Washington gay blade

He was so detailed. There was fear. The Washington Blade is an LGBTQ newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area. [2][3] The Blade is often referred to as America's gay newspaper of record because it chronicled LGBTQ news locally, nationally, and internationally.

Do you ever reflect upon the challenges of our city and feel like you want to do something to make a positive impact? There are a few drive-by stories but nothing of significance. So he gave up his pseudonym and began using his actual byline, later quitting his other job and joining the Blade as a full-time reporter.

At Washington City Paperwe constantly keep tabs on our impact to help us get through hard days. The Washington Blade is an LGBT newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area.

Lou Chibbaro Reflects on

{INSERTKEYS} [2][3] The Blade is often referred to as America's gay newspaper of record because it chronicled LGBT news locally, nationally, and internationally. After Lou Chibbaro arrived in D. So he began to freelance for the paper; his very first story for the Blade was about Jimmy Carter and the impact his policies would have on the gay community if he were elected President of the United States.

Chibbaro mostly works from home, a small place in Capitol Hill, and has no plans to stop reporting anytime soon, even if he does a little more of his work nowadays from the phone. Please join us! The Blade quickly grew, adding images and additional pages, and expanding its run to twice a month, and.

The oldest LGBTQ newspaper in the U.S. covering the latest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender news in Washington, DC and around the world. He continues to cover political campaigns and local government. The Washington Blade has been Washington, D.C.'s principal lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper since its first issue in October It began as a monthly news sheet and a replacement for the Mattachine Society of Washington's newsletter of the s and early s.

His latitude is wide when it comes to finding story ideas, but he also receives a lot of tips from longtime readers who contact him about things they think the paper should cover. The Blade is the oldest LGBTQ newspaper in the United States and third largest by circulation, behind the Philadelphia Gay News and the Gay City News of New York City.

Chibbaro is modest and self-effacing. In the old days, he would visit police briefings and the Wilson Building all the time; he does that less often today, but then again so do most reporters. Following the premiere of a documentary on the reporter’s career at the Washington Blade, Chibbaro looks back At five decades of coverage.

Help us make a stronger impact Do you ever reflect upon the challenges of our city and feel like you want to do something to make a positive impact? Chibbaro, a private person, says that most days follow a similar routine. Issue One of the Blade was published on Oct.

Prior to the Blade , queer newsletters and zine-style magazines existed in cities throughout the U. In the early days, the publication was a black-and-white, one-sheet community newsletter, often distributed in D. But within days, advertisers, writers, and community members came up with funding to keep it going, eventually purchasing the rights to the company out of bankruptcy court.

His work, she says, helped push the District government to stay focused on the impact of AIDS in the local gay community. Chibarro was at the paper during those tumultuous days, though he says the news-gathering process has always remained the same: looking for any story that has resonance for the LGBTQIA community in the District and later the immediate suburbs of Maryland and Virginia and write as objectively as possible about it.

He gets tearful when he recounts his time out in Wyoming covering the trial of the men who killed Matthew Shepard , a college student who was beaten to death in for being gay. Naff says that while the paper has broadened its reach to cover national and international issues , as well as doing more to emphasize digital coverage and global readership, it will always have a focus on local issues.

Abby Fenton , who served as chief external affairs officer for Whitman-Walker for nine years, credits Chibbaro with not only elevating AIDS coverage but keeping the issue front and center. The Blade is the oldest LGBT newspaper in the United States and third largest by circulation, behind the Philadelphia Gay News and the Gay City News of New York City.{/INSERTKEYS}