The Thousands

Bred from dissatisfaction in homo culture’s convergence with mediocrity through its inter-breeding with the mainstream, Melbourne-based THEY SHOOT HOMOS DON’T THEY? has proved its point well and truly, by becoming a widely anticipated publication by humans gay, straight and everywhere in-between.

Issue 004 features a truly world-class list of contributors, interviewing legendary fag-band Limpwrist’s frontman Martin Sorrondeguy, a focus on fashion godfather Walter Van Beirendonck, and pictorials by Jesse Burke, Hayden Fowler, Ryan Foerster and many other notables.**A series of ‘top friend’ profiles are included on gay-friendly public figures such as the world’s first transsexual MP, and there is also a highly speculative list of dead gay European heads of state.

This slick, tough and very funny periodical is often a confronting read for a straight skater dude like myself, but that’s the way it should be. Like all really good magazines, it never speaks down or attempts to ‘school’ the reader, preferring to provide a direct line of communication with some very onto-it people.

A thousand copies also contain a free mix CD of ‘manjams’ from No Bra, Yo Majesty, The Presets, Khan, Glass Candy and Xiu Xiu.