by Bach Polakowski | Jul 26, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
Sometimes, you look at a story and a headline and you expect you are going to get one thing. Then, you read the story and get something different. While the story you get is quite good, you wonder what the story would have been like if you had gotten the story you...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 9, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
I have a confession to make—Michael Jackson and I shared the same birthday. Twelve years older than me, I admit that he represented a fantasy older brother-like figure in my life when I was younger (I have only one sibling, a sister who is almost 10 years older than...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 22, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
I was asked quite unexpectedly last week to be a guest on “Talk of the Nation” on National Public Radio (NPR) to discuss coming out as gay and HIV positive. One of their researchers liked the article (“Coming Out Again”) that I had written for...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 20, 2009 | NLGJA Updates
Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 16, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
Our co-blogger Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. is featured on National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation today discussing coming out and his column in Poz magazine describing his coming out experiences. The show was a great example of what can be done with the intimacy...
