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| category        = Newspaper
| frequency       = Weekly
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| founder         = Alan Bell
| founded         = {{start date|1977}}
| firstdate       = {{Start date|1977|2|28}}
| finaldate       = {{end date|1979}}
| finalnumber     = 104
| company         = New York Gay News, Inc.
| country         = United States
| based           = New York City
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| issn            = 0145-9104
| oclc            = 26280473
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'''''Gaysweek''''' was an American weekly gay and lesbian newspaper based in New York City printed from 1977 until 1979. Considered the city's first mainstream weekly [[lesbian]] and [[gay]] [[newspaper]], it was founded by Alan Bell in 1977 as an 8-page single-color tabloid and finished its run in 1979 as a 24-page two-color publication. It featured articles, letter, art and poetry. It was, at the time, only one of three weekly publications geared towards gay people. It was also the first mainstream gay publication published by an African-American (Alan Bell).<ref name="Merskin2019"/><ref name="seabaugh"/><ref name="baim"/>

==Background==
''Gaysweek'' was New York City's first mainstream weekly [[lesbian]] and [[gay]] [[newspaper]].<ref name="taver"/><ref name="baim"/> It was founded by Alan Bell in 1977. ''Gaysweek'' began as an 8-page single-color tabloid and when it ceased publication in 1979 after 104 issues, it had grown to a 24-page two-color publication. Its monthly arts supplement, ''Gaysweek Arts and Letters,'' was edited by Byrne Fone. During its run, it was one of only three gay weeklies in the world and the only mainstream gay publication owned by an African-American. A portion of ''Gaysweek'' archives are housed at Cornell University Library, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.<ref name="cornell"/>

Although it was eventually granted, ''Gaysweek''{{'}}s application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for registration of the ''Gaysweek'' trademark, was opposed by Newsweek, Inc. because, according to attorneys for the publication, they are similar "both phonetically and in appearance." Newsweek later sued ''Gaysweek'' for trademark infringement.<ref name="baim"/><ref name="outlines"/>

In 2002, the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston]] turned over a copy of the February 12, 1979 issue of ''Gaysweek'', in relation to a lawsuit, which included an article titled "Men & Boys" that described a meeting in Boston in which Father [[Paul Shanley]] defended a relationship between a man and a boy.<ref name="fox"/> 

In 2015, Alan Bell was inducted into the [[NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists#LGBTQ Journalist Hall of Fame|LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame]].<ref name="halloffame"/>

==Notable writers==
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*[[Eric Bentley]]
*[[Perry Brass]]
*[[Robert Chesley]]
*[[Daniel Curzon]]
*[[Martin Duberman]]
*[[Harvey Fierstein]]
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*[[Robert Patrick (playwright)|Robert Patrick]]
*[[Felice Picano]]
*David Rothenberg
*[[Edmund White]]
*[[George Whitmore (writer)|George Whitmore]]
{{col-end}}
==See also==
* ''[[Bay Area Reporter]]''
* ''[[BLK (magazine)]]''
* ''[[Gay Community News (Boston)]]'' 
* [[LGBT culture in New York City]]
* ''[[Out Front Colorado]]''
* ''[[Washington Blade]]''

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="baim">{{cite book |last1=Baim |first1=Tracy |author1-link=Tracy Baim |title=Gay Press, Gay Power: The Growth of LGBT Community Newspapers in America |date=2012 |publisher=Prairie Avenue Productions and Windy City Media Group |location=Chicago |isbn=978-1-4800-8052-2 |edition=1st.|pages=230–236|contribution=Alan Bell|contributor=Toce, Sarah |url=https://archive.org/details/gaypressgaypower0000unse/mode/2up}}</ref>

<ref name="cornell">{{cite web|title=Guide to the Gaysweek Publishing Items, 1977-1978|url=http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07611.html|website=Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections|publisher=[[Cornell University Library]]|access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="fox">{{cite news|title=Shanley Attended NAMBLA Meeting|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2002/05/02/shanley-attended-nambla-meeting.html|access-date=31 December 2015|work=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|date=2 May 2002}}</ref>

<ref name="halloffame">{{cite web |title=NLGJA Announces 2015 Inductees to LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame |url=https://www.nlgja.org/blog/2015/08/nlgja-announces-2015-inductees-to-lgbt-journalists-hall-of-fame/ |website=[[NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists]] |date=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

<ref name="Merskin2019">{{cite book|author=Merskin, Debra L. |title=The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbCcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2086|date=12 November 2019|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-1-4833-7554-0|pages=2086–}}</ref>

<ref name="outlines">{{Citation| title = What a Difference a Gay Makes: The Gay/Lesbian Movement, 5, 10, 15 & 20 Years Ago | periodical = Outlines | first = Sukie |last=de la Croix | date =1998}}</ref>

<ref name="seabaugh">{{Citation| last =Seabaugh| first =Cathy | date = February 1994| title = BLK: Focused Coverage for African-American Gays & Lesbians| periodical = Outlines| place = Chicago| volume = 7| issue =8}}</ref>

<ref name="taver">{{cite web|author1=Taver, Chuck |title=African-Americans in the LGBT Community|url=http://www.marshall.edu/lgbo/african_american_history_month.htm|website=Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender Outreach Office|publisher=Marshall University|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630055138/http://www.marshall.edu/lgbo/african_american_history_month.htm|archive-date=30 June 2008}}</ref>

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==Further reading==

*{{cite book |last1=Streitmatter |first1=Rodger |title=Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay and Lesbian Press in America |date=1995 |publisher=[[Faber and Faber]] |location=Boston |isbn=978-0-571-19873-3 |url=https://archive.org/details/unspeakableriseo00stre/mode/2up |oclc=32745788}}

==External links==
*[https://www.pridemuseum.plus/1987%20Gaysweek%20Magazine%20New%20York.html September 1978 issue of ''Gaysweek''] at Pride Museum

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