{{short description|Asian men's online magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Element Magazine | logo = | logo_size = | image_file = Element_Magazine_6th_Issue_Cover.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = Edison Fan and his then husband Josh Taylor on the cover of ''Element Magazine'' #6 - The Love Issue (Feb/Mar 2014) | editor = Noel Ng | editor_title = Editor-in-chief | publisher = Hiro Mizuhara | staff_writer = | frequency = Bi-Monthly | category = Fashion, Lifestyle | company = Epic Media Pte Ltd. | based = Singapore | firstdate = March 2013 | country = Singapore | language = English | website = [http://www.elementmag.asia/ elementmag.asia] }} '''''Element Magazine''''' is an Asian men's online magazine that focuses on fashion and lifestyle. Its coverage includes art, grooming, music, entertainment, social issues and travel. It is published bi-monthly in Singapore by Epic Media.
== History ==
''Element Magazine'' has been described as the first alternative high-fashion and lifestyle men's journal with featured stories connected to the Asian LGBTQI community in particular, and it is launched and based in Singapore.<ref name=Atlantic>{{cite web|title=Singapore Has Its First Gay Magazine Through This Digital Workaround|date=May 14, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Benner|publisher=The Atlantic |work=theatlantic.com|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/05/singapore-has-its-first-gay-magazine-through-this-digital-workaround/275731/|accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Singapore Gay Magazine Finds a Safe Space|date=April 1, 2013|first=Shibani |last=Mahtani|publisher=The Wall Street Journal |work=blogs.wsj.com|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/04/01/singapore-gay-magazine-finds-a-safe-space/|accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Element magazine's Valentine's Day photo-spread|date=February 14, 2014|first=Yasmeen|last=Yasmeen|publisher=The Online Citizen|work=theonlinecitizen.com|url=http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/02/element-magazines-valentines-day-photo-spread/|accessdate=2014-02-07|archive-date=2014-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407094658/http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/02/element-magazines-valentines-day-photo-spread/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The magazine was established by Noel Ng and Hiro Mizuhara in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Is Singapore's stance on homosexuality changing?|date=April 23, 2013|first=Mariko |last=Oi|publisher=BBC News |work=bbc.co.uk|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22088852|accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref> The decision to launch the magazine on digital platforms enabled the publishers to side-step Singapore's regulation of print media and meant it had no need to obtain a media license. It uses an Internet host server in the United States.<ref name="Atlantic"/><ref>{{cite web|title=The Not-So Straight Story|date=June 20, 2013|first=Terry|last=Ong|publisher=Asia City Online Ltd.|work=is.asia-city.com|url=http://is.asia-city.com/city-living/article/not-so-straight-story|accessdate=2014-02-07|archive-date=2014-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304010111/http://is.asia-city.com/city-living/article/not-so-straight-story|url-status=dead}}</ref> Normative and positive depictions of gay people in mainstream media are currently banned in Singapore by the Media Development Authority (MDA).<ref>{{cite web|title=Lift ban on positive portrayals of gay people on TV|date=July 27, 2013|first=George |last=Bishop|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings |work=straitstimes.com|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/lift-ban-positive-portrayals-gay-people-tv-20130727|accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref> The magazine boasts an average digital circulation of more than 15,000 since its launch. It is also the organizer of Asia Pink Awards, a regional Awards event that celebrates those campaigning for LGBTQI acceptance in Asia<ref>{{cite web|title=Inaugural Asia Pink Awards Launched|date=May 29, 2013|first=Anna|last=Leach|publisher=Gay Star News|work=gaystarnews.com|url=http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/inaugural-asia-pink-awards-launched290513|accessdate=2014-02-07|archive-date=2014-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140118181330/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/inaugural-asia-pink-awards-launched290513|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Asia Pink Awards Will Celebrate Those Campaigning For LGBTI Acceptance In Asia |date=March 13, 2014 |first=Rhuaridh |last=Marr |publisher=Metro Weekly |work=metroweekly.com |url=http://www.metroweekly.com/news/world/2014/03/asia-pink-awards-will-celebrate-those-campaigning-for-lgbtqi-acceptance-in-asia.html |accessdate=2014-02-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407071059/http://www.metroweekly.com/news/world/2014/03/asia-pink-awards-will-celebrate-those-campaigning-for-lgbtqi-acceptance-in-asia.html |archivedate=2014-04-07 }}</ref>
== Editorial ==
''Element Magazine'' often promotes and features sexual health related contents and campaigns besides fashion and lifestyle. In 2013, it launched a visual campaign to promote HIV/AIDS awareness in World AIDS Day 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Element Magazine Releases Sexy Photo Campaign For World AIDS Day|date=December 1, 2013|first=James |last=Nichols|publisher=Huffington Post |work=huffingtonpost.com|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/01/element-magazine-world-aids-day_n_4364040.html|accessdate=2014-02-07}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208014053/http://www.elementmag.asia/ Official website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407162059/http://asiapinkawards.com/ Asia Pink Awards official website]
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