Although the nation’s oldest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender newspaper, the Washington Blade, was forced to close its doors Monday by parent company Window Media, the paper plans to regroup and party on.
A post on the Blade’s Twitter feed say the newspaper will host its previously planned event at Hard Rock Cafe Wednesday night.
“We’re approaching the event as a social hour to share happy memories. Plus, we want to have one last hurrah,” the post reads.
Former Blade columnist James Kirchick told Yeas & Nays he hopes the paper revives.
“It would be such an incredible loss,” Kirchick said. “It’s the most substantive gay newspaper in the country.”
