by Bach Polakowski | Dec 10, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Conde Nast’s Details isn’t officially a gay magazine, but it doesn’t shy away from its gay readership. The magazine, however, has a history of sometimes offending its gay readers. The “Gay or Asian?” controversy in 2004 was the most...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 9, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
In the punch heard throughout the media world, a revered Washington Post editor and writer punches out a younger co-worker after the co-worker says “Don’t be such a cocksucker.” The editor–Henry Allen–is asked not to return to the...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 3, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
At the same time that Washington Post reporters are allegedly calling each other “cocksucker” and brawling in the newsroom, a former minor league hockey player and columnist for USA Today is calling for the end of homophobic taunts. It’s not clear...
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 | Aug 25, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
I have a friend who always posts the most interesting stuff on his Facebook page. Recently, he highlighted a National Public Radio segment on “Tell Me More” where a gay man set out some rules for his female friends because he was feeling like an accessory....
