of Gay Times magazine to your (digital) collection, then subscribe today, it’s a must-have for anyone in the LGBTQ community.