Bay Windows is an LGBT newspaper, published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays[1] in Boston, Massachusetts, serving the entire New England region of the United States.
[2] According to the Bay Windows website, they only print as many physical copies as needed for environmental reasons and encourage readers to get in contact with them via email for details on distribution locations.
[11] Bay Windows' coverage of former Massachusetts governor and two-time Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his early support of the gay community garnered national attention.
[12] In his 2012 campaign, Romney made a point of being vocally opposed to gay marriage, but Bay Windows republished a series of articles the paper had conducted with him that showed his stance on the issue shifting over the years: these were used in headlines in mainstream news media across the country.
[13][14] After the death of Pope John Paul II, the paper released an issue called The Holy Father's Homophobia, which received wide praise and honors from the New England Press Association.
[16] In response to this article the True Colors: OUT Youth Theater, which is a part of the larger The Theatre Offensive group in Boston, wrote, produced and performed a show titled "Voices from the Ground, Stories from the Roots" in 2014.
[16] "After the Bay Windows editorial sparked such strong local reaction among Boston's LGBT and black communities, we wanted to take on the topic by exploring the roots of sexuality, culture, religion, gender and more.