Gaysweek

Infobox Magazine
title =Gaysweek
editor =Alan Bell
editor_title =Editor
frequency =Weekly
category =Newspaper
company =New York Gay News, Inc.
publisher =Alan Bell
firstdate =February 28 1977
country =USA
language =English
website = [http://www.gaysweek.com]
issn =0145-9104

Gaysweek was New York City's first mainstream weekly lesbian and gay newspaper. [cite web | url = http://www.marshall.edu/lgbo/african_american_history_month.htm | title = "African Americans in theLGBT Community" | publisher = Marshall University Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Outreach Office | author = Chuck Taver | date = 2008-01-30 | accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] [cite web | url = http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biob2/bell01.html | title = "The Living Room" | publisher = Matt & Andrej Koymasky | author = | date = 2002-06-28 | accessdate = 2008-02-10 ] It was founded by Alan Bell in 1977. Gaysweek began as an 8-page single-color tabloid and when it ceased publication in 1979 after 104 issues, it had grown to a 24-page two-color publication. Its monthly arts supplement, "Gaysweek Arts and Letters," was edited by Byrne Fone. During its run, Gaysweek was one of only three gay weeklies in the world and the only mainstream gay publication owned by an African American. A portion of Gaysweek archives are housed at Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections. [cite web | url = http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07611.html | title = "Guide to the Gaysweek Publishing Items, 1977-1978" | publisher = Cornell University Library | author = Andrea Hektor | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

Although it was eventually granted, Gaysweek's application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for registration of the Gaysweek trademark, was opposed by Newsweek, Inc. because, according to attorneys for the publication, they are similar "both phonetically and in appearance." [cite web | url = http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/archives/hist1998.html | title = "What a Difference a Gay Makes: The Gay/Lesbian Movement, 5, 10, 15 & 20 Years Ago" | publisher = Outlines | author = Sukie de la Croix | date = | accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

Gaysweek made news briefly in 2002, when the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Boston, in relation to a lawsuit filed against it by the attorney of a man who accused Boston-based Father Paul Shanley of repeated rape, turned over a copy of the February 12, 1979 issue of Gaysweek which included an article titled "Men & Boys" that described a meeting in Boston in which Shanley defended a relationship between a man and a boy. [cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,49851,00.html | title = "Shanley Attended NAMBLA Meeting" | publisher = FoxNews.com | date = 2002-05-02 | accessdate = 2008-02-10 ]

Contributors

Notable writers

*Eric Bentley
*Perry Brass
*Robert Chesley
*Daniel Curzon
*Martin Duberman
*Harvey Fierstein
*Robert Patrick
*Felice Picano
*David Rothenberg
*Edmund White
*George Whitmore

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