The 41 year old magazine The Advocate is the latest casualty in the gay and lesbian community’s loss of newspapers and magazines. Pictured if the first over of The Advocate in 1972.
The nation’s oldest LGBTI newspaper, the Washington Blade closed today after having just turned 40 years old. The Washington Blade, owned by Window Media, the nation’s largest owner of gay newspapers, also closed the South Florida Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, David Atlanta Magazine, bitchsession.com, Genre Magazine, and the 411 Magazine. Employees arrived at work this morning at all of the newspapers locations to find the doors locked and a sign posted on the front door.
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United We Stand (old version)
