by Bach Polakowski | May 20, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Starting on May 23, The New York Times will begin publishing the results of its “Coming Out” project: The Times spoke with or e-mailed close to 100 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teenagers from all of parts of the country — from rural areas to urban...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 22, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Amy Andre, co-author of Bisexual Health published by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, has written an interesting post at The Bilerico Project as a guest blogger. “Lady Gaga Is Not an Ally to Our Community” is the title of her post. I was expecting...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 1, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The first report identifying AIDS was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 5, 1981. That date is now regarded as the beginning of the epidemic. Mainstream media coverage...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 23, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
OWN, Oprah Winfrey’s new cable TV network, is gearing up with all sorts of new shows. And it seems LGBT folks are well in the mix. A few weeks ago, this blog covered an LGBT incident with Oprah herself on her behind-the-scenes show. This time, much less drama...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 2, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Oprah Winfrey is busy, busy, busy. Her farewell 25th anniversary year from broadcast TV and the launch of her OWN cable channel have her in hyperdrive. To feed the programming beast at OWN, she’s doing a behind-the-scenes show of her farewell 25th anniversary...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 31, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Sometimes the stars align. Such was the case with “Southern Discomfort” by Carl Gaines in the January/February 2011 issue of POZ. I was introduced to Carl when he became the inaugural winner of the NLGJA Kay Longcope Scholarship Award, which seeks to...
