Seattle Gay News
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
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| Format | Tabloid |
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| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, US |
| Website | www |
| Free online archives | issuu |
The Seattle Gay News is a weekly newspaper aimed at the Seattle and Puget Sound area LGBT community in the U.S. state of Washington. As of 2023, the SGN is distributed to every library in the King County Library System, Seattle Public Library System, and Pierce County Library System, as well as roughly 115 other locations in Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham, Spokane and Ocean Shores.
The newspaper was founded in 1974 by Jim Tully and Jim Arnold.[5] Editor George Bakan, an LGBTQ+ activist in Seattle, acted as head of the SGN from 1984 until his death from a sudden heart attack in 2020.[2] His daughter Angela Cragin then took over his role at the paper.[6]
In 2021, staff began restructuring the paper to improve its diversity and inclusivity.[7] In the same year, SGN launched a podcast as part of the restructuring effort.[8]
In 2023, Cragin sold the publication to Stratus Group LLC, owned by Mike Schultz.[9] A year later he sold SGN to Prism Pride Press, owned by Renee Raketty.[10]
