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Title: The Washington Blade, April 7, 1989
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on anger over the imprisonment of a Dutch man en route to an AIDS conference by U.S. immigration officials for his HIV-positive status, growing pressure from Congress to see the crackdown against gay military personnel halted over concern that it contributed to sexual harassment of women in the services, the resolution of an employment discrimination case at the NSA, a look at the state of AIDS research and a listing of local studies recruiting volunteers, advice on securing partnership rights similar to those of married couples, book reviews, health information about HIV developing a resistance to AZT, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 20, Number 14

Title: The Washington Blade, June 29, 1990
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts to develop a vaccine to keep HIV from progressing to AIDS, concern that ACT UP protests may have upset the relationship between AIDS activists and HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan, a mass walkout at the Fund for Human Dignity as allegations of misconduct swirl, anger over a D.C. Superior Court judge's decision to question potential jurors' sexuality in a civil suit involving the rape of a lesbian, warnings for gays with terminal illnesses to make living wills following a legal case about state law and removal of life support, a decision in the leadership of the Jewish Reform movement to ordain gay rabbis, efforts within the D.C. City Council to address a financial crisis at Whitman-Walker Clinic, alarm at local AIDS service organizations Lifelink and Food and Friends in the face of rising need and falling funding and volunteers, results of research into AZT resistance in early stage patients, concern over a lack of funding for drug relapse as research indicated that heavy drinkers and smokers as well as drug users all faced higher risk of contracting HIV, an update on an amendment to the Americans with Disabilities Act that would allow HIV positive food service workers to be removed from their jobs, the start of an Occasions column in the Blade with coverage of a commitment ceremony at the Friends Meeting House of Washington, coverage of Pride celebrations around the country, health advice for partners of people who are HIV positive, book and arts reviews including a profile of artist and designer Erté (Romain de Tirtoff), updates on local gay sports clubs, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 21, Number 26

Title: The Washington Blade, January 31, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the 1992 election campaigns, the story of a lesbian couple facing medical challenges with their baby son, the disbandment of San Francisco's Queer Nation protest group, results from the Blade's annual reader survey, a look at gay- and AIDS-related local politics in Maryland and Virginia, the decision to add the term 'bi' to the title of the 1993 March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation'u201d, criticism of AIDS budget decisions in G.H.W. Bush's budget plan, information about local medical trials recruiting volunteers, concern over a rise in the spread of multiple drug-resistant tuberculosis in New York City and Florida which posed a significant risk to HIV/AIDS patients, a profile of director George Cukar, interviews with singer and musician Suede and stage actor Serge Seiden, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 5

Title: The Washington Blade, July 1, 1994
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on politics and election news, coverage of the Stonewall 25 march which brought together gays from 72 countries together to remember, share stories, and march past the United Nations carrying a mile-long pride flag, the expulsion of pedophile group from the International Lesbian and Gay Association following a 214-30 vote at the organization's annual conference, updates on the hunt for a suspected serial killer wanted for several murders of gay men in DC and Maryland, concern after 30 Ku Klux Klan members under the leadership of Roger Kelly gathered outside a Frederick (MD) gay bar with anti-gay placards, updates on the fight for gay marriage in Hawaii, coverage of the Gay Games including many events in which local athletes participated and the closing ceremony at Yankee Stadium (NY) attended by more than 50,000 people, news of FDA approval of a fourth drug for the treatment of AIDS at a time when many long-time patients were starting to face resistance to all previously available treatments, information about efforts by gay activist groups to push for national non-discrimination protections, an interview with prominent transgender activist Kate Bornstein, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 25, Issue 27

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