QNews (QN) is a free weekly LGBT journal and online newsletter published in Brisbane .
| QNews | |
|---|---|
| Periodicity | once in two weeks |
| Tongue | English |
| Chief Editor | Destiny Rogers |
| A country |  Australia |
| Established | |
| ISSN print version | 1833-4830 |
| Web site | |
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QNews is a Queensland-oriented LGBT + people magazine for members of the Australian LGBT + community and their allies. The magazine is published once every two weeks. The magazine covers local and national LGBT + events, social issues, health, entertainment and culture. The print publication and website are free and exist entirely through advertising.
The publication regularly collaborates with the LGBT + community in Queensland and northern New South Wales , including the Brisbane Pride [1] , Cairns Tropical Pride [2] and the Tropical Fruits ) [3] .
In April 2016, the magazine issued its 400th issue and noted that it was the record for the largest number of issues of printed LGBT + Queensland publications [4] .
In October 2018, QNews appointed the transgender woman Destiny Rogers to the post of editor-in-chief, and this is reportedly the first Australian publication to have done this [5] .
History
QNews was formed in December 2000 after the cessation of the publication of Brother Sister, in the wake of the collapse of the national LGBT publishing house Satellite Media. The first issue of QNews was released on December 15, 2000, under the direction of Ray Mackeret , who previously ran Brother Sister. From the very beginning, this was a biennial publication; initially, the magazine was issued in the format of a tabloid newspaper. Historian Shirlin Robinson described QNews as less arrogant than its rival, Queensland Pride [6] [7] [8] .
In 2013, The Australian newspaper claimed that QNews overestimated its distribution rates, saying the publication claimed to have distributed about twice as many copies as it actually printed. It is assumed that the circulation of the magazine at that time averaged about 8500 copies [9] .
In 2015, the magazine faced financial difficulties and the prospect of closure, as a result of which the magazine needed a crowdfunding campaign to support the publication for a long enough time to interest the new publisher [10] . The magazine faced additional problems later that year after its then owner, Ray Mackeret, filed for bankruptcy. [11] Later that month, the magazine was sold to a businessman from Queensland , Richard Bakker .
Distribution
Currently, QNews has more than 450 distribution points [12] , mainly throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales [13] .
A print magazine is also published online every two weeks. [14]
Notes
- ↑ Brisbane Pride Festival Guide 2018 | August 31, 2018 (neopr.) . QNews (August 30, 2018). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Home . Cairns Tropical Pride. Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Tropical Fruits Guide 2017 . calameo.com. Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ QNews Celebrates 400 Issues (neopr.) . QNews (April 1, 2016). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Transgender editor Destiny Rogers takes the reins at Q News . OUTInPerth - LGBTIQ News and Culture (October 9, 2018). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Robinson, Shirleene. Queensland's Queer Press (2007).
- ↑ About Us (unspecified) . QNews. Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Featherstone, Lisa (ed) (2014). Acts of Love and Lust: Sexuality in Australia from 1945-2010 . Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 68.
- ↑ Gay titles accused over distribution data ". The Australian . October 7, 2013.
- ↑ Amy Remeikis. QNews to close, holding out for a hero . The Age (30 May 2015). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Future of QNews uncertain following owner bankruptcy and "outrageous" workplace contraventions ( unspecified ) ? . Star Observer (October 2, 2015). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ Distribution | QNews Magazine (Neopr.) . QNews. Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ About Us (unspecified) . QNews. Date of treatment February 2, 2019.
- ↑ QNews Magazine Past Issues (unopened) . QNews (December 25, 2017). Date of treatment February 2, 2019.