The Scene
Owner: Ron Wilson
Operating: 1970's
A gay newspaper that ran in the 70's to cover gay news in Denver and Colorado Springs. It was run by Ron Wilson. It was the only gay paper for that time. [1]
I have not yet located issues of The Scene. I have found mentions of it in other publications.
Editors
(According to Christopher Parks in a letter to Out Front, Editor-in-Chief of the Scene in 1980, only the 4 bolded names were editors. Out Front disagrees and listed the other names as well.)[2]
- Ron Wilson
- John Drummer (June 1976 - ) [3]
- Johnny Gay Seed
- Christopher Parks
- Ron Peterson
- Jerry McGinnis
- Mike London
Controversy
There was some conflict between Out Front and The Scene, as evidenced by archived issues of Out Front.
"Controversy Surrounds Scene Phrase." Out Front Letter to the Editor from Rick Miller, published on June 11, 1976.
One of Out Front's Editor-in-Chief's Phil Price's new year's resolutions, printed in the January 5, 1979 issue of Out Front[4]
Questions
References
Donaciano Martinez. “Interview with Donaciano Martinez Part 3.” Interview by David Duffield. [Denver Public Library], 10 Mar. 2015, https://lgbtqcolorado.cvlcollections.org/files/original/fbafc5a2a303d919a8600c5ace7c05b5.WMA. ↩︎
Parks, Christopher. “Letters.” OUT FRONT, May 2, 1980. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=OTF19800502-01.2.40. ↩︎
OUT FRONT. “Newsfax.” June 25, 1976. Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=OTF19760625-01.2.6. ↩︎
Price, Phil. “New Year’s Resolutions; 1978’s Top Ten Stories.” OUT FRONT, January 5, 1979. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=OTF19790105-01.2.8&srpos=8&e=-------en-20--1-byTY-img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA-%22the+scene%22+%22ron+wilson%22-------0------. ↩︎