Alabama Forum
Active from 1977 to 2002, served as a prominent and enduring news outlet for the LGBTQ community in Alabama. This digital collection houses 245 issues published between 1981 and 2002, comprising over 4,500 pages, offering a valuable resource for researchers exploring gay and lesbian culture in the Southeast. It not only reported local and national LGBTQ news but also served as a platform for community engagement, allowing readers to share their experiences through editorials, letters, and creative pieces while also providing a vital directory for LGBTQ-friendly organizations and businesses.
Bay Area Reporter via the Internet Archive
Bay Area Reporter was established in 1971 and stands as the longest-running LGBTQ weekly newspaper in the U.S., catering to the San Francisco Bay Area's LGBTQ communities with the highest circulation. The newspaper covers original news, cultural, and entertainment content for LGBTQ individuals, distributing its print edition free of charge in San Francisco and surrounding cities. The GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco is currently digitizing the newspaper's archives from 1971 to mid-2005, supported by a grant from the Bob Ross Foundation, enhancing accessibility to a significant LGBTQ historical resource.
Bay Windows
Founded in 1983, Bay Windows is New England's largest publication for LGBTQ+ readers and is distributed weekly throughout the greater Boston area and all of New England at 400 locations. For thirty-three years, it has brought its readers “award-winning articles and editorials on everything from the AIDS crisis to Vermont civil unions and Massachusetts marriage battles.”
Dallas Voice
The Dallas Voice has been continuously published since 1984 and is the primary newspaper serving the LGBTQ+ community in Dallas, Texas. With a circulation of 20,000 papers per week, it boasts a print readership of over 50,000. The University of North Texas has digitized the print archives, offering access to nearly 1,500 digital objects (https://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/DALVO).
Empty Closet
The Empty Closet is one of the oldest continuously published LGBT papers in the United States. It was begun at the University of Rochester by Bob Osborn and Larry Fine, the founders of the UR student group Rochester Gay Liberation Front, and later transferred to the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley (GAGV).
Out in the Mountains
Out in the Mountains was the only LGBT-focused newspaper in Vermont from early 1986 until January 2007, when the last issue was released.
Philadelphia Gay News (PGN)
PGN was founded in 1976, has been integral to Philadelphia's LGBTQ+ community for decades. When mainstream media often ignored the AIDS crisis, and LGBTQ+ community members remained closeted, PGN provided visibility and reliable news. They continue to strive to keep the LGBTQ+ community informed about areas of concern, such as health issues and legislation, and also to celebrate community successes.
Washington Blade
The Washington Blade was founded in 1969 as a one-sheet community newsletter and has evolved into an award-winning LGBTQ+ news source, marking its 40th anniversary in October 2009. Despite facing bankruptcy in November 2009, the community rallied to resurrect the publication. Today, The Washington Blade remains a vital source of news for the D.C.-area LGBTQ community, with a rich history dating back to its emergence in the aftermath of the Stonewall Uprising in 1969.
LGBTQIA Collection at the University of Florida
"The University of Florida’s Digital LGBTQIA+ Collection consists of varied materials including bulletins, journals, magazines, newsletters, and newspapers, photographs, and assorted ephemera published by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) organizations supporting the State of Florida’s LGBTQIA+ community.
Resources in this collection represent a wide-ranging assortment of issues and happenings including neighborhood spaces and assistance programs, political activism, and artistic, cultural, and educational events. The goal of this collection is to present a diverse assortment of materials and voices from Florida’s LGBTQIA+ population.
This ever-expanding project is dedicated to offering the most accurate expression of the state’s LGBTQIA+ community possible."
P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History: The Florida LGBTQ+ Collection
The P.K. Yonge Library of Florida History has started a new collection on LGBTQ+ publications in Florida, focusing on newspapers or periodicals published during the 1970s and 1980s. At the core of this collection is an 18-month run of The Weekly News (TWN), published in Miami, for 1980 and 1981. The run reflects TWN’s transformation from a traditional newspaper format into a trendy-looking periodical and documents the year leading up to the official recognition of HIV by the Centers for Disease Control, when AIDS began to climb to epidemic proportions, disproportionately affecting the gay community.
Reveal Digital Independent Voices LGBT press titles
The LGBT collection contains 25 publications that chronicle the birth of the Gay and Lesbian movements in the United States. The gay liberation movement of the 1970s saw political action explode through the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign, the election of openly gay and lesbian representatives, and the first march on Washington for gay rights in 1979.
Library of Congress Historic LGBTQIA+ Periodicals
This is a list of historic LGBTQIA+ publications which have been made freely available online and is a valuable resource for researchers and includes tips for searching newspaper archives using terminology from the era of publication to help maximize researchers’ success when using these archives.
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