Editing GQ (section)

== Controversies ==
=== Russian apartment bombings ===
''GQ''{{'}}s September 2009 U.S. magazine published, in its "backstory" section, an article by [[Scott Anderson (novelist)|Scott Anderson]], "None Dare Call It Conspiracy". Before ''GQ'' published the article, an internal email from a Condé Nast lawyer referred to it as "Vladimir Putin's Dark Rise to Power".<ref>{{cite journal| journal=GQ| title=None Dare Call It Conspiracy| author=Anderson, Scott| date=September 2009|page=246}}</ref> The article reported Anderson's investigation of the 1999 [[Russian apartment bombings]], and included interviews with [[Mikhail Trepashkin]] who investigated the bombings while he was a [[colonel]] in Russia's [[Federal Security Service]].

The story, including Trepashkin's own findings, contradicted the Russian Government's official explanation of the bombings and criticized [[Vladimir Putin]], the [[President of Russia]].<ref name="NPR 2009-09-04"/>

Condé Nast's management tried to keep the story out of Russia. It ordered executives and editors not to distribute that issue in Russia or show it to "Russian government officials, journalists or advertisers".<ref name="NPR 2009-09-04"/> Management decided not to publish the story on ''GQ''{{'}}s website or in Condé Nast's foreign magazines, not to publicize the story, and asked Anderson not to syndicate the story "to any publications that appear in Russia".<ref name="NPR 2009-09-04">{{cite episode| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112530364| title=Why 'GQ' Doesn't Want Russians To Read Its Story| author=Folkenflik, David| author-link=David Folkenflik| series=[[Morning Edition]]| network=[[NPR]]| date=September 4, 2009| access-date=July 16, 2020| archive-date=September 5, 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905201656/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112530364| url-status=live}}</ref>

The day after the magazine's publication in the United States, bloggers published the original English text and a translation into [[Russian language|Russian]] on the internet.<ref>{{cite journal| url=http://gawker.com/5352827/| title=Эй, вы можете прочитать запрещенную статью GQ про Путина здесь| trans-title=Hey, You Can Read the Forbidden GQ Article About Putin Here| author=Snyder, Gabriel| journal=[[Gawker]]| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907043118/http://gawker.com/5352827/| archive-date=September 7, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.ratafia.info/activities/228875|title=None Dare Call It Conspiracy| journal=Ratafia Currant| date=September 4, 2009| access-date=March 23, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324021151/https://www.ratafia.info/activities/228875|archive-date=March 24, 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== ''Glee'' controversy ===
In 2010, ''GQ'' magazine had three adult members of the television show [[Glee (TV series)|''Glee'']] ([[Dianna Agron]], [[Lea Michele]] and [[Cory Monteith]]) partake in a photoshoot.<ref name=nellie>{{cite news| last1=Andreeva| first1=Nellie| title=Racy 'Glee' GQ Shoot Creates Controversy| url=https://deadline.com/2010/10/racy-glee-gq-shoot-creates-controversy-77208/| journal=[[Deadline Hollywood]]| access-date=February 28, 2015| archive-date=November 17, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117021443/https://deadline.com/2010/10/racy-glee-gq-shoot-creates-controversy-77208/| url-status=live}}</ref> The sexualization of the actresses in the photos caused controversy among parents of teens who watch the show ''Glee''. The [[Parents Television Council]] was the first to react to the photo spread when it was leaked prior to ''GQ''{{'}}s planned publishing date. Their president Tim Winter stated, "By authorizing this kind of near-pornographic display, the creators of the program have established their intentions on the show's directions. And it isn't good for families".<ref>{{cite web| last1=de Moraes| first1=Lisa| title=Racy GQ photo spread gives you all the 'Glee' you could expect to see, and so much more| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102006278.html| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| access-date=February 28, 2015| archive-date=March 21, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321184929/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/20/AR2010102006278.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The photoshoot was published as planned and Dianna Agron went on to state that the photos did push the envelope, that they did not represent who she is, any more than other magazine photo shoots, but that she was a 24-year-old adult in the photo shoot, and wondered why the concerned parents allowed their eight year old daughters to read any racy issue of the adult magazine ''GQ''.<ref name=nellie/>

=== Criticism of the Bible and Western literary canon ===
On April 19, 2018, the editors of ''GQ'' published an article titled "21 Books You Don't Have to Read" in which the editors compiled a list of works they think are overrated and should be passed over, including the [[Bible]] as well as ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'', ''[[The Alchemist (novel)|The Alchemist]]'', ''[[Blood Meridian]]'', ''[[A Farewell to Arms]]'', ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', and ''[[Catch-22]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.gq.com/story/21-books-you-dont-have-to-read| title=21 Books You Don't Have to Read| journal=GQ| date=April 19, 2018| access-date=October 12, 2020| archive-date=October 15, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015024210/https://www.gq.com/story/21-books-you-dont-have-to-read| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Bryant>{{cite news| url=https://nylon.com/articles/gq-books-dont-have-to-read-white-men| title=White Men Are Mad That This 'GQ' List Dismisses Books By White Men| date=April 20, 2018| journal=[[Nylon (magazine)|Nylon]]| last=Bryant| first=Taylor| access-date=April 21, 2018| language=en| archive-date=April 21, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421015804/https://nylon.com/articles/gq-books-dont-have-to-read-white-men| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://ew.com/books/2018/04/20/western-books-list-gq/| title=''GQ'' suggests people not read ''Catch-22'', ''Catcher in the Rye'', more — and it's totally fine| magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]| first=Dana| last=Schwartz| date=April 20, 2018| access-date=July 16, 2020| archive-date=August 1, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801060923/https://ew.com/books/2018/04/20/western-books-list-gq/| url-status=live}}</ref> The article generated a backlash among Internet commentators.<ref name=Bryant/>

=== Karol G's photo retouching ===
On April 6, 2023, the Colombian singer [[Karol G]] took to social media to share that the photo used on the cover of an issue of GQ Mexico was "disrespectful" and a misleading depiction of the way her body and face naturally looks. She wrote: "I don't know how to start this message. Today my GQ magazine cover was made public, a cover with an image that does not represent me. My face doesn't look like that, my body doesn't look like that and I feel very happy and comfortable with how I look naturally." "It's disrespectful to me. It's to the women that every day we wake up looking to feel comfortable with ourselves despite society's stereotypes."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-07 |title=Karol G critica los retoques que han hecho a su imagen en la portada de la revista 'GQ': "No me representa, mi cara no se ve así" |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5116858/0/karol-g-critica-los-retoques-que-han-hecho-a-su-imagen-en-la-portada-de-la-revista-gq-no-me-representa-mi-cara-no-se-ve-asi/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=20minutos - Últimas Noticias |language=es |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422103848/https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/5116858/0/karol-g-critica-los-retoques-que-han-hecho-a-su-imagen-en-la-portada-de-la-revista-gq-no-me-representa-mi-cara-no-se-ve-asi/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thania |date=2023-04-06 |title=Karol G Calls Out GQ Mexico for 'Disrespectful' Magazine Cover: 'My Face Does Not Look Like This' |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/karol-g-gq-mexico-disrespectful-cover-1235576086/ |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422103849/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/karol-g-gq-mexico-disrespectful-cover-1235576086/ |url-status=live }}</ref>