by Bach Polakowski | Aug 13, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The LGBT blog Queerty wrote this attention-grabbing headline in response to recent news about gonorrhea: “Super Bug: Is Gonorrhea the New AIDS?” The post by Dan Avery is the result of new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 7, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Blogger and writer Enrique Torre Molina recently gathered a group of professionals from various media to attend a summit of sorts on the state of LGBT media in Mexico. His assessment is a mixed bag: Mainstream media in Mexico are increasingly including LGBT content in...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 23, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Erik Rhodes, a gay porn star, died June 14 of a heart attack in New York City. He was 30 years old. A June 20 New York Times article reported that he was HIV positive. In the NYT article by Jacob Bernstein (who recently penned another article on the tragic death of...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 20, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
“Christmas in June: For many LGBT media outlets, Pride is a make-or-break month” is the top story in the June 2012 edition of Press Pass Q: Just as Christmas and Halloween fuel an economic boom, so do the month-long celebrations of Pride, for gay media...
by Bach Polakowski | May 15, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
In 2001, I approached Troy Masters and Paul Schindler, publisher and editor-in-chief, respectively, of LGNY (Lesbian & Gay New York) with a crazy idea: Will you help me launch a bilingual Spanish/English periodical for LGBT Latinos? After much consideration, Troy...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 26, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Latino USA has been heard on public radio since 1992, anchored by award-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa. The weekly radio program reports on the underreported stories of Latinos. I had the pleasure of listening to a recent Latino USA episode that included two...
