The New York Blade was a weekly lesbian

Lesbian

Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...

, gay

Gay

Gay is a word that refers to a homosexual person, especially a homosexual male. For homosexual women the specific term is "lesbian"....

, bisexual

Bisexuality

Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...

 and transgender

Transgender

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 (LGBT

LGBT

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) newspaper in New York City, New York. The Blade was a member of the National Gay Newspaper Guild

National Gay Newspaper Guild

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, and contains news, entertainment, classified ads, and free personals for men and women.

History

The New York Blade was started in 1997 as a New York edition of the Washington Blade. The original founding came under fire from gay rights advocates because of indications that Wilbur Ross

Wilbur Ross

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is an American investor known for restructuring failed companies in industries such as steel, coal, telecommunications, foreign investment and textiles. He specializes in leveraged buyouts and distressed businesses. In 2011, Forbes magazine listed Ross as one of the world's...

 would be involved with the paper.

The paper, along with the Washington Blade, was acquired by Window Media

Window Media

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, LLC in 2001, and then sold to HX Media in 2007. Kat Long

Kat Long

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succeeded Trenton Straube as editor-in-chief in February 2009. The paper ceased publication in July 2009.