Jimmy (James) Saslow in a unitard with wings poses on the hood of a Gay Community News car in Boston Pride 1974, which also marked the 1st anniversary of GCN.
Members of the Gay Speakers Bureau sitting and talking at a meeting. Left to Right: Gary Ralph (speaker), Warren Blumenfeld (coordinator), David Peterson (president), Anne Wadsworth (outgoing treasurer, speaker), Nancy Wechsler (speaker).
Mary Kennedy and Russle Fortune at Gay Community News office
Date
1976
Description
Mary Kennedy working at her desk at Gay Community News, while Russle Fortune drinks out of a mug behind her.
Creator
Liz Holden
Subject
Gay Community News
Russle Fortune
Mary Kennedy
Publisher
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
Rights
Reproduction of this photo is prohibited unless photo credit is given to: Liz Holden of Kobrin Photographics. Contact info@historyproject.org for more information.
Interview with Cindy Patton, former managing editor of Gay Community News and Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year, 1989 April 2
Date
1989-04-02
Description
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on April 2, 1989, host Peter Stickel interviews Cindy Patton, former managing editor of Gay Community News (GCN) and Boston's Other Voice Person of the Year. Patton is also the author of several books and is a teacher, organizer, and activist. She was selected as Person of the Year because of her contributions to the LGBTQ community in Boston, Mass. Patton talks about her time at GCN, including the fire that destroyed the newspaper office at 22 Bromfield Street in Boston. She goes on to describe her involvement with the AIDS Action Committee at the very beginning when they were having their first candle light vigil at Boston Pride in 1983. The AIDS crisis was just beginning at the time, and Patton talks about the realization in the community that safe sex is a permanent recommendation and the AIDS is far from being cured. Stickel and Patton conclude the interview with their views on promiscuity in the gay male community from the 1970s until the present. Her present title is Manager of Community Education and Resource Development at the AIDS Action Committee. Patton's new book is called "Making It: A Women's Safe Sex Guide."
Creator
Boston's Other Voice
Subject
Patton, Cindy, 1956-; Gay community news; AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts; AIDS (Disease); Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexuals; Transgender people
Contributor
Stickel, Peter
Publisher
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
Rights
Copyright restrictions may apply. Email info@historyproject.org for more information.
Interview with Marc Stein and Stephanie Poggi from Gay Community News, 1988 August 14
Date
1988-08-14
Description
In this recording of Boston's Other Voice, which aired on August 14, 1988, host Peter Stickel interviews Marc Stein and Stephanie Poggi from Gay Community News (GCN). GCN is an LGBTQ newspaper based in Boston, Mass. Poggi and Stein explain that the newspaper is not just about changing the political system for equality but also about liberating society from homophobia. They talk about their personal and educational backgrounds, what brought them to GCN, the redesign of the GCN format, and the change of advertising focus.
Creator
Boston's Other Voice
Subject
Stein, Marc; Poggi, Stephanie; Bromfield Street Educational Foundation; Gay community news; Radio programs; Boston (Mass.); LGBTQ people; Lesbians; Gay men; Bisexual people; Transgender people; Queer people
Contributor
Stickel, Peter
Publisher
The History Project: Documenting LGBTQ Boston
Rights
Copyright restrictions may apply. Email info@historyproject.org for more information.