On the Rag, Vol. 489

A weekly look at what's making news in the gay mags:

Gloss (San Francisco): Celebrating Sweet 16 and a (True 8) on the Bromo Mountain

Get Out!: A new year, a new day

San Francisco Bay News: A city in grief and recovery after the death of its mayor

Hot Spots: Happy holidays from Florida

DNA (Australia): Luke Pearce is the next big thing

QX (London): Are you ready for Freida Slaves?

GCN (Ireland): The health and well-being issue is out now

Metro Weekly (D.C.): Scene stealers -- the year in smiles

Lavender (Minnesota): Go inside the 2018 Pride Pages Directory

Winq (U.K.): Stephen K Amos takes home the magazine's comedy award!

The Advocate: See the results of the #DayInLGBT project

Zach Wahls, son of two lesbians, will seek a spot in Iowa's Senate

Q Salt Lake: Utah Pride Center's Carol Gnade is named Person of the Year

Paper: Go-go dancer Jem Jender tells Michael Musto 'the Roxy was like a trip to Disney World'