by Bach Polakowski | Aug 17, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
One of the sessions at the upcoming NLGJA Convention in Philadelphia, which starts next week, is a session titled Reputation on the Line: Building & Maintaining Credibility featuring Bil Browning and Jillian Weiss from Bilerico Project and David Hauslib, who...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 17, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Count me in the camp of those who aren’t crazy about using the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to make points about LGBT rights. Oh, I understand the comparison and it makes sense. But there’s something uncomfortable about white, LGBT activists using...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 9, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
After our very successful convention in San Francisco that brought together journalists from the traditional, LGBT, and citizen press, some questions continue to linger about NLGJA’s position on not-taking-a-position on Proposition 8 in California. That...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 3, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
Among the many layers of interesting stories inside the Wikileak controversy involving classified DoD documents is the questions about Bradley Manning himself. Specifically, speculation on Boing Boing that Manning was transgender and the much wider speculation that...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 12, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
Randy Cohen, the New York Times Ethicist columnist, has responded to concerns raised by Jillian Weiss at Bilerico Project and that we highlighted here. Here’s his response to Weiss, as reported at Bilerico: Thanks for the interesting note. We no doubt disagree...