Posted on Advocate.com May 20, 2011 06:30:00 PM ET
The Magazine That Wasn't Censored
By Advocate.com Editors
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Representatives from Barnes & Noble and Borders say reports they censored an issue of Dossier Journal featuring a shirtless, androgynous male model on the cover are false.
Elle magazine reported earlier this week that Barnes & Noble and Borders locations were requiring the magazine, featuring male model Andrej Pelic on the cover, to be bagged with a censor over the shirtless photo. Elle claimed the book chains were both bothered because Pelic looks too much like a woman.
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But reps for both companies contacted The Advocate this week and said the story is not true.