by Bach Polakowski | Dec 12, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Tributes are rolling in for one of the pioneers of gay journalism in Chicago and nationwide, Paul Varnell. He was 70. Tracy Baim of the Windy City Times–where Varnell was a columnist in the 1990s–has a great obituary and tribute. In the 1980s, Varnell was...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 10, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
It has the makings of a fascinating man-bites-dog story. The provocative GOProud group went into attack mode against Rick Perry pollster Tony Fabrizio for not stepping-in to stop an offensive ad. In the process, Fabrizio was allegedly “outed” as a gay...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 1, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
There was a time when the word “gay” only appeared in the New York Times when it was in a quote or title. While we take it for granted that most journalists will use the term “gay” in compliance with the AP Stylebook, it hasn’t always...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 1, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Lots of talk about the Boston Fox25 story focusing on a local teacher who was “ambushed” by a reporter about the teacher’s appearance in gay porn. The reporter, Michael Beaudet, has defended his work on Twitter but says he’s still on the story....
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 25, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Fellow blogger Phil Reese had a story earlier this week in the Washington Blade about the departure of Richard Socarides and Kerry Eleveld from Equality Matters, the LGBT wing of Media Matters. The announcement comes a little less that a year after EM launched to...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 14, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Every time a story about sexual abuse of children surfaces in the news, I have a tendency to hold my breath wondering if there will be a link to gay men. Since pedophilia and sexual abuse of boys has often been linked to homosexuality and predatory gay men, it rarely...
