Gay Community News (GCN) was a weekly journal published in Boston from 1973 to 1999 by the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. One of the most prominent LGBTQ+ weekly newspapers to grow out of the gay liberation movement of the 1970s, GCN…
The History Project holds a complete run of Gay Community News (1973-1999), as well as the extensive Gay Community News photograph collection. When Gay Community News began in 1973, it was as a fairly simple local newsletter featuring a calendar of…
Rock Against Sexism Manifesto #1 taken from "Punk & Gay: Natural Allies Article" by Aubergine Green Field, also known as Myrna Greenfield, in the 1981 Music Supplement issue of Gay Community News (Volume 8, Number 45).
Graphic taken from "Punk & Gay: Natural Allies Article" by Aubergine Green Field, also known as Myrna Greenfield, in the 1981 Music Supplement issue of Gay Community News (Volume 8, Number 45)
Ad with photograph of Richard Burns and Sue Hyde wearing GCN shirts and text: "Richard Burns: GCN, NGLTF, and the Center are institutions central to the gay community. That means they have to accommodate as broad a spectrum of political thought as…
GCN staffers Cindy Patton and Neil Miller holding a banner that reads "Fighting for our lives" at an unknown demonstration. Inscription in verso reads "The Procession begins."
Unidentified person, possibly Jeremy Grainger, wearing GCN tank top marching at a demonstration with the sign "for the gay man who taught in the school, rest in peace." From Mike Riegle collection.
Tom Reeves and Mike Riegle embrace next to burned file cabinets outside 22 Bromfield Street, the location of GCN and Fag Rag offices as well as Glad Day Books, after the 1982 arson. From Mike Riegle collection.
Mike Riegle assessing damage after the arson at 22 Bromfield Street, the entrance to GCN and Fag Rag offices as well as Glad Day Books. Inscription on verso reads "please return to Mike Riegle," from Mike Riegle collection.
Firefighter exiting 22 Bromfield Street, the location of GCN and Fag Rag offices as well as Glad Day Books, after the 1982 arson, from Mike Riegle collection.
Sherry Edwards, then GCN art director, wearing a black sweater sitting at her desk next to the front windows at 22 Bromfield Street. Edwards reported that, during the 1982 arson, the flames were seen shooting out of that window and that her phone…
Group photo of GCN members. From left to right, back row: possibly Jim Kiley, unidentified person, Mike Riegel; third row: Raymond Hopkins, Janice Irvine, Kim Westheimer, unidentified person bending forward, unidentified person, Loie Hayes,…
Group photo of GCN staffers used in a GCN supporter's newsletter. Back row (l-r): Mike Riegle, Richard Burns, Nancy Wechsler, and David Morris. Front row (l-r): Lisa Hershkop, Chris Gilfoy, Sue Hyde, Cindy Patton, and Larry Goldsmith. From Mike…
Charles Shively in overalls standing next to a sign reading "Boston Psychic Center and Friendly Tea-Room Reading 4th Floor," from Mike Riegle collection.
A Fag Rag banner stating "Christianity is the enemy" being carried in a demonstration by Old South Church in Copley Square. Three men under the banner from left: Jimmy Sullivan, Unidentified person, Lenny Mather. Unidentified Persons holding the…
Chris Gilfoy, center forefront, Gordon Gottleib and Eric Rofes, far right under the banner, and unidentified persons celebrating GCN's 10th anniversary in Copley Square. From Mike Riegle collection.
GCN members covering their face with "Subscribe" flyers. Back row (l-r): Mike Riegle, Richard Burns, Nancy Wechsler, and David Morris. Front row (l-r): Lisa Hershkop, Chris Gilfoy, Sue Hyde, Cindy Patton, and Larry Goldsmith. From Mike Riegle…
Large coalition of GCN marching in a Pride march, from Mike Riegle Collection. Includes David Morris, right, and Larry Goldsmith, center, holding the GCN banner Richard Burns, center, with a child on his shoulders, to his left is Eric Rofes and to…
Nancy Walker and Mike Riegle in front of a unicorn etching on leather, framed in wood and copper, by Robert "Bobbie" Lee White, a GCN Prisoner Program pen pal who was a fan of Walker's "Odyssey of a Unicorn" column.
Picture of James (Jimmy) Saslow, in costume, standing on top of the Gay Community News car in the 1974 Boston Pride parade which also marked the 1st anniversary of GCN.
Originally published in Gay Community News, this is an excerpt of an interview between John Ward, Founder of GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) and Cindy Stein
An article in Gay Community News written by Bill Damon about the first Fantasia Fair in Provincetown. Fantasia Fair, a week-long trans celebration held in Ptown started in 1975. Gay Community News reported on the first event, although terminology in…
A copy of John Kyper's article about the history of Boston's Gay Movement, published in 1980 by Gay Community News in volume 7, number 42, p. 10-11, 13.
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).
A book/pamphlet prepared after Nancy Walker died in 1996 after a 21 year battle with breast cancer. The book includes selections from the writings of Nancy Walker, as well as several photographs (including two of Nancy).
David Peterson came from a conservative family in Indiana. In 1965 Peterson came to the Boston area to attend MIT. One of the first organizations he became involved with was the Homophile Union of Boston (HUB). It was in those years he became friends…