Archive · 17 Aug 2026

Phillip Picardi Named Playboy's First Openly Gay Editor-in-Chief

Phillip Picardi Named Playboy's First Openly Gay Editor-in-Chief

Phillip Picardi is a magazine boss who just got a very important new job.

He is the first openly gay person to lead Playboy, a famous magazine.

Playboy has been around since the 1950s and used to be made mainly for men.

Picardi wants to change what the magazine is about.

He says people no longer need a print magazine for self-pleasure.

Instead, he wants the magazine to show artistic and high-brow pictures.

The magazine's new mission says "all people can pursue pleasure."

It has also written about topics like trans pornography and reclaiming sexuality.

Picardi used to work at Teen Vogue and started a magazine called Them.

The latest Playboy cover features the model Cara Delevingne.

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