America's top gay news source, covering Washington and the world. 

The Washington Blade was founded in 1969 as a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter distributed in D.C.-area bars. In October 2009, the Blade celebrated its 40th anniversary as an award-winning news source with a large following in print and online.

Readers locally and around the world have come to rely on the Blade’s unmatched coverage of LGBT news, earning the paper the moniker “the newspaper of record for the LGBT community.”

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Lynne J. Brown

Michael Key

Yariel Valdés González

Michael Radkowsky

Mark Lee

Joseph Hudson

Joe Phillips

Evan Caplan

Christopher Kane

Alberto J. Valentin

Stephen Rutgers

The Content Creators at Washington Blade are responsible for producing high-quality, engaging articles and columns that cover a wide array of topics pertinent to the LGBT community. This includes writing advice columns, in-depth features, political coverage from the White House, dining and automotive reviews, and various other stories that matter to their local and international readership. Their work ensures that the Blade remains an authoritative and trusted news source.

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