{{Short description|British LGBT periodical}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox magazine |title = Fyne Times |image_file = Fyne-times.jpg |image_size = |image_alt = |image_caption = |editor = Jill Rayner |frequency = |category = Gay and lesbian |company = |firstdate = September 2001 |circulation= |language = English |country = United Kingdom |website = [http://www.fyne.co.uk/ fyne.co.uk] |issn = }} '''''Fyne Times''''' is a UK based free gay and lesbian magazine, with five regional editions, that was established in September 2001.<ref>[http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=35766 "Fyne Times celebrates birthday with website relaunch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517200026/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=35766 |date=2011-05-17 }}, Press Gazette, 29 September 2006</ref> Edited by Jill Rayner, it is based in Abingdon, near Oxford and is produced by Fyne Associates.
''Fyne Times'' is a lifestyle magazine which strives to have no gender bias or adult content and is found in outlets such as libraries, colleges, youth clubs, hotels and other mainstream venues.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
The magazine is also the host of the ''Gay Greats'' series written by Natalie Thorne, which has been running since 2002. Fyne Times was also the first gay publication to carry recruitment advertising from one of the armed forces when an advert for the Army appeared in February 2002, soon after the ending of the ban on LGBTs serving in the armed forces.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}
In February 2004, the magazine welcomed the creation of Welsh lovespoons for gay and lesbian lovers celebrating Valentine's Day.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/3487037.stm "Lovespoons for gay couples"], BBC News, 14 February 2004</ref>
During 2003-04 the Crown Prosecution Service of Dorset, because of concerns over the reluctance of victims to report homophobic crime, published several articles in the Fyne Times.<ref>[http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/areas/2004/ar2004dorset.pdf "Prosecuting Dorset's Crime - Annual Report 2003-2004"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910110419/http://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/docs/areas/2004/ar2004dorset.pdf |date=10 September 2008 }}, Crown Prosecution Service</ref>
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==External links== {{Portal|LGBTQ}} *[http://www.fyne.co.uk/ Fyne Times website]
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