Features
50 Playgirl TV - A first look at our latest sin-sation!
54 Benito Martinez - We climb "In Bed With" the sexy Shield
star who's more mariachi than menace Pictorials
10 The Men of Italy - Tall, dark, and breathtakingly handsome, these men deliver
a Roman fantasy to remember
30 Real Man of the Year - Vince Barone won the title by a landslide. See why
in his sexy pictorial
40 Centerfold - Spending time with our cover guy Charles Dera will put you on
the road to passion
58 Drew - Have "the hunger?" Service from this blond babe will always
bring a smile
70 Exposed! Real Men get real naked in these hot home snapshots starring Michael Hoyt, Marek Habera, Michael Norview, Richard Mullen, Zachary Bracken, Nate Harrison, Damian DeSaint, and Ryan R. Leonard.
84 Body Chemistry - Hot on the trail, this hiker explores the great outdoors...
and some self pleasure Departments
4 Editor's Page
5 We've Got Male - Letters from PLAYGIRL readers
6 Need It, Want It, Got To Have It - The hottest sights, sounds, and selections!
Organic lubes, a wooden erotica game, or loofa soap-you'll feel the earth move
with these heavenly products
22 Sex.Ed - Sexplorer Jamye Waxman has sex down to a science, including the
formula for gag-free blowjobs or exploring Uranus
24 Sexually Speaking - Watching him clean makes us feel dirty. A few past pictorials
show why
28 Angry Frank - You've got questions. He's got problems. Also, Frank's Sex
Tip of the Month
66 The Sex Files - Lookiung for love in all the wrong places? Look up to our
"hook up" guide for where to meet Mr. Right, love coach advice, a
tell-all quiz for dating divas, and much, much more
76 Readers' Erotic Encounters - Sinful stories from you
92 Astral Vibrations - Astrosexologist Kiki's lusty predictions for landing
a Libra lover
Features in This Issue
Coverguy Charles Dera (Nude)
Hook, Line, & Singles
Exclusive Interview! The Shield's Benito Martinez
Your Votes are In! Real Man of the Year Revealed!
The Men of Italy: Tall, Dark, & Breathtakingly Sexy
About Playgirl
Playgirl is a print monthly adult magazine published in the United States that is marketed mainly to heterosexual women, but has also gained a considerable gay following. It features general interest articles, lifestyle and celebrity news, in addition to semi-nude or fully nude men.
The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. For the period March 2009 until February 2010, it appeared only online. The magazine reverted to print with its March 2010 issue.
Playgirl is published by New York-based company Blue Horizon Media, which also publishes High Society, Celebrity Skin, Hawk, Cheri and a number of other hardcore pornographic magazines.
The magazine had been published earlier by Drake Publishers (later renamed Crescent Publishing Group, Inc). Crescent was charged in 2000 by the Federal Trade Commission with over 180 million dollars of online credit card fraud, much of which was conducted on the Playgirl Magazine site. All Crescent/Blue Horizon titles, including Playgirl, were prevented from conducting any business on the web for five years. Then-president Bruce Chew was subsequently indicted, along with several prominent members of the Gambino crime family.
In August 2008, the magazine announced that it would cease publication of its print edition as of the January 2009 issue. After that point, the magazine planned to continue with an online-only edition. The last print issue was published in January/February of 2009.
In February 2010, Playgirl announced it will re-launch issuing a print edition of the magazine. The first such issue would be the March 2010 issue available on newsstands as of 22 February 2010 carrying on its cover Levi Johnston.
