Troy Masters (April 13, 1961 – December 11, 2024) was an American journalist and editor, most active in LGBTQ news publications.
[5] Around age 12, Masters realized he was gay after becoming obsessed with musician David Cassidy and attending his concert in Nashville.
[2][3] Masters lived in New York City in the 1980s, and credited his dedication to LGBTQ media to his experiences seeing his friends die during the AIDS crisis.
[10] In October 1997, it entered a "pint-sized newspaper war" with The New York Blade News, which Masters criticized for "having a straight-owned publishing company" and for not using the words "gay" or "lesbian" in its advertising.
[1][13] During the 2022 mpox outbreak in California, Masters "leveraged the newspaper’s influence...to ensure that the limited number of available vaccine doses were distributed in communities most at risk".