Bent Magazine

Bent is a free magazine that targets gay men and is distributed to 400 gay bars, clubs and saunas right across the United Kingdom. Published monthly by All Points North UK in Leeds, it focuses on entertainment – celebrities, film, DVD and music as well as television, comedy and "scene" news.

Bent's Editor is Gordon Hopps: His involvement with the magazine stretches back to the late 80s when the first magazine called All Points North was launched. Since then, the magazine has undergone a few changes: It was relaunched in the mid 90s as North of Watford(NOW) but the logo was challenged by IPC who also had a title called NOW. After a number of years, and to prevent a costly court case, North Of Watford underwent another format change and became Bent. Gordon has been involved in all areas of the magazine at different times being Editor in Chief at all the major changes. He also had a successful career as a TV producer and was the original producer of the Mr Gay UK Grand Finals.

Bent is contstantly being updated in format and content and looks to the regular columnists Adam Lowe and Simon Savidge to provide the main body of features. Features Editor Adam 'Beyonce' Lowe conducts celebrity interviews, writes the music reviews and the more controversial Beauty & the Freaks column. Simon Savidge is the London Correspondent whose interviewing technique has garnered a host of new fans to his work; he is also the author of Simon Says the problem page, with a witty edge. Terry George., the magazine's Publisher, also writes a column in Bent (UK).

At its peak the circulation reaches 60,000 copies (equal to that of Gay Times) and perhaps as high as 100,000 copies aross the UK. This reflects a circulation of 1-1.7% of the entire UK population and up to 10-17% of the LGBT community. Readership figures may also be higher, since access to the magazine in bars and nightclubs means each copy may be read multiple times. Estimated readership is said to be 150,000 in the magazine's online media pack.