
Introducing: We Were Always Here: They Weren't Us
Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
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Capital Gay - A Free Weekly Newspaper
Capital gay was a free weekly newspaper published in london. Maaro and mason met while working at gay news, and designed capital gay as a complimentary publication. It took 11 days from the last word being written to its being in the hands of readers. So we wanted a weekly newspaper with a 24 hour turn round. If something bad happened on a t Tuesday, we could tell people about it on e th Thursday or s Saturday. And sunday we allso it was a time when the gay community was to grow in enormously. But then this virus appears. When do you first become aware of the virus? Ok?
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