first edition Newspaper
1982 · Chicago
by Streips, Karlis, editor, Dom Orejudos [aka Etienne] Chris Heim, Bob Damron et al.
Chicago: YourStyle Pub, 1982. Newspaper. 24p., folded tabloid newspaper, photos, columns, news, ads, services, newsprint with mild toning at edges, library stamp on cover. Chicago LGBT weekly, previously bi-weekly and titled "Blazing Star" aka Gay Life and Chicago Gay Life. Cover story "Gay Democrats forming here" Also inside a report on Sister Boom Boom in San Francisco, a photo and review of Julia Louis-Dreyfus in an early appearance with a Chicago improv group and more reportage on AIDS and GRID by Chris Heim, first of a three-part report. (Inventory #: 211102)