 It was created by Paul Disney in 1996 as a guide to gay men's health including HIV.It went from a freebie magazine on the gay scene to a paid for publication in 1999.For its time it was a forward thinking magazine that used irony and an ability to laugh at itself in getting messages over to the gay community concerning health issues that needed addressing such as why is it that gay men are more prone to depression than their straight counterparts etc.