by Bach Polakowski | Apr 6, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Longtime NLGJA member LZ Granderson is well known for his sports reporting at ESPN, but he also opines on LGBT issues in various op-eds. “Myth of the ‘gay lifestyle’ justifies bias” is the title of the his latest op-ed at CNN. He starts by...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 12, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Cuba is once again paying for sexual reassignment surgeries. The government began a program to fund the operations in 1988, but in response to complaints the program was suspended—until now. The new program is a direct result of the advocacy of Mariela Castro. She...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 10, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The Washington Post ran a front page story on March 4 about D.C. issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This photo of a gay couple kissing accompanied that article. The photo caption read: Happy couples express their enthusiasm as the District begins taking...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 8, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Leroy Aarons, the late founder of NLGJA, was a man of many talents. He fused his interest in the theater with his expertise as a news man by co-authoring the play “Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers” with Geoffrey Cowan, who most recently was...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 4, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The headline of the recent cover of celebrity entertainment magazine Life & Style asks “Why Is Angelina Turning Shiloh into a Boy?” The article claims that actress Angelina Jolie is refusing to let her 3-year-old daughter Shiloh wear dresses. Among the...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 4, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
We in the journalism world do tend to take ourselves quite seriously sometimes, so it’s no surprise that we’re sometimes a target for satire. This latest video from The Onion is a funny example. Although it isn’t LGBT specific, it does lampoon the...
