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Bay Windows es un periódico LGBT , publicado semanalmente los jueves y viernes [ 1 ] en Boston , Massachusetts , que presta servicio a toda la región de Nueva Inglaterra de los Estados Unidos . [ 2 ] El periódico es miembro de la Asociación de Prensa de Nueva Inglaterra y del Gremio Nacional de Periódicos Gays . [ 3 ]

Historia

Bay Windows fue creado en 1983 por su fundadora, la editora Sasha Alyson . [ 4 ] Se le atribuye al exeditor de arte y entretenimiento Rudy Kikel el haberle dado su nombre. [ 5 ] Comenzó como un periódico mensual gratuito distribuido principalmente en espacios preexistentes para la comunidad gay y lésbica, como bares y negocios, y finalmente pasó a ser semanal. [ 6 ] Alyson era lectora del Gay Community News y fundó Bay Windows con la intención de crear un periódico para la comunidad gay y lésbica que cubriera más noticias locales y ofreciera mayor cobertura sobre el SIDA, además de cobertura política general. [ 7 ]

Fue adquirido en 1985 por James Hoover, quien entonces era editor del South End News . [ 8 ] Se contrató al editor Jeff Epperly, y el periódico se volvió más profesional y periodístico tradicional. [ 7 ] En ese momento , Hoover fundó y se convirtió en presidente del National Gay Newspaper Guild , convirtiendo a Bay Windows en una de las primeras organizaciones en formar parte de ella. [ 7 ]

Hoover vendió tanto Bay Windows como South End News a Jeff Coakley y Sue O'Connell en 2003. [ 2 ] Susan Ryan-Vollmar fue contratada como editora en ese momento. Durante este tiempo, la audiencia de Bay Windows se extendió hacia los suburbios, por lo que el periódico respondió ampliando su distribución a las principales cadenas de supermercados y quioscos de periódicos. [ 7 ]

El 31 de octubre de 2006, EDGE Media Network publicó un comunicado de prensa anunciando una asociación con Bay Windows . Sue O'Connell y Jeff Coakley comenzaron a trabajar con EDGE Media Network en marketing y promociones de ventas como parte de la nueva participación accionaria de Bay Windows en Media Network. [ 9 ]

In 2011, the paper acquired Golden Rainbow Times, a monthly newsletter oriented toward LGBT senior citizens.[10] The publication became a monthly insert in Bay Windows.

Content

The typical length of a weekly paper is between 20 and 44 pages with the exception of Gay Pride Week where the newspaper is 100 pages.[2]

Bay Windows main audience is the LGBT community and includes content "from the AIDS crisis to Vermont civil unions and Massachusetts marriage battles"[7] as well as local New England news relating to the LGBT community, national news, and popular culture.[11]

Circulation

Bay Windows is published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays[1] and distributed to over 300 locations[7] with a cost of 50 cents at a newsstand.

Like many other organizations, Bay Windows also was affected by the Great Recession; it cut its distribution to save on printing costs by around 12%. The paper also relocated to South Boston from its previous offices in the South End so it could pay less rent for its offices. Bay Windows' longtime rival The New England Blade did not survive the recession, leaving Bay Windows as Boston's sole gay newspaper. This enabled Bay Windows to expand its distribution from 2,000 to 20,000 and have an influx in new local advertisers that were previously partnered with the Blade. The increased distribution was also in part due to the availability of the paper in Shaw's, Stop & Shop, news bins, and local grocery stores.[2]

According to the Bay Windows website, they only print as many physical copies as needed for environmental reasons and encourage readers to get in contact with them via email for details on distribution locations.[1] There are PDFs of the paper accessible on their website dating back to April 4, 2019.[11]

Notable coverage

Mitt Romney

Bay Windows' coverage of former Massachusetts governor and two-time Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his early support of the gay community garnered national attention.[12] In his 2012 campaign, Romney made a point of being vocally opposed to gay marriage, but Bay Windows republished a series of articles the paper had conducted with him that showed his stance on the issue shifting over the years: these were used in headlines in mainstream news media across the country. The most-cited of these articles was a 1994 interview with then-Bay Windows reporter Christoper Muther in which he stated, "I would further the efforts Ted Kennedy has led," and "I think the gay community needs more support from the Republican Party and I would be a voice in the Republican Party to foster antidiscrimination efforts," when speaking about supporting the LGBT community.[13][14]

Pope John Paul II

After the death of Pope John Paul II, the paper released an issue called The Holy Father's Homophobia, which received wide praise and honors from the New England Press Association.[7]

True Colors OUT Youth Theatre controversy

In 2013 co-owner Sue O'Connell wrote an article titled "White gay men and black men have more in common than they think"[15] where she suggested "that an image problem (for young black men) is an element of the racial profiling young black men experience" and posed the hypothetical question of "what would happen if young black men took a page from Frank Kameny's (a white gay man) playbook?". The article generated a strong reaction by the local LGBT and black communities as it appeared to use respectability politics as a potential solution to the marginalization and profiling of black men.[16] In response to this article the True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, which is a part of the larger The Theatre Offensive group in Boston, wrote, produced and performed a show titled "Voices from the Ground, Stories from the Roots" in 2014.[16]

«Tras la fuerte reacción que generó el editorial de Bay Windows entre las comunidades LGBT y afroamericanas de Boston, quisimos abordar el tema explorando las raíces de la sexualidad, la cultura, la religión, el género y otros aspectos. El resultado es un espectáculo conmovedor, personal y revelador que combina información histórica y acontecimientos actuales con las experiencias personales y sinceras de los miembros de True Colors. Demuestra la compleja dinámica de las raíces y la historia de cada persona y su influencia en la persona en la que se convierte», declaró Nick Bazo , director de True Colors, sobre el espectáculo. [ 16 ]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 "Bay Windows" . www.baywindows.com . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 Díaz, Johnny (5 de diciembre de 2010). "De pie, orgulloso, todavía" . Boston.com . Recuperado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  3. ↑ "Bay Area Reporter :: Article.php" . The Bay Area Reporter / BAR Inc. Archivado del original el 26 de mayo de 2021. Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 . 
  4. ↑ Day, Frances Ann (2000). Voces lesbianas y gays: una bibliografía anotada y guía de literatura para niños y jóvenes . Greenwood Press. pág. 225. ISBN  9780313311628.
  5. ↑ Stone, Martha E (enero de 2018). "Honrando a quienes nos dejaron en el '17" . The Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide . 25 : 10–13 .
  6. ↑ "Ventanas panorámicas" . Noticias de la comunidad gay . 12 de marzo de 1983.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sobre nosotros – Bay Windows" . www.baywindows.com . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  8. ↑ Lawrence, JM (24 de abril de 2009). "Jim Hoover, editor de South End News; a los 53 años" . Boston.com . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  9. ↑ "EDGE Media Network" . EDGE Media Network . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  10. ↑ Díaz, Johnny (26 de enero de 2011). "Bay Windows adquiere periódico mensual" . Boston.com . Consultado el 22 de marzo de 2021 .
  11. 12"e-Paper – Bay Windows". www.baywindows.com. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  12. ↑Zimmerman, David (March 28, 2013). "Local Newspaper Turns to Readers for Funding". The Boston Globe.
  13. ↑Reeve, Elspeth (June 26, 2012). "This is How Proud Mitt Romney Was to Be Pro-Gay Rights in 1994". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on December 23, 2017.
  14. ↑Borchers, Callum (July 22, 2012). "LGBT newspaper accuses Romney of abandoning fairness along the road to the White House". Boston.com.
  15. ↑O'Connell, Sue (August 8, 2013). ""White gay men and black men have more in common than they think""(PDF). Bay Windows.
  16. 123Times, The Rainbow (May 22, 2014). "True Colors OUT Youth Responds to Controversial Editorial: Creates Playwright to Foster Dialogue in Boston's Communities of Color". The Rainbow Times | New England's Largest LGBTQ Newspaper | Boston. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
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