QSaltLake
Encyclopedia
QSaltLake is a gay and lesbian news and entertainment magazine printed biweekly in Salt Lake City, Utah
, U.S.
It contains local, national and world news, an extensive opinion section, arts and entertainment, a bar guide and classifieds. Its nonprofit foundation, QCares Foundation
, raises money for local gay and lesbian charities, sponsors an anti-meth
campaign, and a Hepatitis
immunization awareness program for gay men. The newspaper also created Pride365
, a series of annual events that culminate in the Utah Pride Festival
, sponsored by the Utah Pride Center. QSaltLake is published by Salt Lick Publishing, LLC, owned by Michael Aaron, who also acts as editor.
QSaltLake also publishes an annual gay and lesbian phone directory, TheQPages, and a map of gay- and lesbian-friendly businesses for tourists and business visitors, TheQMap.
was published in April, 2004 with Aaron acting as publisher and Peterson as sales manager.
The newspaper found quick success in attracting readers and web site visitors, but the business partnership was wrought with disputes as advertising sales never brought the paper into the black. Aaron was forced to scale back on writers, editors and syndicated content. By the end of 2005, Aaron was acting as publisher, editor and art director.
Aaron left Salt Lake Metro in February, 2006, after a failed attempt to purchase the paper. The remaining newswriters, columnists and office staff went with him and QSaltLake was published two weeks later on Metro's published schedule.
The newspaper scaled back to 28 pages twice monthly through 2006 until back debt was paid off and advertising revenues increased. In December, 2006, the paper published the first QSaltLake Pages, an annual phone directory to replace the failed Little Lavender Book.
In January, 2007, the paper jumped to 40 pages and several new columnists were brought on board.
On November 1, 2007, the paper moved to new, larger offices in the Sugar House neighborhood, began publishing biweekly, announced the hiring of two new interns and released a new news portal web site.
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, U.S.
United States
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It contains local, national and world news, an extensive opinion section, arts and entertainment, a bar guide and classifieds. Its nonprofit foundation, QCares Foundation
QCares Foundation
QCares Foundation is the not-for-profit charitable arm of QSaltLake, a gay and lesbian newspaper in Salt Lake City, Utah.-External links:**...
, raises money for local gay and lesbian charities, sponsors an anti-meth
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...
campaign, and a Hepatitis
Hepatitis
Hepatitis is a medical condition defined by the inflammation of the liver and characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from the Greek hepar , the root being hepat- , meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation"...
immunization awareness program for gay men. The newspaper also created Pride365
Pride365
Pride365 is a series of activities sponsored by QSaltLake to celebrate gay and lesbian pride in Salt Lake City, Utah throughout the year. Events culminate in the Utah Pride Festival, sponsored by the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Utah....
, a series of annual events that culminate in the Utah Pride Festival
Utah Pride Festival
The Utah Pride Festival is a festival held in downtown Salt Lake City in June, celebrating Utah's diversity and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender populations. The event is a program of The Utah Pride Center. It includes the state’s second-largest parade...
, sponsored by the Utah Pride Center. QSaltLake is published by Salt Lick Publishing, LLC, owned by Michael Aaron, who also acts as editor.
QSaltLake also publishes an annual gay and lesbian phone directory, TheQPages, and a map of gay- and lesbian-friendly businesses for tourists and business visitors, TheQMap.
History
In January, 2004, Michael Aaron approached Steven Peterson about collaborating on what he called a much-needed professional newspaper for Utah's gay and lesbian community. Aaron was a long-time Salt Lake City gay activist and had published The Community Reporter and Triangle Magazine in the 80s. Peterson published the Little Lavender Book. The first issue of Salt Lake MetroSalt Lake Metro
The Salt Lake Metro was a free gay and lesbian bi-weekly newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was published by Metro Publishing, Inc. owned by Michael Aaron and Steven Peterson...
was published in April, 2004 with Aaron acting as publisher and Peterson as sales manager.
The newspaper found quick success in attracting readers and web site visitors, but the business partnership was wrought with disputes as advertising sales never brought the paper into the black. Aaron was forced to scale back on writers, editors and syndicated content. By the end of 2005, Aaron was acting as publisher, editor and art director.
Aaron left Salt Lake Metro in February, 2006, after a failed attempt to purchase the paper. The remaining newswriters, columnists and office staff went with him and QSaltLake was published two weeks later on Metro's published schedule.
The newspaper scaled back to 28 pages twice monthly through 2006 until back debt was paid off and advertising revenues increased. In December, 2006, the paper published the first QSaltLake Pages, an annual phone directory to replace the failed Little Lavender Book.
In January, 2007, the paper jumped to 40 pages and several new columnists were brought on board.
On November 1, 2007, the paper moved to new, larger offices in the Sugar House neighborhood, began publishing biweekly, announced the hiring of two new interns and released a new news portal web site.
Editors
- Brandon Burt, April 2004–November 2004
- Jere Keys, November 2004–November 2005
- Michael Aaron, November 2005–February 2011
- Seth Bracken, February 2011–present
- Arts Editor: Tony Hobday, March 2006–present
- Assistant Editor: JoSelle Vanderhooft, January 2007–February 2011