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Come Out!

Come Out!
A Newspaper By And For The Gay Community
First issue of newspaper
PublisherGay Liberation Front
Staff writers
LaunchedNovember 14, 1969 (1969-11-14)
Ceased publication1972 (1972) (issue 8)
CityNew York City
CountryUS
OCLC number14078148
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Come Out! [a] was an American LGBT newspaper that ran from 1969 to 1972. It was published by the Gay Liberation Front (GLF), a gay liberation group established in New York City in 1969, immediately following the Stonewall riots. The first issue came out on November 14, 1969, it sold for 35 cents, and 50 cents for outside of New York City.[1] Its run only lasted for eight issues. Its tagline for the first paper was: "A Newspaper By And For The Gay Community".[1]

The newspaper's purpose was to be a voice for the GLF, that would promote LGBT rights, lesbian feminism, and anti-sexism.[2][3] Notable contributors to the first issue included: Martha Shelley, Leo Martello, Marty Robinson, Kay Tobin, Jim Fouratt and John Lawritz, pseudonym of John Lauritsen.[b][4] Come Out! was popularly known as the first newspaper of Gay Liberation.[5][6] The newspaper was mainly sold by members of the GLF on the streets of NYC, with a few newsstands that carried them as well.[7]


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