Here Media
Encyclopedia
Here Media Inc. is a public media and entertainment company exclusively targeting the lesbian
, gay
, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT
) demographic, formed in 2008 by the combination of Here Networks LLC and its publishing subsidiaries (including LPI Media
) with PlanetOut Inc. Here Media owns and operates an extensive variety of media assets including the premium television network here! Networks, full service motion picture studio Here Studios, motion picture distribution company Here Films, print brands including The Advocate
, Out
, and HIV Plus, as well as the Alyson Books publishing division and online properties including Advocate.com, Out.com, Gay.com
, PlanetOut.com, HIVPlusmag.com, and SheWired.com.
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
, gay
Gay
Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....
, bisexual and transgender
Transgender
Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles....
(LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
) demographic, formed in 2008 by the combination of Here Networks LLC and its publishing subsidiaries (including LPI Media
LPI Media
LPI Media was the largest gay and lesbian publisher in the United States. The company targeted LGBT communities and published such magazines, books, and web sites, with its magazines alone having more than 8.2 million copies distributed each year...
) with PlanetOut Inc. Here Media owns and operates an extensive variety of media assets including the premium television network here! Networks, full service motion picture studio Here Studios, motion picture distribution company Here Films, print brands including The Advocate
The Advocate
The Advocate is an American LGBT-interest magazine, printed monthly and available by subscription. The Advocate brand also includes a web site. Both magazine and web site have an editorial focus on news, politics, opinion, and arts and entertainment of interest to LGBT people...
, Out
Out (magazine)
Out is a popular gay and lesbian fashion, entertainment, and lifestyle magazine, with the highest circulation of any gay monthly publication in the United States. It carries itself in a similar editorial manner to Details, Esquire, and GQ. Out was published by PlanetOut Inc...
, and HIV Plus, as well as the Alyson Books publishing division and online properties including Advocate.com, Out.com, Gay.com
Gay.com
gay.com is a chat, personals, and social networking website catering to the LGBT community. The site is a digital brand of Here Media Inc. In addition to community features, the site features LGBT-related news and features. As of September 2005, San Jose Mercury News ranked gay.com as the most...
, PlanetOut.com, HIVPlusmag.com, and SheWired.com.