Christopher Street
Christopher Street #1, cover dated July 1, 1976
Editor-in-chiefCharles Ortleb
CategoriesMen's magazine
Frequencymonthly
First issueJuly 1, 1976
Final issue
Number		December 1, 1995
Vol 19 No 4
CompanyThat New Magazine Inc
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Christopher Street was an American gay-oriented magazine published in New York City, New York, by Charles Ortleb. It was founded in 1976 by Ortleb and Michael Denneny, an openly gay editor in book publishing.[1] Two years later, the magazine had a circulation of 20,000 and annual revenues of $250,000.[2] Known both for its serious discussion of issues within the gay community and its satire of anti-gay criticism, it was one of the two most widely read gay-issues publications in the United States.[3][4] Christopher Street covered politics and culture and its aim was to become a gay equivalent of The New Yorker.[5]

The magazine featured original fiction and non-fiction work from such notable authors as Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, Gore Vidal, Edmund White, and John Preston, as well as emerging gay writers such as Christopher Bram, Allen Barnett, John Fox, Scott Heim, John Alan Lee, Patrick Merla, Randy Shilts and Matthew Stadler. The cartoons signed (Rick) Fiala, Lublin, (Henryk) Baum, Bertram Dusk, Dean, and March were all drawn by Rick Fiala, the founding art director of Christopher Street.[6][7]

First published in July 1976, Christopher Street printed 231 issues before closing its doors in December 1995.

Collections of Christopher Street material

References

  1. ^ Sandomir, Richard (2023-04-25). "Michael Denneny, 80, Dies; Editor Created Outlets for Gay Literature". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ Kleinfield, N. R. (1978-08-01). "Homosexual Periodicals Are Proliferating". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ Miller, Stephen (October 1995). "Who Stole the Gay Movement?". Christopher Street. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  4. ^ "Arm yourself with a copy of 'The Homosexual Agenda'". Pam's House Blend. 2006-06-25. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
  5. ^ Bram, Christopher. Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America. 2012: Twelve, New York.
  6. ^ Ted (January 28, 2013). "Cartoons from Christopher Street (July 1976 – December 1995)". Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Gehr, Richard (2014). Only Read it for the Cartoons: The New Yorker's Most Brilliantly Twisted Artists. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 48. ISBN 9780544114456.
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