The Gay Financial Network (GFN), a print and digital publication, was established in April 1998 Preview. or 1999 by Walter Schubert, Jr., founder and CEO of The Schubert Group LLC,Perry, David (September 18, 2011). Tearing Down The Wall. Highbrow Magazine. Retrieved August 4, 2026. and the first openly gay member of the New York Stock Exchange.Hunterdon Happening (February 4, 2016). How to face adversity and thrive with Walter B. Schubert, Jr. Retrieved August 4, 2026. In 2007, Schubert launched an online version of GFN.
GFN aimed to highlight gay-owned and gay-managed business and to alert readers about businesses that practiced discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Schubert, GFN's publisher, was a founding board member of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
GFN was the first gay-specific company to be advertised in The Wall Street Journal, on February 18, 2000. Some have viewed GFN as an example of merging gay activism and gay marketing. Preview.
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External links Archive home page Gay Financial Network