• ELIXHER
• On September 17, 2013

ELIXHER, an award-winning online destination for Black lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer women, is proud to announce that ELIXHER Magazine is now available in print.

“The feedback from our digital issue has been overwhelmingly positive,” says Kimberley McLeod, ELIXHER founder and editor-in-chief. “ELIXHER readers loved the digital version so much that they’ve been urging us to bring the publication to print.”

ELIXHER Summer Issue 2013

By ELIXHER Magazine

56 pages, published 9/10/2013

ELIXHER is an award-winning publication for black lesbian, bi and trans women and allies. In our inaugural issue, America’s Next Top Model contestant AzMarie opens up in her most intimate interview yet, author Staceyann Chin welcomes us into her Brooklyn home to talk her first year of motherhood and more!

By partnering with web service MagCloud, ELIXHER is able to publish and distribute content as a professional-quality print publication or digitally for mobile and online viewing.

“When readers get their hands on a print copy of our magazine, they’ll never want to toss it,” adds McLeod. “It reads and feels like a coffee table book you’ll collect and keep forever.”

ELIXHER Magazine provides more in-depth reporting, unprecedented columns, eye-catching spreads and exclusive photoshoots will Black warrior women like author Staceyann Chin and celebrities like America’s Next Top Model contestant AzMarie Livingston. The inaugural issue also features interviews with high-profile public figures and community leaders such as MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry, trans actress/producer Laverne Cox, and trans performer KOKUMO Kinetic.

As an experienced editor, media strategist and LGBT advocate, McLeod knows firsthand the power the media has to change hearts and minds, and more importantly, affirm communities too often relegated to the sidelines.

Since 2011, ELIXHER has served as a virtual hub for Black LBTQ women. The site has become a staple for smart, empowering and authentic news, commentary and more. By spotlighting phenomenal women in the Black LBTQ community and celebrating two-mommy families, ELIXHER has brought the world closer to recognizing our magic and multifacetedness.

Its newest platform for smart, uplifting and authentic content is a quarterly publication available digitally for $4.99 and $14.99 in print at ELIXHER.com/subscribe. Download MagCloud’s free app through the App store to view our digital issue on your iPad or tablet. And stay tuned for ELIXHER Magazine‘s fall/winter issue, available next month on MagCloud!