Issue 50, “Wonderland,” which looks at the future of the U.S., includes well-known writers Douglas Rushkoff, Scott Santens writing about Basic Income, David Leddick, and Mark Simpson.

Eight issues have been published, each by a different photographer, including Jevpic ("Palm Springs," 2016, which was announced in XY #50),[8] Sean Bentz, Adam Raphael, Steven Underhill, Christopher Makos, James Patrick Dawson and Peter Ian Cummings.

XY operated the website xy.com, which featured magazine content as well as an online dating service "for young gay men."

The publisher notes that XY.Com was the world's largest social network for young gay men "before Facebook and Grindr, with an estimated 500,000[1] members."

By 2001 this had lowered to 18, a demographic shift largely attributable to an increase in under-18 readers, "because people were coming out at younger ages.

"[1] As a publication for young gay and bisexual men, XY has sometimes had a difficult time attracting advertisers, and often ran editorials on the topic.

[7] Conforming with Cummings's and his staff's privacy policy of the magazine and site, which stated that they would "never sell its list to anybody",[12] was found to take precedence over the desire of these investors to obtain the data for unspecified use.