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Pink Triangle Press is a Canadian organization which specializes in LGBT media including publishing, online interactive media, and television. PTP's main asset is the LGBT (website ), Xtra!''.'' The company's headquarters are located in Toronto near the Church-Wellesley Village, although it also has offices in Ottawa and Vancouver. ==History== Pink Triangle Press' roots trace back to 1971 (although not in name) in Toronto, when a group of volunteers began to produce ''The Body Politic'', a paper containing news and opinions on gay liberation.〔("Historicist: I Sing The Body Politic" ). ''Torontoist'', February 14, 2015.〕 By 1976 ''TBP'' was being published monthly, and in the early 1980s it claimed a circulation of over 9,000 nationally, and boasted contributions from writers all over the world. In 1978, Pink Triangle Press was incorporated, its name was chosen as a symbol of history and commitment, as it comes from the symbols placed on suspected homosexual men in Nazi concentration camps. Later that year, PTP was charged with "publishing immoral, indecent and scurrilous material" because of an issue of ''The Body Politic'' which included Gerald Hannon's article "Men Loving Boys Loving Men".〔 The Press was brought up on similar charges again in May 1982, this time for "Lust With a Very Proper Stranger", an article on fisting.〔 PTP however won both cases.〔 In an attempt to broaden PTP's Toronto readership, the collective launched ''Xtra!'' in March 1984.〔 ''Xtra!'' was meant to be more upbeat and accessible than TBP. By 1985 ''Xtra!'' had taken over its parent publication's role of providing local entertainment and community event listings. ''Xtra!s circulation had soon overtaken TBP which was in financial trouble, so in an effort to save PTP and keep ''Xtra!'' going, TBP was discontinued in February 1987.〔 ''Xtra! West'' in Vancouver, now called ''Xtra Vancouver'', and ''Capital Xtra!'' in Ottawa, now called ''Xtra Ottawa'', were both launched in 1993. In January 2015, the company announced that it was discontinuing publication of its print titles, with the final edition of ''Xtra!'' published on February 19.〔("Gay newspaper Xtra to stop printing, go digital only" ). ''Toronto Star'', January 14, 2015.〕 ''Xtra!'' will continue as a digital media publication via the ''Daily Xtra'' website.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pink Triangle Press」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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