''The New York Blade'' was a free weekly newspaper focusing on

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gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

and

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(

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) issues in

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. The ''Blade'' was a member of the

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, and contained news, entertainment, classified ads, and free personals for men and women.

History

''The New York Blade'' was founded in 1997 as a New York edition of the ''

Washington Blade The ''Washington Blade'' is a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area. The ''Blade'' is the oldest LGBT newspaper in the United States and third largest by circulation, behind the ''Philadelphi ...

''. The paper immediately came under fire from gay rights advocates because of indications that

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would be involved with the new venture. The paper, along with the ''Washington Blade'', was acquired by

Window Media Window Media LLC was a gay press publishing holding company that acquired and operated gay and lesbian newspapers and magazines in the 2000s. In 2009 it ceased operations following bankruptcy. Publications Newspapers * '' South Florida B ...

, LLC in 2001, and both were then sold to HX Media in 2007. Kat Long succeeded Trenton Straube as editor-in-chief in February 2009. The paper ceased publication in July 2009.

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LGBT Life with Full Text
- Indexed and searchable in this EBSCO database that is available via libraries.
Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Archives Center - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender (LGBT) Collection
LGBT-related newspapers published in the United States Defunct newspapers published in New York City Newspapers established in 1997 Weekly newspapers published in the United States Publications disestablished in 2009 LGBT history in New York City 1997 establishments in New York City 2009 disestablishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-newspaper-stub

History

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