About OUT - November 2009 (US):
This is a general interest magazine for gays and lesbians. Each issue includes journalism on culture, people and current issues. It is written for people who appreciate a different slant on everyday life and accept diversity as a given. Individual concerns are also addressed.

Content issue:
CONTRIBUTORS & INFLUENCES 16 LETTERS 1 8 EDITOR’S LETTER 22 BY THE NUMBERS 24 FOREGROUND GORE VIDAL 2 7 In his new photo memoir, Snapshots in History’s Glare, the literary lion chronicles his 50-year partnership. GREATEST KITS 30 A true jet-setter never leaves home without a Dopp kit. Here our fi ve favorites. LIVE THE LIFE 32 Oscar Wilde—well-clad and witty DESTINATION: FIT 33 When getaway means getting in shape TRAVEL COMPANIONS 34 How the best guidebooks really stack up HOMO PLUS 39 Barneys creative director Simon Doonan takes us shopping in Greenwich Village. ACTION JACKSON 40 Broadway stud Cheyenne Jackson fi nds his Rainbow connection. ROAD TRIP 42 A luxe lap around Hawaii’s Big Island LIQUIDITY 46 Good gin comes in small batches. GENTLEMANLY PURSUITS 53 Gone fi shin’ DEPARTMENTS SURVEILLANCE 98 Our guide to the fi ner things in life: imm Living’s whimsical USB keys, Jabra’s Halo wireless headphones, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, and ModKat’s feline solution STORE INFO 102 SCENE 104 The parties you didn’t know you missed FEATURES KNOWING NOVAS 64 As he releases new fi lm, Broken Embraces, Pedro Almodóvar introduces us to Spain’s latest heartthrob, Tamar Novas. BY CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK ABRAHAMS TRAVEL SPECIAL 71 In our travel package, we dish on where to sip, sleep, and shop in: Tokyo, p. 71. ; Berlin, p. 74; Paris, p. 75; Portland, p. 76; London, p. 76; Cape Town, p. 78; Milan, p. 81; Stockholm, p. 81; Moscow, p. 81; Washington, D.C., p. 81. Plus, tips from celebrity experts. SINGLED OUT 82 Tom Ford’s fi lm debut—an adaptation of Christopher Isherwood’s A Single Man—brings rising star Nicholas Hoult into focus. BY GARETH MCLEAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY TOM FORD FASHION PERPETUAL MOTION 90 Chasing this season’s gothic futurism PHOTOGRAPHY BY GIAMPAOL0 SGURA N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 9 SYMPOSIUM Dispatches from the front lines of contemporary culture RUSSIAN ROULETTE 55 Last year, St. Petersburg hosted its fi rst-ever LGBT fi lm festival. Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell was there. WILD THINGS 57 Gregory Maguire on why Maurice Sendak’s 10-sentence masterpiece endures DEAR MISS LOURDES 58 An open letter to a pop icon’s scion THE NEW VERSE 5 9 Confessional lines from Hungarian poet András Gerevich