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Title: The Washington Blade, January 10, 1997
Description: An independent weekly newspaper serving the gay community. This edition features news stories about issues affecting gay and lesbian people in Washington, D.C. and around the world, including 'Double murders stun P.G. County'; 'AIDS clinic renovations nearly done'; 'Legal knights of the Roundtable'; 'Seven women throw Lesbian gala'; 'Ten join Ward 6 Council race'; 'Gays invited to race conference'; 'GLAA seeks investigation of 'raids''; a 'For the Record' column of local news; 'Maryland Gays resume push to pass rights bill'; 'Five black Gay men slain'; 'Youth want safe schools'; '[Israel] President apologizes for calling Gays 'disgusting''; 'Prime minister would be 'upset' with a Gay child'; 'Supreme Court hears arguments on laws banning assisted suicide'; 'Contractors must protect Gay employees'; 'Activists barred from AIDS clinic'; 'Anti-Gay email angers hundreds of students'; 'Legal Briefs' and 'Capitol Hill Update' highlighting national issues; 'Rule nixes Gays spouses from family leave act'; 'Gay legal organizations discuss issues, strategy'; 'AIDS Digest'; 'Obituaries'; 'Readers Forum' featuring opinion pieces from local authors; 'Will Georgia's Rep. Barr fill Dornan's shoes?'; 'Looking inside a Gay time capsule for 2096'; ''Sweet Sadie': Djola Branner high-steps through a difficult relationship with his mother'; 'Writer's' block: Outwrite '97 cancelled due to disagreement with hotel'; 'Arts Beat'; 'Safety dances: Anthology explores debates over public sex'; 'Golden words: Turner collects love letters between women'; 'On the air'; 'Appointments: a weekly guide to arts events in and around the nation's capital'; 'Out and About'; 'Community Notes'; a cartoon titled 'The Chosen Family'; 'Out in the Stars' astrology column; 'Bar Guide'; 'Religion and Spirituality'; 'This Week's Sports Lineup'; 'Classifieds'; real estate listings; 'Blade Personals' advertisements; and 'Encounters'. This issue also includes advertisements for AIDS clinics, services, sports clubs, and local events., Volume 28, Number 2

Title: Women in the Life, Spring 2003
Description: An independent newspaper serving the lesbian community. The theme of this issue is the closing of Hung Jury gay nightclub in D.C. and features an article on the legacy of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin; an open letter on HIV vaccine research; article on the Black Gay and Lesbian Archive; homophobia in hip-hop music; closing of Hung Jury gay nightclub in Washington, D.C.; update on same-sex marriage legislation across the U.S.; features on women in the arts; column on the murder of Sakia Gunn; report on the D.C. women's professional football league; and advertisements for nightlife, cultural events, health and general services., Volume 25, Number 10

Title: Women in the Life, November 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the lesbian community. This edition features a photo of model Alan Cephas on the front page; a section on Alan Cephas' life and story; 'In Memoriam' for Carnetta Lee and Stephen M. Hutchings; poetry and a piece of fiction writing; current events related to politics, a local D.C. nightclub, crime, sports, and a magazine for women with cancer; an article about the Annie Leibovitz exhibition 'Women;' movie reviews; an article about female music group TLC; 'Dear Dollie' advice column; celebrity news; and advertisements for upcoming events and various services., Volume 7, Number 10

Title: The Washington Blade, May 29, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the death of AIDS activist Steve Michael, planning for the World Gay march in Rome, local athletes participating in the Gay Games, use of the ‘Homosexual panic defense’ in Maryland murder case, the Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival, unveiling of the African American Hispanic AIDS Quilt, death of Atlanta activist Tony Daniels, international and national gay news, legal limitations of parental rights, employment discrimination based on sexual orientation, lesbian health news, and HIV and AIDS treatment outcomes, as well as an opinion piece challenging the use of genetics to explain sexual preference the effects on parents, movie reviews, book reviews, theatre reviews, music reviews, television programming, cultural events calendar, Capital Pride Festival schedule of events, list of gay resources, list of religious and spiritual services in the D.C. area, classifieds, personals, and ads for pharmaceuticals, gay-friendly businesses, events, services and groups., Volume 29, Number 22

Title: The Washington Blade, March 12, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on recent murders involving gay victims, legislative response to these murders and hate crimes, George Washington University Health Plan's end to domestic partner benefits for employees, an Arlington County Circuit Court's ruling against domestic partner benefits in Virginia, openly gay Republican politicians, women building homes in Nicaragua following Hurricane Mitch, Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's death, a federal hate crime bill, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on the death penalty; a section on comic books' appeal to gay readers and GLAAD's Media Award nominees; movie, theater, music, and book reviews; a piece on Craig Byrnes, International Mr. Bear; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; a list of gay community resources; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 11

Title: The Washington Blade, April 2, 1999
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the significance and effects of Equality at Home, the murder of a gay homeless man in Richmond, the merger between gay.com and gay.net, lesbian victims of domestic violence and their struggle to find help, the suspicious death of a gay man in Southwest DC, the addition of sexual orientation to a Maryland hate crimes bill, criticism of the Bank of Scotland's plan to open a 'direct bank' in the US, the suspension of a Methodist pastor for performing same-sex unions, jury selection for the Matthew Shepard murder case, a documentary called Cathedral of Hope airing on television, Frank Kameny's appearance on a talk show called American issues, and other local, national, and international news; obituaries; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; a piece on accountability and diversity in advocacy groups; book, art, and music reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personals, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 30, Number 14

Title: The Washington Blade, June 12, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on activists challenging reports that targeted murders of gays in Mexico have ceased, the termination of senior D.C. health officials, memorial service and protest for AIDS activist Steve Michael, D.C.-area athletes preparing for participation in the Gay Games in Amsterdam, the refusal of some Montgomery county municipalities to issue proclamations to recognize June as Pride Month, a recap of the Capital Pride Festival and parade and Dyke March, conflicts between members of the planning committee for the Millennium March for Equality, U.S. Supreme Court case on privacy rights after death, and HIV and AIDS health news, as well as obituaries, a feature on documentary ‘Licensed to Kill’ about killers of gay men, theatre reviews, movie reviews, television programming, list of gay resources, list of religious and spiritual services in the D.C. area, classifieds, personals, and ads for HIV medical trial, pharmaceuticals, gay-friendly businesses, sports events, social events, services, and groups., Volume 29, Number 24

Title: The Washington Blade, August 25, 2000
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about Al Gore committing to help pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA); a national protest targeting the Boy Scouts of America; the Salt Lake City School District (Utah)'s plan to lift their club ban; depression as a top gay health concern; shots fired at Capitol Hill (DC) bar Phase I; the murder of Gregory Derringer outside of the Mount Vernon Square Metro Station; Everett Jennings being charged with stabbing four people in DC; a gay panel addressing the Latin American Youth Center; the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) targeting Dr. Laura Schlessinger; the folding of Chicago's Windy City newspaper; Verizon extending benefits to domestic partners; Lance Washington; Bill Allen; Mary-Helen Mautner; and Rocky Scott opening Rocky's Cafe in Adams Morgan., Volume 31, Number 34

Title: The Washington Blade, November 14, 2003
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops OK anti-marriage plea; President Bush congratulates Metropolitan Community Church; D.C. Council rejects HIV pharmacy contract, D.C. robbery ends with shooting of transgender woman; Miniseries reignites debate of Reagan's AIDS record; Judge declines to award damages in Rosie O'Donnell case; Harvey Milk students arrested in crime spree; Future King (Prince Charles) says he's not a queen; Rev. Shana Goodwin second Gay pastor at All Souls Church, Unitarian; film, television, music, theatre, and restaurant reviews; a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various events and services., Volume 34. Number 46

Title: The Washington Blade, August 13, 2004
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about hate crimes in Falls Church, VA and Rehoboth, DE; presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry's support of Missouri's same-sex marriage ban; the Human Rights Campaign's decision not to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act unless it includes protections based on gender identity and expression; the suicide of a member of the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington while he was incarcerated; a halted CDC-funded study aimed at tracking the spread of AIDS among minority populations; the strangulation and death of a gay D.C. public health official; a ruling on whether San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had the right to ignore a statewide proposition banning same-sex marriage and issue marriage certificates anyway; homophobic comments by Jamaican reggae singer Beenie Man; various coverage of state-level bans on same-sex marriage; a Human RIghts Campaign endorsement of Joseph Hoeffel (and snub of Arlen Specter, despite his support for LGBTQ rights); the arrest of a lesbian in a stabbing death; a Georgia woman charged with injecting trans women with silicone without a license; criticism of EMILY's List for suppoting an anti-LGBTQ candidate for Senate despite their president being lesbian; new FDA approval for a drug to fatten HIV-thinned faces; HIV rapid testing availability; club drug emergency room visits; a gay marriage ban in Australia; pro-gay marriage ads placed by the National Black Justice Coalition; Capitol Hill staffers who were outed; theater reviews; Editorial on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; an op-ed from the director of HRC on their ENDA decision; Interview with Christopher Brandon; Advice columns; a bar guide; a bar calendar; bitch session; letters to the editor about the Blade's stance on outing closeted Hill staffers; an essay about coming out as gay to a Hispanic parent; an essay about crystal meth in the gay community; restaurant reviews; Pride in Fredericksburg; community calendar; obituaries; Advertisements for clinical trials; theater productions; nightlife; travel; therapy; dentists; car dealerships; phone sex lines; online erotica; escorts; TV reviews; film, television, music, theatre, and restaurant reviews; a section on home-related topics such as cars and real estate; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various events and services.

Title: The Washington Blade, March 22, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the disbanding of the NAMES Project Chapter of the National Capital Area; a death conviction that was thrown out due to the defense attorney's prejudice against homosexuals; a survey on the most important issues facing the Black gay community; the effort to close down an adult video store in Mt. Vernon Square; a Maryland bill related to in vitro fertilization; the District of Columbia Baptist Convention's rejection of the Southern Baptist Convention's views on homosexuality and other issues; DC's AIDS budget; a study on the topic of unprotected sex; President George W. Bush's AIDS Advisory Council; Latina lesbians pushing for change through advocacy work; actress Rosie O'Donnell and her views on Florida's gay adoption ban; a symposium on death penalty prejudice at American University; the history of injustice claims in gay death penalty cases; a Baltimore man swimming to raise awareness for environmental issues affecting the Patapsco River; and other local, national, and international news; as well as obituaries; a 'Forum' section featuring letters from readers and viewpoints columns; movie, TV, music, theater, and dining reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, sporting, and self-help events; a medical report; a section on home-related topics such as cooking and real estate; classified and ads; and advertisements for various events and services., Volume and, Number not listed on front page

Title: The Washington Blade, August 2, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Fairfax County Public Schools' proposal to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation; D.C. Councilmember David Catania declining to run for mayor; accusations of skewing D.C. Coalition rating votes in favor of Councilmember Jim Graham; the first Ladyfest D.C. music festival; crime and law enforcement news; and international gay news; as well as obituaries; a community events calendar; a D.C. bar guide; horoscopes; a sporting events calendar; a self-help events calendar; religion news and events calendar; film, music, book, theatre, and television reviews; celebrity gossip; local restaurant suggestions; classifieds; a section on escort services; and advertisements for events, goods, and services.

Title: The Washington Blade, August 9, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on an investigation by a federal agency into accusations against a San Francisco, California AIDS agency; activists' opposition to an abstinence-focused HIV reduction education program; a low percentage of D.C. AIDS Ride proceeds reaching beneficiaries; challenges to Metro D.C. PFLAG organization's plan to increase public school holdings of gay books; the Green Party's recognition of a gay caucus; musician Boy George; crime and law enforcement news; and international gay news; as well as obituaries; a community events calendar; a D.C. bar guide; horoscopes; sporting events and self-help calendars; religion news and events calendar; film, music, book, theatre, and television reviews; celebrity gossip; local restaurant suggestions; classifieds; a section on escort services; and advertisements for events, goods, and services.

Title: The Washington Blade, February 2, 2001
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles covering inequity in death row sentencing of gay men; the Bush administration's expansion of funding and initiatives for faith-based organizations; sodomy laws in Virginia; the appointment of John Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General; D.C. bar assaults; increased philanthropic AIDS funding; same-sex marriage legislation in New York; and advances in AIDS treatment; as well as obituaries; book reviews; movie reviews; music reviews; horoscopes; a list of television programming; a calendar of cultural events; a list of upcoming sporting events; lists of religious and spiritual services; classifieds; and ads for pharmaceuticals, services, social events, and community groups., Volume 32, Number 5

Title: The Washington Blade, February 9, 2001
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles covering the Bush administration's downsizing of the White House offices on race relations and AIDS; the Retrovirus Conference on AIDS; the Clinton administration's pardoning of lesbian anti-war protestors; Gallaudet University campus murders; international gay news; and lesbian health; as well as obituaries; book reviews; movie reviews; music reviews; horoscopes; a list of television programming; a calendar of cultural events; a list of upcoming sporting events; lists of religious and spiritual services; classifieds; and ads for pharmaceuticals, services, social events, and community groups., Volume 32, Number 6

Title: The Washington Blade, November 24, 1995
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Maryland Governor Parris Glendening promising to give his full support in 1996 to a bill that seeks to add sexual orientation to the state's civil rights laws, Dr. Robert Washington, a clinical psychologist and D.C.'s commissioner of mental health'nfrom 1987 to 1992, has joined SMYAL's board of directors, Larry Soulsby, D.C.'s incoming Police Chief, vows to work with LGBTQIA+ community, Rev. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Virginialues Coalition uses race to cripple Gay movement, Anthony Falzarano of Transformation Ex-gay Ministry urges listeners to turn away from their homosexuality and turn to God, D.C. Gay bar The Fireplace located in Dupont Circle is robbed at gunpoint in a mid-afternoon holdup, Arlington, Virginia school board mulls protecting Gays, Nation's LGBTQIA+ community centers remain a largely untapped resource for mobilizing Gay men and Lesbians, President Clinton tops HRC assessment of candidates, House-Senate panel will resolve adoption, domestic partnership after holiday, Hate crimes against Gays underreported according to LGBTQIA+ activists, Roberta Achtenberg's strong Gay base wasn't enough to help her win the San Francisco mayoral race, Obituaries for Brian 'B.J.' Jones, Vernon Creel, Will Foster, Timothy Lewis, Todd Payich, and Joe Peete, Lesbian Director Patricia Rozema's contribution to Lesbian filmmaking, Review of Patricia Rozema's 'When Night is Falling', Review of William R. Trotter's 'Priest of Music' a new biography of composer Dimitri Mitropoulos, Review of Diane Salvatore's novel 'Paxton Court', Interview with Gay actor Keith Christopher, Multi-media artist Chester Old's work, Local Lesbian Agnes Kearon takes part in global bicycle trip., Volume 26, Number 47

Title: City Paper, January 24, 1986
Description: The Washington City Paper is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This edition features articles on the 20th Annual Dogue Bowl and Sun Bear, a workshop leader and member of the Chippewa tribe; as well as letters to the editor; a column focusing on local and national political gossip called 'Loose Lips;'a 'Straight Dope” QandA section, featuring questions from readers; a 'City Voices” section on the District of Columbia Neighborhood Report Crime Watch; an 'Eats and Drinks” section on food; a 'City Lights” calendar of upcoming cultural events; 'Life in Hell,” Elliott Negin, and P.S. Mueller comic strips; a photograph by Jeffrey Scales; film and music reviews; a brainteaser puzzle contest; advertisements for various services; and classified ads., Volume 06, Number 04

Title: The Washington Blade, January 5, 1996
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about the new chief operating officer of Whitman Walker Clinic, challenges providing medications to low-income AIDS patients, Compuserve denying access to gay and sexually oriented discussion groups, procedural difficulties involving the Metropolitan Washington Regional HIV Services Planning Council, a mugging at a gay bar, possible changes in D.C. health insurance law, brief updates about local gay organizations, possible changes to the Montgomery County Public Schools human relations policy, the Virginiatican's new sex education guide, a British MP's libel suit, the Indian Prime Minister's commitment to legally protect people with AIDS, the barring of an infant from a Robert Mapplethorpe exhibit in New Zealand, a human recipient of baboon bone marrow, 'Deneuve' magazine being sued to change its name, a ban on gay marriages at Duke University Chapel, gay political candidates, the connection of homophobia and AIDS, legal issues and court cases involving homophobia, HIV, and AIDS, brief updates from Capitol Hill of interest to the gay community, the expiration of the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, updates on AIDS research, obituaries, a review of Michael Kerns in the play 'Attachments', publications aimed at gay Christians, a review of 'Victor, Victoria', book reviews and announcements, performing and fine arts announcements, community activities, and sports., Volume 27, Number 1

Title: The Washington Blade, April 17, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a court ruling related to web filters and First Amendment rights in a Loudoun County public library; the tax-exempt status of a nonprofit organization that provides support for lesbians with cancer; playwright Paula Vogel; the arrest of two men suspected of drugging and robbing gay male victims; an anti-gay marriage bill in Maryland; the second annual Youth Pride Day; Ronald Lewis' appointment as administrator for the Administration for HIV/AIDS; protests against lesbian vacationers on a cruise trip to the Bahamas; a historian's plans to write a biography on civil rights leader Bayard Rustin; a court's ruling on airlines' same-sex marriage and domestic partner benefits; Secretary of Defense William Cohen's response to the Navy's decision to discharge a gay sailor; Eleanor Holmes Norton's plans to push for an Employment Non-Discrimination Act vote; the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum's 'town hall' meetings to discuss the Millennium March; and other local, national, and international news; a 'Readers Forum' featuring letters from readers; two pieces on the Millennium March; movie, performance, theater, and book reviews; calendars for upcoming cultural, religious, and sporting events; an astrology section; classified, personal, and encounters ads; and advertisements for various services., Volume 29, Number 16

Title: The Washington Blade, July 19, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on progress towards same-sex marriage in Canada; Proposed federal legislation to hold club owners and event producers liable for knowingly allowing sale or use of illegal drugs at their clubs and events; Opposition to D.C. domestic partnership law by a republican congressman; The withdrawal of a Capital Pride co-production organization from the planning committee; The welcoming of gay congregants at a Unitarian Universalist church in Sterling, Virginia; The use of a “gay panic” defense in D.C. murder case; Opposition by six congressmen to the airing of Sesame Street episodes featuring an HIV-positive character; Crime and law enforcement news; Potential effects of new strains of HIV on AIDS vaccine development; The 14th International AIDS Conference in Barcelona; International gay news; A community events calendar; A sporting events calendar; A self-help events calendar; Religion news and a religious events calendar; Local athletes' preparation for the Gay Games in Sydney; Film and television reviews; Music reviews; Celebrity gossip; Book reviews and events; Local restaurant suggestions; Theatre reviews; classifieds, personals, and advertisements for events, goods, and services.

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