Gay City News
Encyclopedia
Gay City News is an award-winning, free weekly newspaper
based in New York City
that focuses on local and national issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT
) community. It was founded in 1994 as Lesbian Gay New York, later LGNY, and was sold to Community Media LLC in 2002, which renamed the publication. It is the largest LGBT newspaper in the United States, with a circulation of 47,000.
Gay City News came into existence after several incarnations. The newspaper began to form in the late 1980s after the collapse of the LGBT newsmagazine OUTWEEK (which came into existence in 1985 to compete against the then-dominant New York Native
-- which itself folded in 1997). OUTWEEK was famous for firebrand activist style journalism and provided groundbreaking coverage of a then nascent gay civil rights movement. It was one of the first publications to undertake scientific reporting on the growing AIDS crisis.
After an investor squabble that closed the magazine, Troy Masters, then an advertising director at OUTWEEK, led the formation of a group to create a new publication; that publication became known as QW, the first glossy gay magazine, and was funded by William F. Chafin. Mr. Chafin died before the publication could make a profit, and the magazine was closed upon his death.
Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded LGNY. LGNY published for 8 year and was relaunched in 2002 as Gay City News.
Its current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and contributing editors have included
The associate editor is Duncan Osborne
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Christopher Byrne (Theater), Susie Day, Doug Ireland
(International), Brian McCormick (Dance), Dean P. Wrzeszcz, and Duncan Osbourne.
Contributing Writers have included:
Betsy Andrews, Seth J. Bookey, Anthony M.Brown, Kelly Jean Cogswell, Dean Daderko, Tate Dougherty, Andres Duque, Michael Ehrhardt, Steve Erickson, Nick Feitel, Jim Fouratt, Joe Fyfe, Deborah Garwood, Erasmo Guerra, Emily Harney, Andrey Henkin, Frank Holiday, Andy Humm
, James Jorden, Brendan Keane, David Kennerley, Gary M. Kramer, Arthur S. Leonard, Rachael Liberman, Michael T. Luongo, Lawrence D. Mass, Winnie McCroy, Eileen McDermott, Gregory Montreuil, Ioannis Mookas, Carrie Moyer
, Stephen Mueller, Christopher Murray, David Noh, Wayne Northcross, Lori Ortiz, Pauline Park
, Sheila Pepe, John Reed, Nathan Riley, Andrew Cornell Robinson
, Gerard Robinson, Chris Schmidt, Sarah D. Schulman, Jason Victor Serinus, Linda Shapiro, David Shengold, Gus Solomons Jr., David Spiher, Drew B. Straub, Stefen Styrsky, Jerry Tallmer,
Stefanos Tsigrimanis, Kathleen Warnock, Benjamin Weinthal, Lee Ann Westover, James Withers, Kai Wright, Susan Yung
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
that focuses on local and national issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
) community. It was founded in 1994 as Lesbian Gay New York, later LGNY, and was sold to Community Media LLC in 2002, which renamed the publication. It is the largest LGBT newspaper in the United States, with a circulation of 47,000.
Gay City News came into existence after several incarnations. The newspaper began to form in the late 1980s after the collapse of the LGBT newsmagazine OUTWEEK (which came into existence in 1985 to compete against the then-dominant New York Native
New York Native
The New York Native was a fortnightly Pre-Immunization Revolution newspaper published in New York City from December 1980 until January 13, 1997. It was the only paper in New York City during the early part, and pioneered the notion of cancer in combination with AIDS, when most others ignored it...
-- which itself folded in 1997). OUTWEEK was famous for firebrand activist style journalism and provided groundbreaking coverage of a then nascent gay civil rights movement. It was one of the first publications to undertake scientific reporting on the growing AIDS crisis.
After an investor squabble that closed the magazine, Troy Masters, then an advertising director at OUTWEEK, led the formation of a group to create a new publication; that publication became known as QW, the first glossy gay magazine, and was funded by William F. Chafin. Mr. Chafin died before the publication could make a profit, and the magazine was closed upon his death.
Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded LGNY. LGNY published for 8 year and was relaunched in 2002 as Gay City News.
Its current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and contributing editors have included
The associate editor is Duncan Osborne
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Christopher Byrne (Theater), Susie Day, Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland is an American journalist and blogger who writes about politics, power, media, and also about gay issues. He is the U.S...
(International), Brian McCormick (Dance), Dean P. Wrzeszcz, and Duncan Osbourne.
Contributing Writers have included:
Betsy Andrews, Seth J. Bookey, Anthony M.Brown, Kelly Jean Cogswell, Dean Daderko, Tate Dougherty, Andres Duque, Michael Ehrhardt, Steve Erickson, Nick Feitel, Jim Fouratt, Joe Fyfe, Deborah Garwood, Erasmo Guerra, Emily Harney, Andrey Henkin, Frank Holiday, Andy Humm
Andy Humm
Andy Humm is a journalist, activist and currently co-host of TV news program Gay USA.-Career:As a gay news reporter, Humm has covered virtually every major gay and AIDS news story since the 1980s...
, James Jorden, Brendan Keane, David Kennerley, Gary M. Kramer, Arthur S. Leonard, Rachael Liberman, Michael T. Luongo, Lawrence D. Mass, Winnie McCroy, Eileen McDermott, Gregory Montreuil, Ioannis Mookas, Carrie Moyer
Carrie Moyer
Carrie Moyer is an American painter and writer living in Brooklyn, NY. Moyer's paintings and public art projects have been widely exhibited nationally and internationally since the early 1990s.-Life and Work:...
, Stephen Mueller, Christopher Murray, David Noh, Wayne Northcross, Lori Ortiz, Pauline Park
Pauline Park
-Early life and education:Born in Korea, Park was adopted by European American parents and raised in the United States. As a child, she attended public schools in Milwaukee. Park received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, an M.Sc. in European studies from the London...
, Sheila Pepe, John Reed, Nathan Riley, Andrew Cornell Robinson
Andrew Cornell Robinson
Andrew Cornell Robinson is an American artist based in New York City. He was born in 1968 in Camden, New Jersey.Robinson is best known for his artwork that spans various media from ceramics and painting to photography and sculptural installations...
, Gerard Robinson, Chris Schmidt, Sarah D. Schulman, Jason Victor Serinus, Linda Shapiro, David Shengold, Gus Solomons Jr., David Spiher, Drew B. Straub, Stefen Styrsky, Jerry Tallmer,
Stefanos Tsigrimanis, Kathleen Warnock, Benjamin Weinthal, Lee Ann Westover, James Withers, Kai Wright, Susan Yung