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''Gay City News'' is a free weekly newspaper based in New York City that focuses on local and national issues relating to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.〔http://www.presspassq.com/detail.cfm?id=64 Press Pass Q, July 2006〕 It was founded in 1994 as ''Lesbian Gay New York'', later ''LGNY'', and was sold to Community Media LLC, owner of ''The Villager'', in 2002, which renamed the publication.〔(“NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: NEW YORK NEWSPAPERS; The Newest Wrinkle In a Not So New Rivalry,” New York Times, May 12, 2002 )〕〔(“More news, more often,” The Advocate, June 11, 2002 (library card access required) )〕 It is the largest LGBT newspaper in the United States, with a circulation of 47,000.〔(“New York Gay City News,” Echo Media )〕 ''Gay City News'' came into existence after several incarnations. The newspaper began to form in the late 1980s after the collapse of the LGBT newsmagazine ''OUTWEEK'' (which came into existence in 1989 to compete against the then-dominant ''New York Native''—which itself folded in 1997). ''OUTWEEK'' was famous for firebrand activist style journalism and provided groundbreaking coverage of a then nascent gay civil rights movement. It was one of the first publications to undertake scientific reporting on the growing AIDS crisis. After an investor squabble that closed the magazine, Troy Masters, then an advertising director at ''OUTWEEK'', led the formation of a group to create a new publication; that publication became known as ''QW'' (or "QueerWeek"), the first glossy gay magazine, and was funded by William F. Chafin. Mr. Chafin died before the publication could make a profit, and the magazine was closed upon his death. Two years later, Masters sought to establish a newspaper and founded ''LGNY'' (Which stood for "Lesbian-Gay New York"). ''LGNY'' published for eight years and was relaunched in 2002 as ''Gay City News''. Its current editor-in-chief is Paul Schindler, and the associate editor is Duncan Osborne. ==See also== * LGBT culture in New York City 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gay City News」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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