by Bach Polakowski | Nov 16, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Window Media — the parent company of the Washington Blade, Southern Voice, Houston Voice, South Florida Blade, David Atlanta and The 411 Magazine — has reportedly ceased operations. Here’s a Facebook message from the editor of the Southern Voice:...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 10, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) held its 13th annual Courage Awards on Monday, November 9. AVP’s mission is “eliminating hate violence, sexual assault, stalking, and domestic violence in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 26, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
When mobster turned informant Robert Mormando appeared in a Brooklyn court on October 19 for a hearing on his sentence for a botched hit, the last thing anyone expected to hear was the defendant out himself as a gay man. Mormando already had pleaded guilty for taking...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 20, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The October 2009 issue of Press Pass Q (“A Newsletter and Trade Publication for the LGBT Media Professional”) is a special edition covering the 2009 NLGJA conference in Montreal. The main story covers the LGBT media summit panel titled “Prop. 8 + Web...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 12, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Fellow NLGJA blogger Michael Triplett has done an amazing wrap up of this past weekend’s events, including instant reaction to President Obama’s speech to the Human Rights Campaign and how the media covered the National Equality March. In Michael’s...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 8, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
There is no universal agreement on all the instances when outing is appropriate, but many LGBT people agree that closeted public people (especially politicians) who are anti-LGBT are fair game. So it follows that many LGBT people are less comfortable with outing...
