by Bach Polakowski | Aug 18, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The use of the phrase “no homo” in hip-hop music was analyzed recently in “Does This Purple Mink Make Me Look Gay?” by Jonah Weiner, a pop critic for Slate.com. The phrase has been around since the 1990s and is invoked whenever a person wants...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The American Psychological Association (APA) declared recently that “reparative therapy” should be avoided. In other words, trying to help clients change their sexual orientation is no longer acceptable. Although this shouldn’t be earth shattering,...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 5, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Greg McMackin, the coach of the University of Hawaii football team, was reprimanded by the Western Athletic Conference for repeatedly using the F-word in front of about a dozen reporters—and then asking them not to report that he used that word—in describing an...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 22, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Discussing the use of epithets on this blog has been and will continue to be a challenge. An exchange in the comments section of a recent post titled “Gays and God and Obama” by fellow NLGJA blogger Michael Triplett is a great example. A reader used the...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 17, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The Elkhart Truth, a local Indiana newspaper, published an engagement announcement this past weekend of a same-sex couple who lives and plans to marry in Iowa, where marriage for same-sex couples is legal. The fact that it’s illegal in Indiana apparently caused...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 15, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
“Reporting on the ‘Summer of Obummer'” is the title of an article by Chuck Colbert in the July 2009 issue of Press Pass Q (tagline: “A Newsletter and Trade Publication for the LGBT Media Professional), which is published by Rivendell Media. The...
