by Bach Polakowski | Aug 3, 2009 | Laura Laing
The Washington Post has reported that gay marriages will be tallied in the 2010 Census. The Census Bureau will for the first time publicly release the number of gay marriages reported in a decennial census, as it plans to release raw data about same-sex relationships...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 16, 2009 | Laura Laing
It’s not often that ordinary crime reporting intersects with mainstream reporting of LGBT concerns — unless the story is about a hate crime. Last week, The Sun reported the murders of two Baltimore women. Their decomposing bodies were found in their...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 2, 2009 | Laura Laing
Not to beat up on NPR or anything, but… This morning, fellow freelancer, Erik Sherman drew my attention to an interview that NPR Supreme Court expert, Nina Totenberg did last weekend on Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon. Totenberg had this to say: There...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 1, 2009 | Laura Laing
Sometimes it’s not what is said, but what is not said that matters. That is often the case when mainstream media tackles LGBT stories. Last Tuesday, NPR’s “Talk of the Nation” devoted its first half-hour to a discussion of same-sex marriage and Prop 8. The...
by Bach Polakowski | May 26, 2009 | Laura Laing
No one likes an argument, but according to my partner my passion for language makes me a real pain in the you-know-what. I have this horrible tendency to pick apart her examples and comb through her word choices, searching for a moment to shout—with my index finger...
