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==Sequels==
==Sequels==


Some time in the early 10s, Andersson returned to publishing with ''Breaking Boy News''.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/xdpb7k/breaking-boy-news I Publish a Magazine Full of Half-Naked Little Boys - Vice]</ref> Both this, and the original ''Destroyer'' were featured as a tangent in the [[Jacob Breslow]] controversy, with both being wrongly referred to as [[Child Pornography]] magazines, or otherwise grossly misrepresented.
In the early 10s, Andersson returned to publishing with ''Breaking Boy News''.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/xdpb7k/breaking-boy-news I Publish a Magazine Full of Half-Naked Little Boys - Vice]</ref> Both this, and the original ''Destroyer'' were featured as a tangent in the [[Jacob Breslow]] controversy, with both being wrongly referred to as [[Child Pornography]] magazines, or otherwise grossly misrepresented.
 
Andersson went back into Magazine publishing in 2015, with ''The Lover'', which ran for 5 editions.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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* [http://www.destroyerjournal.com Destroyer]
* [http://www.destroyerjournal.com Destroyer]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_Magazine Wikipedia] - Historical context.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer_Magazine Wikipedia] - Historical context.
* [https://www.bl-library.org/ BL Library] - Website on which Andersson's magazines can be located. Legality of content may vary according to jurisdiction.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Official Encyclopedia]][[Category:Gay]][[Category:Art]][[Category:Youth]][[Category:Websites]][[Category:Websites: Boylove]][[Category:Websites: Sympathetic]][[Category:Publications & Documents]][[Category:Pubs: Magazines & Newspapers]]

Latest revision as of 17:58, 15 June 2024

Covers from editions 3, 4 and 5

Destroyer – Journal of Apollonian Beauty and Dionysian Homosexuality (f. 2006) was a Swedish-based gay magazine published by Karl Andersson, containing features, photos, essays, interviews, reviews, columns, culture articles and fiction. Unlike most gay magazines, it focuses exclusively on boys and younger men, who, says the editor, were once a part of gay culture, but have vanished in recent years.

Destroyer was the brain child of Karl Andersson, a Swedish magazine professional. In 1999 he headed Straight, Sweden's first glossy gay magazine, and he has since then worked for Aftonbladet, Sweden's biggest daily, Slitz, the biggest men's magazine in Scandinavia, and for IDG Sweden. He has a bachelor of arts degree in language consultancy, MA in Visual and Media Anthropology, and lives in Berlin.

The magazine was printed and officially published in the Czech Republic, but distributed globally through its website, destroyerjournal.com. It has received a lot of criticism from the media and child-protection professionals for allegedly "sexualizing" children, but Andersson has been quick to defend his publication and gives interviews to argue against his critics.

Destroyer contained no images of nude boys under 18, and claimed to be legal in all countries where homosexuality was legal. Whilst the risk of prosecution for owning a copy of a gay magazine is probably very low, some countries have moved to criminalize clothed images of youth under the age of eighteen. Readers should always study the law in their jurisdiction before ordering a magazine of this nature.

Sequels

In the early 10s, Andersson returned to publishing with Breaking Boy News.[1] Both this, and the original Destroyer were featured as a tangent in the Jacob Breslow controversy, with both being wrongly referred to as Child Pornography magazines, or otherwise grossly misrepresented.

Andersson went back into Magazine publishing in 2015, with The Lover, which ran for 5 editions.

Gallery

See also

External link

  • Destroyer
  • Wikipedia - Historical context.
  • BL Library - Website on which Andersson's magazines can be located. Legality of content may vary according to jurisdiction.

References