Mások
Encyclopedia
Mások is the name of Hungary
's leading LGBT
magazine
, a social, cultural and human rights monthly, published since April 1991 (it published its 200th issue in November 2007). The word "más" (singular of "mások") in the Hungarian language
, in some context is a soft hint about a person's homosexuality.
, it appears in 76 pages (in B5 size
) with news, reports, interviews, reviews, short stories, programmes, classifieds, and advertisements. Although it includes information relating to the entire GLBT community and is aimed at the lesbian and transgender audience as well, it is mostly bought by gay men (partly because of its male softcore pictures).
Mások is available throughout Hungary, at all major newsagents (it is not usually put in the shopwindow, though). Issues are stored and available in the archives of the two major Hungarian libraries (National Széchényi Library
and Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library
), and it is occasionally a point of reference for other newspapers.
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
's leading 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...
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...
, a social, cultural and human rights monthly, published since April 1991 (it published its 200th issue in November 2007). The word "más" (singular of "mások") in the Hungarian language
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, in some context is a soft hint about a person's homosexuality.
, it appears in 76 pages (in B5 size
Paper size
Many paper size standards conventions have existed at different times and in different countries. Today there is one widespread international ISO standard and a localised standard used in North America . The paper sizes affect writing paper, stationery, cards, and some printed documents...
) with news, reports, interviews, reviews, short stories, programmes, classifieds, and advertisements. Although it includes information relating to the entire GLBT community and is aimed at the lesbian and transgender audience as well, it is mostly bought by gay men (partly because of its male softcore pictures).
Mások is available throughout Hungary, at all major newsagents (it is not usually put in the shopwindow, though). Issues are stored and available in the archives of the two major Hungarian libraries (National Széchényi Library
National Széchényi Library
The National Széchényi Library is a library in Budapest, Hungary. It is one of the two Hungarian national libraries, the other being the University of Debrecen Library.-History:...
and Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library
Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library
Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár is the largest library network in Budapest, Hungary.In 2003, FIABCI awarded the Prix d’Excellence to its central building, with the following description:...
), and it is occasionally a point of reference for other newspapers.
External links
- Mások website (in Hungarian) (site currently under construction)