File:Washblade collage.jpg

Summary edit

Screenshot from http://www.washblade.com/advertising/eTearsheets/09-10-2004/063.pdf

From top to bottom:

December 1977 Cover of 'The Blade'

April 1973 Cover of 'The Gay Blade'

1993 March on Washington Special Edition of the 'Washington Blade'

April 23, 1993 Cover of the 'Washington Blade'

June 27, 2003 Cover of the 'Washington Blade'

September 1974 Cover of 'The Gay Blade'

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