Aut

Aut is an Italian monthly periodical dedicated to gay and LGBT themes, published by the Circolo di cultura omosessuale Mario Mieli, a historic Italian homosexual culture association based in Rome. First issued in January 1994 as an information bulletin for the Circolo, it evolved into a general-interest magazine with a distinctive "rainbow" perspective on politics, fashion, current affairs, culture, music, and LGBT or LGBT-friendly style. It was distributed free of charge in gay and gay-friendly venues, clubs, bookshops, and associations across Italy. From 1998 the magazine changed its format and addressed a broader general public, offering a rainbow lens on reality while also commenting on heterosexual society. Unlike most other Italian GLBT magazines, Aut distinguished itself from its inception by accepting advertising only from companies not connected to the pornography market, inspired by American and European models such as The Advocate, Zero, Diva, and Out. The monthly included extensive Italian and foreign news coverage, investigations, and columns on the internet, books, cinema, music, comics, fashion, style, theatre, art, poetry, and a guide to LGBT Rome. Aut served as a launching pad for numerous figures in Italian journalism and culture, including Daniele Cenci, Massimo Consoli, Federico d'Agostino, Sciltian Gastaldi, Francesco Gnerre, Vincenzo Ianniello, Ennio Meloni, Alessandro Michetti, Egizia Mondini, Rosario Morabito, Maria Paulucci, Andrea Pini, Luca Ragazzi, Francesco Paolo Del Re, Luca de Santis, Andrea Maccarrone, and Claudio Rossi Marcelli. The first incarnation's director was Gabriele Bonincontro, with Egizia Mondini as central editor-in-chief and Stefano Mastropaolo as editorial secretary. Publication was suspended in July 2011 by decision of the Circolo Mario Mieli board. In June 2023, Aut resumed publication in digital format only, on a monthly basis, with a renewed editorial team. The current director of the online version is Egizia Mondini. The magazine's official website is autmagazine.it, while its publisher's page is hosted at mariomieli.org.

Aut was founded in January 1994 as an information bulletin of the Circolo di cultura omosessuale Mario Mieli, a historic Italian homosexual culture association. Over the years it refined its graphic design thanks to the work of Molly Coppini. From 1998 the magazine changed format and addressed the general public, offering a "rainbow" point of view on reality. Its strength lay in being a general-interest magazine covering politics, fashion, current affairs, culture, music, and LGBT or LGBT-friendly style, while also commenting on heterosexual reality through rainbow lenses. Unlike almost all other Italian GLBT magazines, Aut distinguished itself from its birth by accepting only advertisements from companies not connected to the pornography market, inspired by American and European models such as The Advocate, Zero, Diva, and its homophone Out. From its earliest issues, the magazine served as a launching pad for numerous historic figures in Italian journalism and culture, including Daniele Cenci, Massimo Consoli, Federico d'Agostino, Sciltian Gastaldi, Francesco Gnerre, Vincenzo Ianniello, Ennio Meloni, Alessandro Michetti, Egizia Mondini, Rosario Morabito, Maria Paulucci, Andrea Pini, Luca Ragazzi, Francesco Paolo Del Re, Luca de Santis, Andrea Maccarrone, and Claudio Rossi Marcelli. The monthly addressed the LGBT community with a broad section of Italian and foreign news, investigations, and columns on the internet, books, cinema, music, comics, fashion, style, theatre, art, poetry, and a guide to LGBT Rome. Publication of Aut was suspended in July 2011 by decision of the Circolo Mario Mieli board. In June 2023, publication resumed in digital format only, on a monthly basis, with a renewed editorial team. The director of the first incarnation was Gabriele Bonincontro, the central editor-in-chief was Egizia Mondini, and the editorial secretary was Stefano Mastropaolo. Currently the director of the online version is Egizia Mondini.

• Aut founded as an information bulletin of the Circolo Mario Mieli.

• Magazine changes format and targets the general public with a rainbow perspective.

• Publication suspended by decision of the Circolo Mario Mieli board.

• Publication resumes in digital format only, monthly, with a renewed editorial team.

A general-interest Italian LGBT magazine offering a "rainbow" perspective on politics, culture, fashion, and current affairs, distributed free in gay and gay-friendly venues and known for refusing pornography-related advertising.

• Aut monthly magazine (print, 1994–2011)

• Aut digital monthly (2023–present)

1. 1Aut (periodico) – Wikipedia (Italian)it.wikipedia.org
2. 2Aut – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Circolo Mario Mieli – Aut pagemariomieli.org