Unzipped

Unveils Beau Breedlove Cover

As previously reported by Advocate.com, Beau Breedlove, the former lover of gay Portland, Ore., mayor Sam Adams, agreed to pose for the May cover of Unzipped magazine -- and the cover is now available to check out online .

"The May Unzipped may be the most highly anticipated issue in the magazine's history," says David Kalmansohn, editorial director for Unzipped Media. "Bloggers and chat rooms have been heatedly debating the merits -- or demerits -- of Beau Breedlove's upcoming interview and pictorial. Should we embrace Beau as a symbol of sexual emancipation in what is still a homophobic and sexphobic society? Or do we dismiss him as just another highly beddable boy toy? Our readers can make their own call."

Breedlove was thrust into the spotlight in January, when Adams admitted to having an affair with the former state legislature intern. The affair reportedly took place in 2005, when Adams was a Portland city commissioner and Breedlove was 18 years old.

Adams had previously maintained their relationship was strictly platonic.

Unzipped 's website, Unzipped.net, quickly became the go-to destination for all things Breedlove when editors posted a photo gallery of pictures from Breedlove's now deleted MySpace page. When interest in the photos took off, the magazine extended an offer for Breedlove to appear on the cover. Breedlove agreed to the offer for an undisclosed amount of money.

Unzipped.net will continue to roll out photos and sneak peaks of the Breedlove issue in coming weeks. The May issue of Unzipped will be on newsstands in mid April.

The Advocate and Unzipped are owned by the same parent company.