November
      19,
      1996
     
    
   
   
    
     
      News/Sports
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      The
      Panther
      Prints
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FAB
      Is
      Details
      out
      of
      the
      Closet
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Jessica
      Waiser.
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sheaf.
      University
      of
      Saskatoon
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ten
      years
      ago
      gay
     
     
      magazines
      tended
      to
      be
     
     
      shelved
      in
      plastic
      sleeves
      next
     
     
      to
      Playboy
      and
      Hustler
      on
      the
     
     
      magazine
      rack.
      Their
      pages
     
     
      were
      littered
      with
      sexually
     
     
      explicit
      editorials
      and
      adver-
     
     
      tisements,
      steamy
      1-900
      num-
     
     
      bers
      and
      sex
      toy
      catalogues.
     
    

    
     
      Gay
      magazines
      of
      to-
     
     
      day,
      however,
      can
      be
      found
     
     
      shelved
      next
      to
      other
      'lifestyles'
     
     
      magazines.
      They
      are
      filled
     
     
      with
      informative
      articles
     
     
      which
      delve
      deep
      into
      pop
     
     
      culture
      and,
      more
      surprisingly,
     
     
      they
      are
      filled
      with
      advertise-
     
     
      ments
      from
      many
      of
      the
      big-
     
     
      gest
      names
      in
      corporate
      North
     
     
      America.
     
    

    
     
      FAB
      National,
      Cana-
     
     
      da's
      fledgling
      gay
      lifestyles
     
     
      magazine,
      is
      the
      first
      of
      this
     
     
      new
      breed
      of
      queer
      periodi-
     
     
      cals
      to
      hit
      the
      newsstands
      in
     
     
      this
      country.
     
    

    
     
      FAB
      --
      short
      for
      fabu-
     
     
      lous
      --
      National
      magazine,
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      answer
      to
      Ameri-
     
     
      can
      gay
      publications
      such
      as
     
     
      Out,
      Genre,
      and
      Advocate,
      hit
     
     
      the
      stands
      this
      fall.
      Published
     
     
      bi-monthly
      this
      new
      breed
      of
     
     
      magazine
      is
      not
      as
      political
      or
     
     
      as
      angry
      as
      its
      predecessors.
     
     
      Rather,
      FAB
      National
      is,
      in
      a
     
     
      sense,
      a
      gay
      Details
      --
      focus-
     
     
      ing
      more
      on
      enjoying
      life
      and
     
     
      celebrating
      the
      gay
      lifestyle.
     
    

    
     
      "We
      developed
      this
     
     
      product
      in
      response
      to
      increas-
     
     
      ing
      consumer
      and
      advertiser
     
     
      interest
      in
      gay
      periodicals,"
     
     
      said
      FAB
      National's
      publisher
     
     
      Michael
      Schwarz.
      "The
      gay
     
     
      community
      has
      been
      well-
     
     
      served
      by
      community-based
     
     
      newspapers
      in
      the
      past,
      but
      the
     
     
      market
      has
      become
      more
      so-
     
     
      phisticated.
      People
      are
      inter-
     
     
      ested
      in
      more
      than
      local
      com-
     
     
      munity
      happenings
      and
      gos-
     
     
      sips."
     
    

    
     
      The
      magazine
      is
      geared
     
     
      towards
      gay
      male
      readers
      be-
     
     
      tween
      the
      ages
      of
      20
      and
      50.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      In
      Canada,
      gay
      activists
      esti-
     
     
      mate
      there
      are
      between
     
     
      700,000
      and
      one
      million
      gay
     
     
      men.
      Of
      these,
      a
      large
      per-
     
     
      centage
      are
      affluent
      and
      highly
     
     
      educated
      --
      a
      promising
      target
     
     
      group
      of
      consumers
      for
      any
     
     
      high-profile
      advertiser.
     
    

    
     
      In
      years
      past,
      such
      ad-
     
     
      vertisers
      have
      been
      reluctant
     
     
      to
      invest
      in
      the
      gay
      market.
     
     
      Some
      feared
      the
      repercussions
     
     
      of
      associating
      themselves
      too
     
     
      closely
      with
      gay
      politics,
      such
     
     
      as
      consumer
      backlashes
     
     
      against
      their
      companies,
      while
     
     
      most
      failed
      to
      recognize
      the
     
     
      financial
      power
      wielded
      by
      the
     
     
      gay
      community.
     
    

    
     
      But
      today's
      breed
      of
      gay
     
     
      publications
      promise
      a
      publi-
     
     
      cation
      free
      of
      sexually
      explicit
     
    
   
   
    
     
      advertisements
      and
      editorials
     
     
      --
      anapproach
      many
      members
     
     
      of
      the
      gay
      community
      call
      re-
     
     
      freshing.
      This
      absence
      of
      sexu-
     
     
      ally
      explicit
      material
      also
     
     
      comes
      as
      a
      relief
      to
      many
      cor-
     
     
      porate
      heavies
      who
      now
      feel
     
     
      comfortable
      with
      cashing
      in
     
     
      on
      the
      gay
      market.
      Such
      big
     
     
      names
      include
      Mossimo,
      Jeep,
     
     
      Absolute
      Vodka,
      and
      Apple.
     
    

    
     
      "FAB's
      content
      is
      up-
     
     
      beat
      and
      fresh.
      Dedicated
      to
     
     
      the
      more
      enjoyable
      aspects
      of
     
     
      the
      gay
      lifestyle,
      the
      maga-
     
     
      zine
      will
      leave
      the
      politics
      and
     
     
      anger
      to
      those
      publications
     
     
      who
      have
      built
      their
      reputa-
     
     
      tions
      on
      it.
      FAB
      will
      inform,
     
     
      but
      will
      not
      preach;
      it
      will
      lead,
     
     
      but
      will
      not
      push,"
      the
      maga-
     
     
      zine
      claims.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FAB
      National
      is
      "Cana-
     
     
      da's
      Gay
      Lifestyles
      Magazine"
     
     
      according
      to
      the
      blurb
      on
      the
     
     
      cover.
      This
      is
      true
      only
      to
      a
     
     
      certain
      extent,
      however.
      When
     
     
      compared
      to
      its
      American
     
     
      counterparts,
      FAB
      National
      is
     
     
      void
      of
      sleazy
      phone
      sex
      ad-
     
     
      vertisements,
      has
      an
      all-en-
     
     
      compassing
      Canadian
      gay
      life-
     
     
      styles
      directory,
      and
      some
      ar-
     
     
      ticles
      with
      a
      distinctive
      and
     
     
      genuine
      Canadian
      flavour.
      For
     
     
      the
      most
      part,
      however,
      the
     
     
      magazine
      has
      an
      extremely
     
     
      glossed
      over,
      American
      feel
     
     
      to
      it,
      as
      much
      of
      the
      photogra-
     
     
      phy
      and
      subject
      matter
      comes
     
     
      from
      outside
      our
      borders.
     
    

    
     
      For
      a
      premiere
      issue,
     
     
      the
      people
      at
      FAB
      National
     
     
      have
      done
      a
      very
      impressive
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dal
      Tigers
      Win
      Catfight
      With
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By:
      Daniel
      Clark.
     
     
      Dalhousie
      Gazette
     
    
   
   
    
     
      to
      Panthe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Special
     
     
      Manes
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      was
      a
      very
      cold
     
     
      night
      in
      Charlottetown
      last
     
     
      Saturday,
      when
      the
     
     
      Dalhousie
      Tigers
      doubled
     
     
      the
      Panthers
      8
      -
      4,
      unless
      of
     
     
      course
      your
      name
      is
      Naylor.
     
     
      Luke
      Naylor
      scored
      a
     
     
      hattrick
      on
      rather
      hapless
     
     
      goaltending
      by
      Craig
     
     
      Johnson,
      while
      his
      brother,
     
     
      Ted
      Naylor,
      assisted
      on
      each
     
     
      of
      Luke's
      goals
      plus
      added
     
     
      another
      assist
      on
      Chad
     
     
      Kalmakoff's
      goal.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Tigers
      jumped
      to
     
     
      an
      early
      lead
      when
      lan
     
     
      Melichercik
      opened
      up
      the
     
     
      scoring,
      and
      Luke
      Naylor
     
     
      picked
      up
      his
      first
      goal.
      The
     
     
      Panthers
      showed
      that
      they
     
     
      were
      going
      to
      make
      a
      game
     
     
      of
      it
      when
      Dave
      Lemay
      put
     
     
      a
      bullet
      past
      Dal
      netminder
     
     
      Fred
      Corkum.
      The
      period
     
     
      ended
      with
      Naylor
      scoring
     
     
      his
      second
      with
      a
      1:31
      left.
     
    

    
     
      The
      Tigers
      may
      have
     
    
   
   
    
     
      entered
      the
      dressing
      rooms
     
     
      with
      a
      3
      -
      |
      lead,
      but
      it
      was
     
     
      the
      Panthers
      who
      came
      to
     
     
      play
      early
      in
      the
      second.
     
     
      Todd
      Walker
      scored
      at
      the
     
     
      16
      second
      mark,
      and
      1:26
     
     
      later
      Phil
      Simeon
      tied
      up
     
     
      the
      game.
     
    

    
     
      That
      was
      when
      the
     
     
      game
      fell
      apart
      for
      UPEI.
     
     
      After
      a
      nice
      goal
      by
     
     
      Kalmakoff,
      the
      Panthers
     
     
      picked
      up
      three
      penalties
      in
     
     
      six
      minutes;
      one
      of
      them
      a
     
     
      double
      minor.
      That
      cleared
     
     
      the
      way
      for
      three
      straight
     
     
      Tiger
      powerplay
      goals.
     
     
      Naylor
      finished
      off
      his
     
     
      hattrick,
      Melichercik
      picked
     
     
      up
      his
      second
      goal,
      and
      Marc
     
     
      Warner
      closed
      out
      the
      pe-
     
     
      riod.
     
    

    
     
      At
      this
      point
      it
      was
      all
     
     
      but
      over
      for
      the
      Panthers.
     
     
      The
      crowd
      became
      pretty
     
     
      unruly
      at
      this
      point.
      Swear-
     
     
      ing
      occurred
      between
      a
     
     
      group
      of
      Panther
      support-
     
     
      ers,
      and
      a
      group
      who
      had
     
     
      travelled
      up
      from
      Dal.
      But
     
     
      this
      game
      was
      won
      and
      lost
     
     
      on
      special
      teams.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      looked
      abso-
     
     
      lutely
      pathetic
      on
     
     
      powerplay.
      They
      gave
      upa
     
     
      shorthanded
      goal
      _
      to
     
     
      Melichercik
      (the
      first
      goal
     
     
      of
      the
      game),
      and
      managed
     
     
      to
      go
      0
      for
      6
      with
      a
      man
     
     
      advantage.
      The
      Dal
     
     
      shorthanded
      team
      looked
     
     
      brilliant
      controlling
      the
     
     
      puck,
      and
      dumping
      it
      into
     
     
      UPEI's
      end
      regularly.
      The
     
     
      Tigers
      even
      escaped
      1:11
     
     
      with
      a
      two
      man
      disadvan-
     
    

    
     
      e.
     
    

    
     
      Dal
      on
      the
      other
      hand
     
     
      controlled
      the
      puck
      during
     
     
      their
      advantage
      and
      man-
     
     
      aged
      to
      score
      4
      for
      7
      on
      the
     
     
      powerplay.
      the
      Tigers
      did
     
     
      an
      excellent
      job
      of
      control-
     
     
      ling
      the
      puck,
      and
      on
      one
     
     
      goal
      had
      the
      Panthers
      so
     
     
      confused
      that
      they
      com-
     
     
      pletely
      missed
      their
      cover-
     
     
      age.
      They
      gave
      Luke
      Naylor
     
     
      so
      much
      time
      that
      my
      grand-
     
     
      mother
      could
      have
      con-
     
     
      verted
      it.
     
    

    
     
      This
      game
      exempli-
     
     
      fied
      the
      recent
      slide
      of
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      job.
      The
      magazine
      provides
     
     
      the
      reader
      with
      an
      extremely
     
     
      diverse
      range
      of
      subject
      mat-
     
     
      ter,
      even
      though
      it
      isn't
      as
      Ca-
     
     
      nadian
      as
      they
      claim
      it
      to
      be.
     
     
      The
      magazine
      is
      impressive
      in
     
     
      that
      it
      targets
      a
      very
      specific
     
     
      group
      and
      still
      presents
      a
      vari-
     
     
      ety
      of
      different
      viewpoints.
     
     
      This
      issue
      contains
     
     
      pieces
      on
      "practicing
      pride",
     
     
      the
      "gay
      gene,"
      pornography
     
     
      on
      the
      Internet,
      and
      a
      Cana-
     
     
      dian
      man
      facing
      extradition
      to
     
     
      Mexico
      for
      the
      murder
      of
      his
     
     
      lover,
      among
      others.
      The
      arts
     
     
      and
      entertainment
      section
      is
     
     
      dripping
      with
      pop
      culture
      --
     
     
      profiles
      on
      prominent
      gay
      per-
     
     
      formance
      artists,
      photography
     
     
      exhibitions,
      health
      and
      fitness,
     
     
      short
      fiction,
      fashion,
      cartoons,
     
     
      technology,
      and
      music.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Panthers
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      Panthers
      into
      last
     
     
      place
      in
      the
      MacAdam
      Di-
     
     
      vision
      with
      a
      2-7-0
      record.
     
     
      Their
      work
      ethic
      is
      not
      the
     
     
      problem...
      they
      just
      suck.
     
     
      With
      the
      exception
      of
     
     
      Lemay's
      goal
      in
      the
      first
     
     
      (which
      was
      an
      absolute
      fro-
     
     
      zen
      rope),
      and
      Walker's
      in
     
     
      the
      second;
      all
      of
      the
      Pan-
     
     
      thers'
      shots
      (even
      the
      ones
     
     
      that
      scored)
      were
      very
     
     
      stoppable.
     
    

    
     
      For
      myself,
      it
      was
      my
     
     
      first
      time
      watching
      a
      hockey
     
     
      game
      in
      someone
      else's
     
     
      arena,
      and
      I've
      learned
      that
     
     
      it
      is
      not
      as
      easy
      as
      it
      looks.
     
     
      Some
      of
      the
      things
      you
      can
     
     
      do
      in
      your
      home
      rink
      (blow-
     
     
      ing
      kazoos,
      yelling
      at
      the
     
     
      ref,
      and
      singing
      "Na
      Na
      Na
     
     
      Na,
      Hey
      Hey
      Hey
      Good-
     
     
      bye.")
      are
      not
      as
      well
      ac-
     
     
      cepted
      in
      the
      Charlottetown
     
     
      Civic
      centre.
      All
      in
      all,
      the
     
     
      people
      were
      very
      friendly;
     
     
      with
      the
      exception
      of
      the
     
     
      kid
      who
      spat
      on
      me.
      Kid
      (I
     
     
      think
      his
      name
      was
      Adam),
     
     
      if
      you
      are
      reading
      this,
      then
     
     
      you
      can
      kiss
      my
      ass!
     
    
   
   
    
     
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