Christopher Street was a gay-oriented magazine published in New York City, New York, by . Known both for its serious discussion of issues within the gay community and its satire of anti-gay criticism, it was one of the two most widely read gay-issues publications in the United States. Christopher Street covered politics and culture and its aim was to become a gay equivalent of The New Yorker. First published in July 1976, Christopher Street printed 231 issues before closing its doors in December 1995.