WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Washington Blade, the LGBT newspaper of record for more than 40 years, announced the online launch of the publication’s extensive photo archives, which will be made available for purchase to the general public next week.
A large selection of photos organized into galleries, including both new and historic images, will be available for sale. Readers can buy color and black-and-white prints and framed photos, or they can choose to turn their favorite images into T-shirts, coffee mugs and other gift items.
The photo archive launches next Thursday, Oct. 6 with a cocktail reception at Cobalt in Washington, D.C.’s historic Dupont Circle neighborhood. Photos will be available for purchase the same day online at washingtonblade.com.
WHO: The Washington Blade, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) newspaper of record for over 40 years
WHAT: The Blade hosts a cocktail reception to celebrate the launch of its extensive photo archives and LGBT History Month.
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 6, 6 – 8 p.m. ET
WHERE: Cobalt, 1639 R St. NW at the corner of 17th and R, Washington, D.C., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood
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. You can read the Washington Blade online at: www.washingtonblade.com. You can also follow the Washington Blade on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/washingtonblade or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/washingtonblade.
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