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Title: The Washington Blade, June 5, 1998
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on President Clinton signing an executive order banning discrimination against federal civilian employees, Capital Pride events, repeal of sodomy law in Rhode Island, efforts to repeal Cyprus’ sodomy law, international gay news, the ethics of investigative media coverage of gay men ‘cruising’ in public restrooms and unsupported connections to child endangerment, national news, stalls in passage of New York state civil rights bill, lesbian health news, and HIV and AIDS health news, as well as obituaries, a profile on writer Armistead Maupin and the television adaptation of his work, book reviews, Lambda Literary Award winners, theatre reviews, television programming, film reviews, 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 an HIV medical trial, pharmaceuticals, gay-friendly businesses, sports events, social events, services, and groups., Volume 29, Number 23

Title: The Washington Blade, January 21, 1994
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts to oppose anti-gay referendums in eight states, a recommendation from the U.S. Surgeon General to fund lesbian health brochures, efforts to repeal a Montgomery County (MD) ordinance allowing discrimination in employment against 'advocates' of homosexuality, a look at a trend of members of direct action groups moving into conventional political activist organizations, conflict over denial of survivor's benefits to the gay partner of a Navy program analyst and legal advice about wills and powers of attorney arrangements for gay couples, the nomination of lesbian Dr. Sandra Hernandez as San Francisco's Public Health Director, the cancellation of a planned march on Maryland's state capitol, updates on medical research into AIDS and AIDS-related illnesses, a perspective piece criticizing cruising as detrimental to public opinion about gays and another from the wife of an ex-gay following the end of their marriage, coverage of D.C.'s Leather Weekend celebrations, arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 25, Issue 3

Title: The Washington Blade, June 14, 1985
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Mayor Barry's renewal of a warning to Georgetown to comply with the strings attached by law to its ability to redeem its city bonds, analysis of bills in the DC City Council attempting to regulate the use of artificial insemination and surrogacy, a meeting of 200 LGBTQIA+ people and Jews to discuss their common enemy in the New Right, Washington Blade reporter Lou Chibbaro Jr's receipt of the Society of Professional Journalists' 1984 award, a string of 17 arrests for 'assault and battery' on undercover officers in a crackdown on cruising spots in Arlington County, VA, analysis of the economic effects of Reagans proposed tax reforms on LGBTQIA+ couples compared with married couples with children and young couples without dependents, an interview with model and bodybuilder Scott Madsen, reviews of LGBTQIA+ interest arts and media, and ads for LGBTQIA+-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 16, Number 24

Title: The Blade, February 21, 1980
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on homophobia in Cuba, confusion as gay-friendly DC politicians show up listed as endorsers of homophobic fundamentalist Christian protest march, efforts to decriminalize consensual sodomy in Virginia resulted in legalization of straight sex but not gay sex, a renewed search for information to help solve DC's gay murders following the arrest of two men for murder of a gay man in Arlington, the Christian fundamentalist movement's success at dragging the Republican party further to the Right, an opinion piece about cruising, fundraising efforts by Whitman-Walker Clinic, review of Al Pacino movie Cruising which had been the subject of protests for its graphic violence against gay men, reviews of gay-interest media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 11, Number 4

Title: The Washington Blade, January 11, 1991
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts by activist organizations to direct the energy of their most outspoken members, profiles of radical activist groups Act Up and Out!, more silent protests at St. Mary's Catholic Church as the gay Catholic organization Dignity protested a recent assault of an Act Up activist by parishioners at a Christmas mass, cautious praise for HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan announced support for dropping an immigration ban on HIV-positive travelers visiting the United States, mixed results for GLAAD in their efforts to clean up homophobia on local radio, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's decision to openly oppose the First Gulf War over concerns about conscription and anti-gay policies in the military, efforts by gay legal advocates to outline pros and cons of gay marriage, criticism of a U.S. Park Police officer for informing the employer of a man arrested on alleged cruising offenses in a local park, efforts by a local gay group to document anti-Gay bias incidents in Prince George's County (MD), legal advice about sexual harassment in gay-owned businesses, a look at lesbian films from cinema's Golden Age, book and arts reviews including a review of gay British film 'u201cAnother Country'u201d, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 22, Number 2

Title: The Washington Blade, December 5, 1980
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the precedent set by a settlement reached between Matlovich and the Air Force after a court ruled his discharge for homosexuality had been unlawful, Gay Activists Alliance efforts to curb public sex in area parks, coverage of Whitman-Walker Clinic's development plans, a profile of lesbian conservationist Nicole Duplaix, a history of Alexander the Great, reviews of gay interest media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 11, Number 24

Title: The Washington Blade, March 6, 1981
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts to form a national group for gay Democrats, Mayor Barry's efforts on gay rights issues, updates on various gay rights advocacy groups, commentary on the issue of public sex in the gay community, reviews of gay interest media, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 12, Number 5

Title: The Washington Blade, November 5, 1993
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on gay leaders urging the International Lesbian and Gay Association to expel NAMBLA for its support of pedophilia, updates on 'u201cDon't Ask, Don't Tell'u201d, election news and results, reorganization at the D.C. Agency for HIV/AIDS and its parent agency D.C.'s Department of Human Services, a shocking acquittal in the Rosales murder trial, an appeal in D.C. in a marriage equality lawsuit, a look at campus life for openly gay local college students, allegations of misconduct by U.S. Park Police who reportedly informed the employer of a man arrested on a cruising-related charge at P Street Beach about the circumstances of his arrest, a profile of Canada's only openly gay Member of Parliament, the implementation of domestic partner benefits for New York City employees, updates on efforts to block Colorado's anti-gay amendment, efforts by the Lutheran Church to address modern sexual morality through involving gay Lutherans in the writing of policy document 'u201cA Lutheran Perspective'u201d, a profile of playwright Chay Yew, arts reviews, an interview with a lesbian employee of Playboy magazine, coverage of the Dupont Circle 'u201cHigh Heel Race'u201d and other local gay Halloween celebrations, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 24, Number 46

Title: The Washington Blade, October 15, 1993
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on D.C. Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly's decision to reverse cuts to D.C.'s AIDS budget, updates on efforts for and against Colorado's anti-gay amendment adopted by referendum and challenged in court, a reversal by the Fairfax (VA) Board of Supervisors as Fairfax Public Library and its supporters threatened a First Amendment lawsuit to protect the libraries' decision to carry the Blade and other gay-positive publications, updates on the Rosales murder trial, skepticism in the face of denials from D.C. Police after a retired officer's claim the force regularly pressed gay victims to take a lie detector test before taking their cases seriously, warnings that arrests for cruising could result in stiffer sentences following the repeal of the Sodomy law, coverage of Northern Virginia's gay pride celebrations, a reversal from a landmark women's health study which had previously refused to seek representation from lesbians following activism from lesbian health advocates, a court case out of California finding a photographer guilty of discrimination for refusing to include a photo of a gay couple in a contracted high school reunion publication, a look at 1990 census data showing numbers of gay couples by state and other gay demographic information, a perspective piece on 'the bisexual agenda', an interview with musician and singer Me'Shell NdegeOcello, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 24, Number 44

Title: The Washington Blade, July 9, 1993
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts to end the military's ban on gay service members, an interview with Clinton's AIDS policy coordinator, updates on the fight over D.C.'s AIDS budget, criticism of the effect of police crackdowns on cruising often perceived as bias-motivated campaigns of entrapment and media coverage of associated arrests after a Virginia man committed suicide after his name was published in a local newspaper in connection with such an arrest, a protest and funeral on the National Mall for AIDS activist Tim Bailey of ACT UP/New York, coverage of the 14th annual National Women's Studies Association conference, the appointment of two openly gay AIDS researchers to leadership positions at NIH, updates on efforts by gay rights groups to boycott Colorado tourism in an effort to force Colorado to remove an anti-gay amendment to the State Constitution adopted by referendum in the 1992 election, profiles of religious fundamentalist turned gay-positive religious leader with the Metropolitan Community Church of Dallas Dr Mel White and local Phillipina-American artist Joy Manlapaz who painted neighborhood landmarks from around the district, arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 24, Number 30

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