DU&ICH is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 LGBT magazine

Magazine

Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

. DU&ICH distributes copies monthly. The publisher is German company Jackwerth Verlag. The seat of the publishing company is in Berlin

Berlin

Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

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History

In 1969, the magazine was founded. On October 1, 1969 the first edition was published. Founder of DU&ICH was Egon Manfred Strauss. First chief editor was Udo J. Erlenhardt. In the last 40 years over 465 editions of DU&ICH were printed. The magazine is the oldest German gay magazine—other magazines launched after DU&ICH were him in April 1970 and DON in May 1970.

In the 1970s, journalist Alexander Ziegler

Alexander Ziegler

Alexander Ziegler was a Swiss author and actor.Ziegler studied drama at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Wien . He was an actor in Spring Awakening, a play by Frank Wedekind, in 1964...

 worked for DU&ICH. Journalist Dirk Ludigs has worked for the magazine in the 2000s and today Andreas Hergeth is chief editor.

External links

• Official website for DU&ICH
• DU&ICH in Homowiki
• Queer:Vierzig Jahre DU&ICH
• Siegessäule: 40 Jahre Du&Ich - „Schwule Grundversorgung“