Midlands Zone
Available inEnglish
Created byGudrun Limbrick
Mike Parker[1]
URLwww.midlandszone.co.uk
Commercialyes
RegistrationOptional
Launched1997 (Magazine)[1]
[clarification needed] (Website)
Current statusactive


The Midlands Zone is a United Kingdom-based gay news website and the largest free regional magazine[1] marketed to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in gay bars and gay villages. It is published by the What's On Magazine Group.[2]

Midlands Zone offers their own Birmingham Pride guides[3] online and in print, as well as their regular monthly magazines, which are distributed through gay bars.[4] The monthly is the largest glossy gay magazine in the Midlands,[5] and in 2010, the Zone was nominated for the Stonewall Awards Publication of the Year.[6][7]

Both the magazines and the website offer regional and worldwide news of LGBT-related interest.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Midlands Zone launch by LGBT Trust". Birmingham LGBT community history. Birmingham LGBT Community Trust. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ^ Willing, James (2005). Willing's press guide. Willing's Press Service. p. 995. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Pride Guide from Midlands Zone". News source. Midlands Zone. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Magazine back issues". News source. Midlands Zone. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  5. ^ Chambers, Dr Deborah; Steiner, Linda; Ph.D., Carol Fleming, (2004). Women and Journalism. Psychology Press. pp. 151–. ISBN 9780415274456. Retrieved 12 December 2012.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Jane Lynch, Colin Firth and Martina Navratilova shortlisted for Stonewall awards". Pink News. 12 October 2010. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Simon Amstell, The Times – all nominated for Stonewall Awards". Stonewall. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

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