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The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (1973-1999) was the oldest organization in Boston's gay community. An advocate for gay rights, the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation promoted awareness of the gay and lesbian community through the publication of Gay Community News.〔Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids. (November 2012.) "The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (1963-2003) (bulk 1985-1993)."〕 Recognized as the most liberal newspaper, the Gay Community News discussed topics that were off limits to other publications such as feminism, antiracism, multiracialism, class issues, AIDS, and sexual liberation.The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation sponsored four other influential projects: OutWrite, Off the Page, Queer Progressive Organizing School, and the Prisoner Project. 〔Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids. (November 2012.) "The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation: Prison Newsletter Collection (1972-1996)."〕 ==History== The Gay Community News published their first newsletter in the Charles Street Meeting house in Boston, Massachusetts on June 17, 1973.〔Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids. (November 2012.) "The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (1963-2003) (bulk 1985-1993)."〕 Established by eight members of the LBGTQ community, the publication started off as a local, community based newsletter with the intent to create a voice for the gay and lesbian community. In less than one year, the Gay Community News upgraded from a two-page newsletter to a sixteen page weekly newspaper. The office relocated to 22 Bromfield Street. On March 8, 1975, the publication became a voice in the gay community in the Northeast. Three years later, in the summer of 1978, members of The Gay Community News voted to become a national newspaper. The publication touched upon topics such as feminism, antiracism, multiracialism, class issues, AIDS, and sexual liberation. In 1979, the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation fought to be recognized as a non-profit organization. It was believed that the newspaper would not receive the non-profit status without removing the word "gay" from the title. On July 1, 1982, The Gay Community News changed its name to the Bromfield Street Educational Foundation. The Foundation was organized into three different categories: the board of directors, the paid staff, and the membership, which consisted of the board, staff, and volunteers.〔Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids. (November 2012.) "The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation (1963-2003) (bulk 1985-1993)."〕 Six days later, the Bromfield Street office was destroyed in a fire. After much investigation, the fire was linked with arson. The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation moved its office in 1982 to the fifth floor of 167 Tremont Street. In the 1990s, the Foundation sponsored projects such as OutWrite and the Queer Progressive Organizing School that were beneficial to the gay community. In the last decade of operation, it moved from Tremont Street to Berkeley Street to 25 West Street and finally to 29 Stanhope Street. 〔Archives and Special Collections Finding Aids. (November 2012.) "The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation: Prison Newsletter Collection (1972-1996)."〕 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「The Bromfield Street Educational Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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