XY # 25, June 2000

<b>Blah Issue</b><br>
42 I'm not pretty<br>JOHN NGUYEN comes to terms with boys who don't want to sleep with him<br>50 Precious - the day I died (not)<br>JAMES GILLIS commits un-suicide<br>44 Never big enough<br>Crisis for American males and their obsessive buffness<br>34 My boy went str8!<br>22 Spring Break: a story<br>49 Why don't I get hit on?<br>36 Hiding out<br>Kids who escaped from their parents' abusive anti-gay &quot;treatment&quot;<br>20/34 Blah boys: Dale Bolivar<br>A portfolio of angsty collages<br>
<b>Generation XY</b><br>
10 Novelist? Virgin? Terminator? Saint?<br>
Genius 20yo writer J.T. Leroy<br>
15 24yo CBS anchor Brandon Bartlett<br>
12 MTV's first gay 'Blame Game' star<br>
14 A straight-boy adventure<br>
Randy Boyd sets teen novel in Mexico<br>
<b>Departments</b><br>
13 Gaydar - spaceboys in control!<br>
19 Stat - no sex for chain smokers!<br>
16 Briefing - Shanghai, the teen brain<br>
16 Semantics<br>
72 Peeps<br>
89 Astroflirt<br>
99 Youth groups list<br>
92 Adviser - living with grace and dignity<br>
98 Self-slave to tobacco<br>
MATTHEW BAKER just can't quit!<br>
6 Slice of life - clubbing in Tijuana<br>
<b>XY Anniversary</b> <b>- We're 25!</b><br>
53 Boy's Love - XY's best kisses<br>
60 Sixteen - our look at you!<br>
66 How not to publish a magazine<br>
PETER IAN CUMMINGS wonders why advertisers still boycott XY<br>
<b>Brain</b><br>
96 Books - Sex machine<br>
95 Music - Danceteria, Hansen<br>
88 Poets - Clubkid<br>
91 TV - Gay parents<br>
90 Film - Bullwinkle, Chris Klein<br>
<b>Fashion</b><br>
75 Transport<br>
By David Zanes