The Montrose Star

The Montrose Star ISSN (2163-050X) is a bi-weekly newspaper published on alternating Wednesdays in Houston, Texas. The newspaper is also known as Montrose Star. The newspaper is targeted to the GLBT (Gay & Lesbian) community in southeast Texas as well as Austin and San Antonio. The Montrose Star is the oldest GLBT publication in Houston. The newspaper was started by GLBT Community activist Henry McClure in 1974 as the Montrose Star. The newspaper went through several incarnations and in the late 1970s the paper became the Houston Voice.[1] As the Houston Voice, the paper was a weekly publication through the 1980s and 1990s. It was purchased by Window Media, LLC, a national GLBT newspaper chain that also owned the Washington Blade. In 2009 Window Media shut down its operations and ceased publication of the Houston Voice.[2] McClure who had no longer been with the Voice for sometime had started a new publication called The Montrose G.E.M.(Gay Entertainment Magazine), but when the Voice shut down took back the former name of the Montrose Star and published under that name. In Fall of 2009, the publication was purchased by GLYP Media, publishers of the nationwide Gay Yellow Pages. The magazine is distributed throughout the Houston,Galveston, Austin & San Antonio areas, and covers GLBT news, arts, entertainment, music and a local southeast Texas gay bar and club guide. They also cover GLBT Events and numerous drag shows.