Biografia

Longtime gay rights activist. In 1955, Hefner personally agreed to have Playboy publish "The Crooked Man", a science fiction story by Charles Beaumont, in which a heterosexual man is persecuted in a world populated by homosexuals. When critics attacked him for publishing such a story, Hefner replied "If it is wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse is wrong, too.".

Hefner had a Genius IQ of 152 in H.S., but was described as an "unenthusiastic" student.

Used to work for Esquire magazine. He departed to found Playboy magazine after being denied a pay raise of $5 a week.

A full-size replica of him is on display at the Madame Tussaud's Interactive Wax Museum at the Venetian Casino/Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unlike the other models, Hefner's likeness is not wax, but rather silicone.

In 1963, he was arrested in Chicago, Illinois for possessing "indecent" photos of actress Jayne Mansfield in the movie Promessas! Promessas! (1963).

[on publishing Playboy magazine] If there was going to be a sexual revolution, I would be its pamphleteer.

Playboy exploits sex the way Sports Illustrated exploits sports.

[asked if blondes have more fun] They do with me.

Playboy was founded on the notion that nice girls like sex, too.

[talking about the risk of putting a nude woman in a magazine] It was risky enough that I didn't put my name on the first issue.