Gay Life
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Pride Center of Maryland |
| Founded | September 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Ceased publication | 2016 |
| OCLC number | 47694046 |
| Website | www.baltimoregaylife.com |
Gay Life was a weekly newspaper about gay culture published by the LGBT Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland. It was distributed in Baltimore, Maryland and throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.
History
In September 1979, the GCCB began to put out a monthly newsletter that evolved into the Baltimore Gay Paper (BGP).[1] The Gay Paper eventually became Gay Life. The lesbian activist Gail Vivino volunteered to use the basement of her Charles Village apartment at 2745 N. Calvert Street to host the production space for the newspaper, as well as the switchboard for the GLCCB.[2] The production space later moved into a building at 241 West Chase Street.[3]
The editor and co-founder of the newspaper was Louise Kelley, a lesbian and feminist activist who wrote for Women's Express, served as a board member for the Chase Brexton clinic, worked on the Schmoke administration's Task Force on Gay and Lesbian Issues, and coordinate women's activities for the GLCCB.[4]
In 2016, Gay Life was purchased from the GLCCB and merged into the LGBT newspaper Baltimore OUTloud.[5]
Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library maintains a partial archive of the newspaper on microfilm in its Periodicals Department Collection.[6] The newspaper is also available on microfilm at Cornell University, Michigan State University, and the University of Chicago.[7]
References
- ^ "Program Listing". Maryland Department of Health. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "The GLCCB: Former Chase Street home of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore". Baltimore Heritage. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "Our History". Pride Center of Maryland. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Recording the Rainbow Revolution: As gay bars in Baltimore shut their doors, activists work to document LGBTQ history". Baltimore City Paper. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
- ^ "About Us". Baltimore OUTloud. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "Baltimore City Newspapers on Microfilm, Listed by Title". Enoch Pratt Free Library. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "About The Gay paper. (Baltimore, Md.) 1979-1983". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
External links
- Gay Life — official website