Press Kit
Resources for journalists and media covering Q Minnesota’s launch — fact sheet, leadership bios, and brand assets.
Fact Sheet
| Publication | Q Minnesota |
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| Publisher | Gateway Media LLC |
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| Founded | 2026 |
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| Format | Print magazine + digital site |
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| Debut Issue | Issue 01, October 2026 |
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| Coverage Area | Statewide |
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| Tagline | "Minnesota's Magazine for the Rainbow Community and Allies" |
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| Founders | Andy Lien, Barry Leavitt, Nell Gelhaus, and Brad Leventhal |
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| Description | A new magazine for Minnesota's LGBTQ+ community — news, culture, nightlife, and the people who make this place ours. |
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Boilerplate
Q Minnesota is a new Minnesota LGBTQ+ magazine and website, launching in print and digital in October 2026. It is published by Gateway Media LLC and founded by four co-founders: Andy Lien (editor-in-chief & publisher), Barry Leavitt (VP, sales & events), Nell Gelhaus (VP, digital content & marketing), and Brad Leventhal (investor & co-founder).
Leadership
Andy Lien
Editor-in-Chief & Publisher, Co-Founder
Andy Lien is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Q Minnesota and a co-founder of Gateway Media LLC. From 2011 to 2018, she ran the full editorial operation of Lavender Magazine. She shaped 180 issues, wrote more than 300 articles and led the team to win 18 Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association awards, capped by Lavender’s recognition as the association’s 2016 Magazine of the Year. Most recently she served as the editorial director of consumer publishing at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation.
Barry Leavitt
VP, Sales & Events, Co-Founder
Barry Leavitt is the vice president of sales and events for Q Minnesota and a co-founder of Gateway Media LLC. From 1999 to 2026, he oversaw advertising sales, sponsorships and events for Lavender, an LGBTQ publication and website, and has been involved in Minnesota’s LGBTQ community for more than 35 years.
Nell Gelhaus
VP, Digital Content & Marketing, Co-Founder
Nell Gelhaus is the vice president of digital content & marketing for Q Minnesota and a co-founder of Gateway Media LLC. From 2014 to 2016 she wrote and photographed for Lavender Magazine, where her column “Playing For The Other Team” earned three Silver Awards from the Minnesota Magazine & Publishing Association. She is the founder of In-Haus Digital Marketing and previously managed local SEO at Best Buy.
Brad Leventhal
Investor & Co-Founder
Brad Leventhal is an investor and co-founder of Gateway Media LLC. A local restaurateur and real estate developer, Leventhal has enthusiastically thrown his support behind Q Minnesota as an investor and business mind, finding it crucial for Minnesota’s LGBTQ+ community to have a trusted media source.
Brand assets
All logo files
Q-Minnesota_Logos.zip
Press documents
The four documents built for Q Minnesota’s press outreach, in one place for reporters.
Photography
Hi-res, press-ready images for media use. All photos: a.m. photography
Press contact
Barry Leavitt, VP of sales and events. We answer press inquiries every weekday.
barry@qminnesota.com