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GENRE'S MODEL MUDDLE: Does Ford Models discriminate against gay magazines? Bill Henning, editor in chief of Genre, thinks it does. The 120,000-circulation gay lifestyle title abandoned plans to feature a male Ford model on the cover of its May issue after a Ford agent asked the magazine not to use him -- after the photos had been taken. Henning, who took over as editor in November, claims Genre's photo editor was told that appearing on the cover of a gay magazine would hurt the model's ability to get lucrative catalogue work. "I really was floored," Henning said, adding that no other agency has ever made such a request. Henning chose to honor the agency's wishes, but ...

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