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= Bay Windows = Bay Windows is an LGBT-oriented newspaper, published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays in Boston, Massachusetts and serving the entire New England region of the United States. The paper is a member of the New England Press Association and the National Gay Newspaper Guild.

History
Bay Windows was created in 1983 by the founding publisher Sasha Alyson. It was purchased in 1985 by James Hoover who was then publisher of the South End News, and then sold both Bay Windows and the South End News to Jeff Coakley and Sue O'Connell in 2003.

On October 31st, 2006, EDGE Media Network published a press release announcing a partnership with Bay Windows. Sue O'Connell and Jeff Coakley began working with EDGE Media Network on marketing and sale promotions as part of Bay Windows new equity position at the Media Network.

In 2011, the paper acquired Golden Rainbow Times, a monthly newsletter oriented toward LGBT senior citizens. The publication became a monthly insert in Bay Windows.

Content
The typical length of a weekly paper is between 20 and 44 pages with the exception of Gay Pride Week where the newspaper is 100 pages.

Bay Windows main audience is the LGBT community and includes content "from the AIDS crisis to Vermont civil unions and Massachusetts marriage battles" as well as local New England news relating to the LGBT community, national news, and popular culture.

Circulation
Bay Windows is published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays and distributed to over 300 locations with a cost of 50 cents at a newsstand.

In 2008 distribution was greatly increased from 2,000 to 20,000 after to the closing of rival gay newspaper The New England Blade, leaving Bay Windows as Boston's sole gay newspaper. The increased distribution was also in part due to the availability of the paper in Shaw's, Stop & Shop, news bins, and local grocery stores.

According to the Bay Windows website, they only print as many physical copies as needed for environmental reasons and encourage readers to get in contact with them via email for details on distribution locations. There are PDF s of the paper accessible on their website dating back to April 4th, 2019.

True Colors OUT Youth Theatre
In 2013 co-owner Sue O'Connell wrote an article titled "White gay men and black men have more in common than they think" where she suggested "that an image problem (for young black men) is an element of the racial profiling young black men experience" and posed the hypothetical question of "what would happen if young black men took a page from Frank Kameny’s (a white gay man) playbook?". The article generated a strong reaction by the local LGBT and black communities as it appeared to use respectability politics as a potential solution to the marginalization and profiling of black men. In response to this article the True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, which is a part of the larger The Theatre Offensive group in Boston, wrote, produced and performed a show titled "Voices from the Ground, Stories from the Roots" in 2014.

“After the Bay Windows editorial sparked such strong local reaction among Boston’s LGBT and black communities, we wanted to take on the topic by exploring the roots of sexuality, culture, religion, gender and more. The result is a moving, personal and revealing show that couples historical information and current events with the personal, honest experiences of True Colors members. It truly demonstrates the complex dynamics of one’s roots and history and their affect on the person they become,” said Nick Bazo, the Director of True Colors about the show.