Started in late 1993 by Steve Brosky from Florida, the first issue was nothing more than a foldout flyer listing upcoming gay-themed benefit events occurring on what was becoming known as "the circuit".
He also gave a platform to friends in the circuit community to express themselves, exploring the issues facing the mostly gay audience that attended these events regularly.
In 1998, Kammon turned to a friend from New York, Jeffery Taylor, who took up the duty of editing the submissions for clarity and grammar, as well as producing profile content.
The harsh reality check of the AIDS crisis in the '80s forced these revelers to fight a long, lonely battle to raise money and awareness for a disease that many ignorant people felt they deserved.
The decision was made to do a re-launch as noiZe, encompassing everything that Kammon held dear as well as updating the design elements and broadening the content to include things not directly circuit-related but relevant to their gay audience.
The move was misunderstood by some to be a repudiation of the circuit and was greeted with mixed reactions, sparking a piece in Out magazine by Steve Weinstein, a well-respected New York editor and journalist.
The piece, titled "Save the Last Dance", questioned whether the name change reflected a larger decline within the circuit world, and noted that different types of events, such as festivals and all-gay cruises, were on the rise.
The concept of the circuit party itself was also expanding into the idea of longer festivals—Black & Blue in Canada, Sydney Mardi Gras in Australia, as well as Europride and Loveball in Europe.
We thought that the word noiZe would be a great way to reflect that broader scope without losing the connection and the love that we will always have for the circuit and the amazing people that make it such a vibrant community.