Bound & Gagged (magazine)
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Bound & Gagged (ISSN 1058-6849) magazine was published by the Outbound Press. The magazine was dedicated to the interests of gay bondage and discipline practictioners and provided articles about actual encounters, fictional encounters, techniques, fantasies and images of bound and gagged men. With the advent of the internet, the Outbound Press provided a web presence for Bound & Gagged readers and also began publishing electronic versions of the Bound & Gagged magazine. The magazine often included articles by Pat Califia.
According to Bob Wingate, the editor of Bound & Gagged, "When Bound & Gagged first appeared on the scene, there was virtually nothing else out there. Drummer published bondage stories and photos from time to time, but there was nothing devoted to bondage in all its varied manifestations, from average guys simply cuffing and rope tying each other for fun, to whole ritualistic life-styles in leather and latex, making use of the most elegant and expensive restrictive devices—not to mention everything in between."
Bound & Gagged was first published in 1987 and ceased publication in 2005 due to a change in interpretation of the US Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, which required that producers and publishers of pornography keep complete records of the names and ages of the subjects of video or still images. The intent of the act and its new interpretation was to essentially prevent the production and transmission of child pornography. Bound & Gagged never engaged in child pornography. However, due to the nature of pornography, especially those depicting bondage and discipline, many of the subjects of videos and still images did not want their identities known, recorded or revealed -- nor was it previously necessary to keep such records. The effect was to prohibit the publication and sale of every past work, regardless of the legality of the work at the time of its original publication. Like other producers and publishers of pornography, the Outbound Press did not have records to prove the complete identity of every person who participated in the videos or still images available through its publications or services, nor did it have the capacity to engage in the research necessary to prove the identities of all subjects. Consequently, the Outbound Press ceased publications.
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