Gay Chicago Magazine
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Gay Chicago is a LGBT
online news organization in Chicago, Illinois which ceased publishing in print form on Sept. 21, 2011.
Gay Chicago replaced the now defunct Gay Chicago Magazine which was founded in 1976 by Ralph Paul Gernhardt and published under the former Gernhardt Publications. It was a weekly GLBT news and entertainment publication. It started as a pocket-sized publication but in 1988 was enlarged to tabloid format. Gay Chicago News was also published in 1977. Craig Gernhardt holds all the archives of every edition since 1976, including over 200,000 photos of the lgbt community from 1976 to 2001, when digital became the wave of the future. Most of the archived rare photos have never been seen by the public.
Gernhardt died in June 2006 of lung cancer, leaving the publications stock to his children, Craig (35%), Christy (30%) and Stacy Bridges (35%). Craig Gernhardt purchased Stacy Bridges shares for $25,000 and the and the rights to the Grabbys in 2009. Christy's shares were bought by Craig Gernhardt for $15,000. Craig Gernhardt, took over publishing duties and promptly hired several writers who quit Chicago Free Press when they didn't receive their paychecks.
Under the leadership of Ralph Paul Gernhardt, the former magazine sponsored the Gay Games
and local gay sporting teams. On March 2, 2011, Gay Chicago Magazine reorganized as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Gay Chicago Foundation, and transitioned from an entertainment publication to the weekly newsmagazine Gay Chicago. The new publication was no longer published by the company founded by Ralph Paul Gernhardt.
In July 2011 Dane Tidwell took over as managing publisher, handling day-to-day operations. In August 2011 Tidwell purchased 50% shares in Gay Chicago for an undisclosed amount.
In mid-September 2011 the magazine announced that it would become a biweekly by Dane Tidwell, and on September 29, 2011, Craig Gernhardt announced it had suspended print publication altogether. With the halt of printing of Gay Chicago, the Windy City Times
becomes Chicago's only LGBT newsweekly in print form.
Gay Chicago Magazine won several community leadership awards, including being inducted to the City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1991.
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
online news organization in Chicago, Illinois which ceased publishing in print form on Sept. 21, 2011.
Gay Chicago replaced the now defunct Gay Chicago Magazine which was founded in 1976 by Ralph Paul Gernhardt and published under the former Gernhardt Publications. It was a weekly GLBT news and entertainment publication. It started as a pocket-sized publication but in 1988 was enlarged to tabloid format. Gay Chicago News was also published in 1977. Craig Gernhardt holds all the archives of every edition since 1976, including over 200,000 photos of the lgbt community from 1976 to 2001, when digital became the wave of the future. Most of the archived rare photos have never been seen by the public.
Gernhardt died in June 2006 of lung cancer, leaving the publications stock to his children, Craig (35%), Christy (30%) and Stacy Bridges (35%). Craig Gernhardt purchased Stacy Bridges shares for $25,000 and the and the rights to the Grabbys in 2009. Christy's shares were bought by Craig Gernhardt for $15,000. Craig Gernhardt, took over publishing duties and promptly hired several writers who quit Chicago Free Press when they didn't receive their paychecks.
Under the leadership of Ralph Paul Gernhardt, the former magazine sponsored the Gay Games
Gay Games
The Gay Games is the world's largest sporting and cultural event organized by and specifically for LGBT athletes, artists, musicians, and others. It welcomes participants of every sexual orientation and every skill level...
and local gay sporting teams. On March 2, 2011, Gay Chicago Magazine reorganized as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Gay Chicago Foundation, and transitioned from an entertainment publication to the weekly newsmagazine Gay Chicago. The new publication was no longer published by the company founded by Ralph Paul Gernhardt.
In July 2011 Dane Tidwell took over as managing publisher, handling day-to-day operations. In August 2011 Tidwell purchased 50% shares in Gay Chicago for an undisclosed amount.
In mid-September 2011 the magazine announced that it would become a biweekly by Dane Tidwell, and on September 29, 2011, Craig Gernhardt announced it had suspended print publication altogether. With the halt of printing of Gay Chicago, the Windy City Times
Windy City Times
Windy City Times is Chicago's oldest LGBT newspaper, and the only Chicago gay publication with an independent circulation audit current as of 2008....
becomes Chicago's only LGBT newsweekly in print form.
Gay Chicago Magazine won several community leadership awards, including being inducted to the City of Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame in 1991.