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Destroyer 09 is out and on its way to the first lucky costumers. Here’s what Karl has to say about his newest baby:

I’m immensily proud to announce Destroyer 09. Why? Because of Nicola, a Swedish amateur photographer who took loads and loads of photos of beautiful boys in Naples in the 1970s. Some of them were published in the gay magazines of the time, but most of them were simply buried in Nicola’s drawers. Until now. In a 22-page double feature, we publish the best of Nicola’s photos in colour and black and white, along with an interview with Nicola himself, where he talks about the uniqueness of Naples and how it all suddenly changed to the worse in the 80s. I cannot enough emphasize the following: You do not want to miss this! D9 is the hottest issue of Destroyer since D2, which featured the 10-page interview with Cosidetto and was sold out only weeks after the release. D2 was printed in 1000 copies, D9 will be printed in 2000 copies. However, be warned that they might go very fast.

As usual, you can purchase Destroyer at Ilovemags.com!

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Photo made by Gottfried Helnwein | Found by pinkneptune 

If you ever have the chance to learn a new language… use it! You might think you’ll be fine with your own language but believe me, there are wonderful, amazing things waiting for you to be discovered. Things which will never get translated into your language. French poetry, German music, Swedish films or Slovenian fagzines ;) You got your life to explore the world around you and a part of it is to discover how different things can be expressed in other languages than your own. Learning a language is something you will never regret, trust me.

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Britain has an unhealthy Relationship with its Children

As far as annoying, hackneyed phrases go, ‘political correctness gone mad’ takes the number one slot. But every so often you come across a verifiable fact which prompts you to blurt it out, unwillingly, in the same way you yell when you stub your toe. Health and safety regulations affecting children’s playtime usually do the job. Ashburton Junior School, for instance, managed to provoke a barrel-load of Daily Mail bile when it ordered children not to play in the playground 15 minutes before class in case they get hurt last year. Today, local government leaders have called on parents not to wrap their children up in cotton wool, in a carefully planned press campaign designed to rid the public of the idea that local councils are responsible for the layers of health and safety regulations which affect children.

It’s insane and hugely depressing that we even have to talk about this. It goes without saying that children’s playgrounds should have ‘adventure equipment’ –tree houses and zip wires and the like – without councils having to churn out proud press releases to go with them. But we do have to talk about it, and it all stems from our strange and unhealthy relationship with childhood.

As a country, we have a very weird relationship with children. We have turned them into a depository for our better nature. All children are now considered innocence and perfection rolled into one. While we – adults and young adults (now known commonly as hoodies) – are the opposite: evil-minded and untrustworthy. Obviously, adults are all potentially dangerous. But we have started to consider them as if they are innately dangerous. For the record, children are usually not angels. They are, in fact, as cruel and manipulative as any adult. They’re just cuter. Some modern psychology even sees them as far less moral than adults, their social brains having not been formed yet. 

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Gaming companies are struggling with the issue of how to control the content in their games, without silencing a vocal minority of gamers. In many states, gay and lesbian couples can now marry, but they can’t talk about it online if publishers censor the very words used to describe their sexual orientation.

Why is the issue of sexual orientation so explosive that the very act of saying the word "gay" or "lesbian" is sometimes against the rules? Bioware found itself on the wrong end of this controversy when a community manager gracelessly began locking threads that discussed the issue, and then claimed that there simply were no gay or lesbian characters in Star Wars. Maybe those words don’t exist in galaxies far, far, away, but the characters often do: Bioware themselves created a game with a character who laid down with another woman as with a man. Sony was a part of a similar controversy after the words "gay" and "Jew" were edited out of Home, the company’s social online service for PS3 owners. And Microsoft made headlines when the company banned a player who self-identified as a lesbian, claiming any notice of sexual orientation was against the terms of service.

In some ways it’s unfair to take the world of gaming to task for its immature handling of gay and lesbian issues. After all, it’s hard to find a game that takes any kind of relationship seriously. This is an art form that knows how to show two people killing each other nearly perfectly, but seems to turn into a bunch of fifth-graders when dealing with a kiss, much less when that kiss is between two men or two women. It’s clear that something has to give, although companies only seem to pay attention after receiving the wrong kind of attention for their policies.

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A message from Karl, editor of  Destroyer :)

Yes, it’s true – this is your chance to finally fill those gaps in your Destroyer collection! :) As a result of sunstroke and a will to fight off the financial crisis (not the least our very personal one), we now offer all print magazines at Ilovemags.com to a 20 percent discount. When checking out, simply write MILK in the coupon code field. And don’t wait too long, the offer might disappear as spontaneously as it got there. ;)

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Destroyer #8 is printed and shipped and Karl, editor of this lovely fagzine, was kind enough to give a free Destroyer shirt to everyone who took part in our milkboys special (which has ended now) and added a “milkboys” comment to their order! <3

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My Coming Out Story
by torrance

I came out on my 17th birthday, but I’ve been coming out ever since. Everyday my sexuality is assumed. Everyday I am forced to make choices between playing it safe and keeping this knowledge to myself, or letting my shielding down, making myself vulnerable and undermining heterosexual presumptions. I am “out,” but for the most part I remain invisible.

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We’re looking for more coming out stories!
Please mail us your story if you want to share your experiences.

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Issue 8 of Destroyer will be out next week and if you didn’t order it yet you should right now! Why? ‘Because we love you, simple as that :) And ‘cause we do we won’t let you go without a neat milkboys special ;o) Just add “milkboys” and your shirt size (M, L or XL) as a comment to your order at I <3 Mags and with some luck you’ll win the ultra hot Destroyer shirt on top of your Destroyer! :D


[Model: Soja | Edit: Levi]

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Destroyer 08 ships February 10th and believe it or not, but I’m already outlining Destroyer 09. Since it will be published around May, hopefully, it will mark the 3 years anniversary of Destroyer – the premier issue was published in May 2006.

To celebrate, I want to publish your thoughts on Destroyer in the next issue. Let me know what you think was best and worst over the years. Tell me how you think the magazine has evolved and what’s in it for you. Maybe you have some real-life encounter involving Destroyer to share, or … well, I don’t know – surprise me!

E-mail your feedback to editor@destroyermag.com with the word “feedback” in the subject line. Also let me know if you want to sign your letter with a pseudonym.

A selection of letters will be published in D9, and maybe in subsequent issues too. If your letter gets published, you will get the magazine for free, so include a shipping address if you want that.

Now – I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

Karl, Editor of Destroyer

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