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Title: Michael Stanley
Description: In this interview, Michael Stanley discusses growing up in Fort Totten in the 1950s. He talks about the close-knit nature of the Fort Totten community and the long-lasting friendships that formed among neighborhood children. He then reflects on his life as a teenager and favorite clothing styles, and participating in the Cadet Core in high school. He reflects on the uniqueness of living in Fort Totten and how it has evolved., Michael Stanley is a native Washingtonian born at Georgetown Hospital where his mother worked. He lived with his family on Savannah Terrace in Southeast Washington until they moved to the Fort Totten neighborhood in approximately 1955 when he was six years old. He attended Keene Elementary School until the sixth grade, then MacFarland for seventh grade and part of eighth grade. Halfway through his eighth-grade year Bertie Backus was opened and he attended there the remainder of eighth grade and ninth grade. He was in the first graduating class of Bertie Backus. He attended high school at Roosevelt. After graduating from high school, he got a job and was later drafted into the Army where he served for two years and nine months. After that he attended college at UDC where he majored in business management.

Title: The Washington Blade, June 22, 2001
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features content about the first anniversary Boys Scouts vs. Dale; Critics in LGBTQIA+ community criticize U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's assertion that HIV infections are on the rise; District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights rules against Boy Scouts of America; Pride of Pets dog show; U.S. Census shows numbers up for District of Columbia 'unmarried partners'; Maryland school board issues proposal to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQIA+ students in school; Transgender cases might be included by Maryland Commission on Human Relations; AIDS bicycle riders arrive in D.C.; Presbyterian General Assembly votes to delete anti-LGBTQIA+ provision; Baptists state 'Dam is broken' for the American family due to LGBTQIA+-friendly culture; U.S. Senate backtracks on anti-LGBTQIA+ amendment introduced by Sen. Jesse Helms; Sen Edward Kennedy and Rep. Barney Frank plan 'minor' changes to Employment Non-Discrimination Act; U.S. Court of Appeals upholds San Francisco equal benefits law; Harriet Lurene Lloyd Hill death; Wayne A. Reeder death; Nkosi Johnson death. This edition also includes obituaries, listings and reviews for theater; television shows; music; books; film; dance; sports; religious services and other events; and classified ads and personals., Volume 32, Number 25

Title: The Washington Blade, November 15, 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This issue features the following content: District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturns ruling by Commission that ordered the Boy Scouts of America to reinstate two adult gay scout leaders; Catholics to battle gay priest ban; AIDS leaders meet to President Bush administration officials; 'Godless Americans' LGBTQIA+ atheists march on Washington draws; Burgundy Crescent Volunteers has 640 members and does 20 activities a month; Dupont Circle bar Sign of the Whale refusal to serve LGBTQIA+ people. This edition also includes obituaries, listings and reviews for theater; television shows; music; books; film; dance; sports; religious services and other events; and classified ads and personals., Volume 33, Number 46

Title: The Washington Blade, October 30, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on Canada's decision to end its ban on gays in its military, efforts by activists to address anti-gay violence, the closure of Hill Haven lesbian bar, updates on court cases including a discrimination case against the Boy Scouts and a Virginia custody case where a lesbian's custody of her children required her partner not live with her, election news including analysis of the presidential race and the head of the NAMES Project's campaign for Harvey Milk's seat in San Francisco, a review of Madonna's book 'u201cSex'u201d, a profile of playwright Stanley Rutherford, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 44

Title: The Washington Blade, September 27, 1991
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on San Francisco School Board's decision to ban the Boy Scouts over their anti-gay policies, concerns over the nominee for D.C.'s Commissioner of Public Health, celebration of a milestone for Bet Mishpachah as it hired its first rabbi, a look at a lesbian couple who had recently won legal rights to each others' children marking a significant step in the legal battles for gay marriage rights, political and election news from D.C. and Northern Virginia, another ban on 'sexual' art forced through the Senate by anti-gay Senator Jesse Helms, opposition to military recruiters at SUNY and Georgetown, coverage of the first full report of the National AIDS Commission, a calendar of events for the Reel Affirmations gay and lesbian film festival, a look at decision-making at PBS as it repeatedly shied away from gay- and AIDS-related programming, a profile of lesbian British composer Ethel Smyth, book and arts reviews including the film 'u201cLongtime Companion'u201d and a local production of Sondheim's 'u201cMarry Me A Little'u201d, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 22, Number 39

Title: The Washington Blade, September 4, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a groundbreaking Quaker holy union for a local lesbian couple, charges in the murder of a member of D.C.'s gay swim team, ratings for politicians in local elections from the Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, updates on plans for the 1993 March on Washington, calls for a boycott of Bank of America from activists in San Francisco fighting the Boy Scouts' ban on gays, information about several local crimes against gays, allegations of abuse of a gay prisoner by guards and deputies at a Fairfax (VA) jail, warnings about an extortionist impersonating a police officer to target men in restrooms at an Arlington (VA) mall, information about free Hepatitis B testing at area hospitals, updates on AIDS-related medical research, profiles of novelist Christopher Bram and songwriters Shelly Loconto and Laura DeNardis, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 36

Title: The Washington Blade, August 7, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on restrictions put in place by D.C. Police to prevent abuse of the much-maligned D.C. Sodomy Law, election news including presidential candidate Bill Clinton's statement supporting the Boy Scouts' ban on gay leaders, criticism of Senator Trent Lott for selectively citing the Bible story of Sodom and Gomorrah in an effort to overturn D.C.'s domestic partnership law, coverage of the Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gay Men's 'Conference '92,'u201d ongoing debates about the platform for the 1993 March on Washington, information about local drug trials recruiting volunteers, a look at the fad of 'u201cFreedom Ring'u201d jewelry and accessories in gay communities across the US, book and art reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 32

Title: The Washington Blade, January 10, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on a conspiracy theory about AIDS and U.S. Army biological warfare research, an appeal in a gay marriage lawsuit in D.C. based on the judge's citation of Bible verses rather than legal principles in his decision against the couple seeking marriage equality, criticism of the hard-line anti-gay position of Boy Scouts of America, an interview with Russian gay rights activists Roman Kalinin, efforts by Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder to review legal restrictions on gay rights, a severe winter storm that destroyed Rehoboth's (DE) popular gay beach, medical information about the role of medication in treating breast cancer, research showing the effectiveness of Fluconazole against some opportunistic infections, interviews with 'u201cA Stone Gone Mad'u201d author Jacquelyn Holt Park and photographer Jim Long, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 2

Title: The Washington Blade, February 28, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the impact of the federal budget on AIDS research, a statement from D.C. District Attorneys opposing gay marriage on the grounds that marriage should promote 'u201cconformity'u201d, allegations by homophobic Senator Jesse Helms that gays were using federal funds to 'u201crecruit'u201d children, anger over the arrest of two gay men in the District on sodomy charges under the long-embattled D.C. Sodomy law, the death in committee of a Maryland bill aimed at prohibiting discrimination against gays, conflict between activist group Queer Nation/D.C. and Boy Scouts of America over its policy banning gay troop leaders, analysis of the effect of the economic recession on gay and AIDS organizations, updates on HIV infection rates in the D.C. area, a look at Gay Republicans' opinions of George H.W. Bush, news from the 1992 election campaigns, a perspective piece about gay life and gay activism in South Dakota, a behind-the-scenes look at Gay entertainment magazine 'u201cGay Fairfax'u201d that aired weekly on public television, profiles of playwright Neil Bartlett and author Carol Anshaw, recommendations for LGBT books and films, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 9

Title: The Washington Blade, February 14, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on conflicts between the police and gays following a raid on the Follies Theatre, results of a meeting between NGLTF and the G.H.W. Bush campaign, updates on the D.C. Council Domestic Partnership benefits, victories for gay candidates in D.C. caucus elections, delays in breast cancer research caused by poor funding, an end to the Kowalski case as the Minnesota Supreme Court refused the appeal from her homophobic parents attempting to keep her from her lover's care, slight increases in D.C.'s AIDS budget, mixed reactions to results from a medical study showing that AZT use beginning early after HIV diagnosis could put off activation of AIDS but not prolong life under active infection, advice from the FDA that AIDS buyers clubs stop selling bootleg ddC over concerns about unpredictable quality and potency, growing animosity between gays and Boy Scout officials, the then-latest medical information about AIDS, a look back at Donald Webster Cory's 1951 book 'u201cThe Homosexual in America'u201d, profiles of lesbian poet Elizabeth Bishop and local artists Bryant Clifford and Azar, a review of the lesbian-feminist history book 'u201cBeing Someone'u201d, arts and book reviews, a look at the Nob Hill gay bar, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 7

Title: The Washington Blade, July 17, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on election news, a Vatican statement claiming gay rights laws posed a 'threat to families', a profile of New York City AIDS activist Ray Johnson, the 15th anniversary of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a 20-year history of openly gay delegates to the Democratic National Convention, coverage of a massive demonstration in New York City for better AIDS response, mixed responses from activists to D.C. AIDS services plans, a report from Amnesty International warning of abuse against gays, warnings from activists of extrajudicial killings of gay men in Colombia and other Latin American countries, profiles of three gay Canadian authors, an interview about Wicca with with Arlington (VA) pagan television show presenter Kestryl Angell, arts reviews including one of a Broadway production of Oscar Wilde's Salome, analysis of mainstream media portrayals of gays, the Unitarian Universalist Association's decision to publicly condemn the Boy Scouts for its anti-gay policies, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 29

Title: The Washington Blade, February 7, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on the choices of gay Republicans fleeing the G.H.W. Bush campaign in advance of the 1992 elections, anger over D.C. Council's stalling tactics in the effort to overturn D.C.'s Sodomy law, protests planned by D.C.'s Queer Nation group against the Boy Scouts and its fund raising organization the United Way for BSA's increasingly vocal anti-gay stances and policies, an FDA seizure of AIDS drug ddC from a buyers' club over concerns about potency and adverse side effects, an NIH decision to name Georgetown University to its adult AIDS Clinical Trial Group, doubts over an Army investigation's theory that the deaths of two soldiers were a gay lovers' conflict turned murder/suicide, a court decision in Texas that struck down a policy banning gays from serving in the Dallas Police, coverage of two events for Black gays in Oakland (CA), statistics showing women were at far greater risk of discharge for homosexuality than men in the military, criticism of the practice of requiring female Olympic athletes to submit to medical tests to verify they are biologically female according to restrictive Olympic definitions, a profile of singer k.d. lang, interviews with choreographer Ron Brown and dancer Tom Truss, book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 6

Title: The Washington Blade, January 14, 1994
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on criticism of the State Supreme Court of Texas's decision not to rule on a sodomy law appeal on jurisdictional grounds, arrests in the murder of a gay man in Texas and updates on the investigations into the murders of a transgender man and two gay men in Nebraska, frustration that the U.S. Interior Department declined to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy to bring it in line with other federal agencies citing incompatibility with the Boy Scouts' policies and their use of National Parks for outdoor programming, updates on the adoption of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' including legal cases over retroactive application, a look at community among older and retired gays, information about fundraising by local gay charity Brother Help Thyself, concern over proposed changes in liquor licensing laws for bars in the District, University of Maryland's decision to fund resources for gay graduate students through its Career Center, updates on plans for celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, concern over a number of church organists fired for being gay, FDA approval for an antibiotic to treat Mycobacterium avium complex in AIDS patients, growing concern for a lesbian couple in Mississippi, a retrospective 1993 from Black gays, a look at coverage of gay and lesbian issues in popular women's magazines and at representation of people with HIV/AIDS in other mainstream magazines, a review of the film 'Philadelphia', book and arts reviews, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 25, Issue 2

Title: The Washington Blade, August 14, 1992
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on efforts to change Defense Department policy of discharging gay military personnel including responses to a memo on the 'gay threat' from a senior Defense Department chaplain, a profile of Whitman-Walker Clinic administrator Jim Graham, election news including updates on President G.H.W. Bush's position on gays and the difference redistricting makes in the re-election prospects for gay Representative Gerry Studds of Massachusetts, mixed responses to calls by conservatives to boycott companies who withdrew funding from the Boy Scouts over its anti-gay policies, a Black and White Men Together workshop on racism in the gay community, a victory for an anonymous employee in the first of 300 employment discrimination cases pending against Delta Airlines, a look at women in martial arts, book and arts reviews, news from local community soccer teams, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 23, Number 33

Title: The Washington Blade, May 24, 1991
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles on continuing efforts to find a new leader for D.C.'s Office of AIDS Activities, two wins in Northern Virginia against businesses accused of discrimination against gay customers, the closure of the National Gay Rights Advocates law firm after a year of poor business, calls for the resignation of the director of the National Association of People with AIDS, the promotion of an anti-gay columnist to head the Washington Times newspaper, plans for Washington's Black Lesbian and Gay Pride Day celebrations, reluctance on the part of Arlington School Board to add sexual orientation to its anti-harassment rules, a ruling in the Los Angeles Superior Court that the Boy Scouts had a right to discriminate against gays as an extension of the right to free expression, results of fund raisers for Food and Friends and Whitman-Walker Clinic, a lesbian couple voted Prom Queens at Osbourn High School's senior prom, coverage of New York City's gay theater offerings, book reviews, results from local gay softball teams, and ads for gay-friendly businesses, events, and groups., Volume 22, Number 21

Title: Women in the Life, January - March 2002
Description: An independent newspaper serving the lesbian community. This issue features a photo of Alicia Keys on the cover; 'The Ten Most Intriguing People of 2001' column by Keith Boykin; movie review lists; 'Past Out' history section highlighting Audre Lorde; boycotts in Cincinnati; article on the Boy Scouts of America policy limiting participation of gay volunteers and leaders; 'Dear Dollie' advice column; responses to actress Rosie O'Donnell's disclosure of her lesbian sexual orientation; editorial on singer Alicia Keys' cancellation of a nightclub performance; movie, television, and theatre reviews; article on breast cancer; and advertisements for nightlife, cultural events, health and services., Volume 21, Number 9

Title: The Washington Blade, March 1, 1996
Description: An independent newspaper serving the LGBTQIA+ community. This edition features articles about an investigation of an increase in the number of Gay-related discharges from the military under the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy, the backlash against a policy banning all positive references to homosexuality in a New Hampshire school district, the reopening of a human rights case against the Boy Scouts of America, an update on the status of funding for a D.C. AIDS drug assistance program, and a section devoted to the candidates and issues of the upcoming 1996 election., Volume 27, Number 9

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