Village Preservation maintains original bound copies of local newspapers including The Villager, East Villager, Gay City News, Downtown Express, Chelsea Now, and Caribbean Life (Queens edition) dating to as early as 1939. They are available upon request for research or other purposes. See the full inventory here:

Gay City News
2002
2003 Jan-June
2003 July-Dec
2004 Jan-June
2004 July-Dec
2005 Jan-June
2005 July-Dec
2006 Jan-Apr
2006 Jan-Ap
2006 May-Aug
2006 Sept-Dec
2007 Jan-Apr
2007 May-Aug
2008 Jan-June
2008 July-Dec
2009 Jan-Dec
2010 Jan-Dec
The Villager
1939-40
1940-41
1941-42
1942-43
1955-56
1956-57
1857-58
1958-59
1959-60
1960-61
1971-72
1972-73
1980
1982
1986
1987
1988
1989
2000 May-Aug
2007 Jan-Apr
2010 Jan-June
2010 July-Dec
Downtown Express
Jan-June 2002
July-Dec 2002
Jan-June 2004
July-Dec 2005
Sept-Dec 2006
Sept-Dec 2007
May-Aug 2007
May-Aug 2007
Jan-Jun 2010
July-Dec 2010
East Villager

2010 July-Dec

Chelsea Now

Jan-Dec 2010

Caribbean Life

Queens Edition Nov-Dec 2007