Seattle Gay News

The Seattle Gay News is a weekly newspaper aimed at the Seattle and Puget Sound area LGBT community in the U.S. state of Washington.

Seattle Gay News (SGN)
TypeWeekly newspaper
FormatTabloid
Owner(s)
  • JT&A (former)[1]
  • George Bakan (former)[2]
  • Angela Cragin (2020-Present)
Editor
  • Jim Tully (1974-1984)
  • George Bakan (1984-2020)[2]
  • A.V. Eichenbaum (2021-present)[3]
Founded1974
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington, U.S.
Websitewww.sgn.org

History

Seattle Gay News was founded in 1974 by Jim Tully and Jim Anderson. As of 2022, the SGN is distributed to every library in the King County Library System, Seattle Public Library System, and Pierce County Library System, as well as roughly 115 other locations in Seattle and Tacoma.

Former editor George Bakan was an LGBTQ+ activist in Seattle and acted as head of the SGN from 1984 until his death in 2020.[2]

SGN files are preserved in the Washington State History Museum in Tacoma. The SGN is also currently being archived by Yale University, University of Washington Seattle in Seattle, and the Seattle Public Library System. Microfiche copies of the archives can be found at UW and the Seattle Public Library.

In 2021, staff began restructuring of the paper to improve its diversity and inclusivity.[4] In the same year, SGN launched a podcast as part of the restructuring effort.

References
  1. "Seattle Gay News (Seattle, Wash.) 1976-Current". Library of Congress.
  2. Doughton, Sandi (13 June 2020). "'Grumpy Santa' and 'Governor of Capitol Hill': George Bakan, longtime editor of the Seattle Gay News, dies". The Seattle Times.
  3. "A.V. Eichenbaum". muckrack.com.
  4. Yamakazi Stewart, Jade (26 June 2021). "Seattle Gay News charts a path into the future after death of longtime editor George Bakan". seattletimes.com. Seattle Times. Retrieved May 18, 2022.


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