Throughout seven years of publishing excellence, Ethos raised -- and maintained -- the bar when it comes to the quality and consistency expected of the BL community's only magazine. As it proudly states on the home page, Ethos was made "by boylovers, for boylovers". Designed to be a refreshing change of pace for how boylove is represented in print media. Considering the parade of notable BL magazines that preceded it, Ethos was indeed standing on the shoulders of giants. Yet not merely content to stop there, Ethos continued to restlessly move ever upward. This was the result of a very talented and motivated staff, whose love for the magazine -- and the community it served -- was evident on every page of every issue.

Ethos was born as an idea in August 2016, when the Chief Editor of Modern Boylover Magazine (Zoomzoom4) found himself with a staff that had dwindled down to essentially nobody. He mentioned to Kermie, the Owner of Enchanted Island, that he could continue MBM if he only had a staff. The very next day, Kermie told Zoomzoom4 that he was going to start a new BL magazine, and invited him to join. So, unpleasant as it was, Zoomzoom4 decided to put Modern BL Magazine to rest, and took on the role of Chief Editor on the new magazine -- which had been named "Ethos" by Bob, a member of Enchanted Island. 

The name referred to the characteristic spirit of all in the BL community and took on the slogan, "Amor et intellectus" which means, "love and intellect" in Latin. Essentially signifying a union between passionate love and intellectual thinking, Ethos was designed to address boylove by embracing the beauty of boys and their physical, erotic appeal, while maintaining advocacy based on clear-headed logic and rational understanding.

During its seven years of publication (from 2016 - 2023), Ethos went through four different Owners, five different Art Directors, and three different Webmasters.


OWNERS:  Kermie, Dragonlover, Zoomzoom4, Michael D

ART DIRECTORS:  Emerys, Twiglet, False Alias, Junni, Gary

WEBMASTERS:  False Alias, Boysrule, Gary


Yet throughout it all, the magazine never stopped pressing forward, sticking to its quarterly schedule and never wavering from the ironclad commitment to excellence that it maintained for 25 issues. This ethos (no pun intended) is evident by the very fact that it went out on such a high note. Issue #25 has received nothing but rave reviews and is very popular in the BL Library, where it racks up double-digit views and downloads on a daily basis.

We thank you for visiting Ethos Online.com and encourage you to come back often and stay as long as you want. There is much to love in these 25 issues; it's like a cornucopia of BL information and entertainment. Covering everything related to boys, boyhood, boylove, and boylovers, Ethos is a treasure for the BL community. Take a look, and you will see. Enjoy!