In a Gawker post entitled, "Freelancers Say Out, Advocate Not Paying Writers," a few disgruntled freelance writers are accusing the two biggest (only?) gay magazines in the country, after Details, of not paying up.

One writer who has waited for 7 months so far for his money is considering small claims court. Another says that the publisher is not getting back to him even though the magazine has published 3 of his stories without payment.

One of the aggrieved who is not listed in Gawker’s report is Gus Mattox, who was never paid for this column he wrote in The Advocate last year. In a recent blog entry he wrote:

The Advocate is undergoing some sort of restructuring and I’ve never gotten paid for [my] columns…

Paul Colichman, the head of Regent Media, was poised to become the gay Citizen Kane in 2007 when he bought Planet Out’s print properties for a couple million dollars. Since then, all but Out have folded, including Out Traveler, Freshmen, Men and, most recently, Unzipped. (The Advocate doesn’t exist in print except as an insert in Out.)

I don’t think gay print is dead. I just think we need a do-over. Maybe I’ll start a magazine. ‘Becky.’ Or ‘Esophagus.’
 

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