newspaper founded october 1971 headquarters toronto ontario key people ken popert president and executive director david walberg publisher andrew chang chief operating officer products newspapers website television subsidiaries xtra squirt.org website pinktrianglepress.com 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 news website daily xtra a continuation of the company s former print titles . the company s headquarters are located in toronto near the church wellesley village although it also has offices in ottawa and vancouver . contents 1 history 2 other investments 3 subsidiaries 3.1 defunct 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . 1 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 . 1 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 . 1 ptp however won both cases . 1 in an attempt to broaden ptp s toronto readership the collective launched xtra in march 1984 . 1 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 . 1 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 . 2 xtra will continue as a digital media publication via the daily xtra website . 2 other investments edit pink triangle press launched www.squirt.org in 1998 a gay men s personals dating and cruising website which now has more than 600 000 active members . the site s advertisements have been a site of controversy across north america . the site s non stop cruising campaign sparked backlash in dallas after complaints were received over the billboard which featured three ethnically diverse men embracing . 3 in september 2015 the toronto transit commission decided to remove ads for the website from their subway trains after riders complained that the website promoted illegal sexual activity . 4 in defense of the company the digital business director stated that the sites postings for public sex were completely user generated . 5 in july 2004 pink triangle press became a minority partner in pridevision tv when the channel was sold by headline media group to william craig . pridevision was subsequently rebranded outtv and a new gay male adult subscription channel hardtv was launched at the same time . ptp owns approximately 25 % of outtv and 55 % of hardtv while les tomlin owns the remaining 45 % . ptp sold its interest in outtv to majority partner shavick entertainment in december 2012 . previous to pridevision being sold pink triangle press became partners with television producer les tomlin forming bumper 2 bumper media inc. which produces bump the world s first gay travel show initially airing on pridevision and now in production on a fifth season . bump airs on outtv in canada and the netherlands viacom s logo network in the us quodtv in the uk and on the mango mobile network in austria . bump also recently launched a series of mobile travel guide apps for iphone ipod touch ipad and blackberry . as well pink triangle press was a partner in evanov radio group s license application for 103.9 proud fm a new radio station to serve toronto s lgbt community . ptp s agreement with evanov was discontinued in late 2005 after ptp expressed reservations about the depth of evanov s commitment to serving lgbt audiences . 6 pink triangle press also operated a gay telephone personals service under the cruiseline banner in all three cities where the xtra papers publish as well as five other major canadian centres across the country . update march 2011 pink triangle press sells cruiseline to first media group . in june 2006 pink triangle press acquired boston based publication the guide an international gay travel magazine in existence for more than 25 years . ptp ceased printing the guide in april 2010 and move to an online format only at guidemag.com . in february 2008 pink triangle press acquired toronto based publication fab a gay scene magazine which had previously been seen as xtra s competition . on march 12 2013 pink triangle press announced that fab would be discontinued with its final issue slated for publication on april 24 . 7 subsidiaries edit xtra index directory gay and lesbian business directory ultimate pride guide pride festivities directory squirt.org online cruising website xtensions bumper 2 bumper media inc. defunct edit the body politic 1971 87 fab 2008 13 references edit a b c d e f historicist i sing the body politic . torontoist february 14 2015 . a b gay newspaper xtra to stop printing go digital only . toronto star january 14 2015 . billboard advertising gay hookup site squirt.org sparks controversy in dallas video towleroad . retrieved 2015 10 02 . ads for gay dating service squirt.org removed from the ttc metro news . retrieved 2015 10 02 . ttc orders gay dating site s ads removed . toronto sun . retrieved 2015 10 02 . radio partners split xtra january 5 2006 . rip fab magazine 1994 2013 . now march 12 2013 . external links edit official ptp website v t e lgbt in canada lgbt history in canada first politicians timeline society institutions gay villages canadian lesbian and gay archives egale canada canadian centre for gender and sexual diversity fiert canada pride the 519 the mark s. bonham centre for sexual diversity studies quebec gay archives q hall of fame canada community one foundation pts the transgender archives at the university of victoria triangle program events calgary pride capital pride ottawa divers cit montreal edmonton pride fiert montr al guelph pride halifax pride pride week toronto pride winnipeg queen city pride saskatoon pride simcoe pride sudbury pride tri pride vancouver pride windsor pride historical milestones gay alliance toward equality 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