by Bach Polakowski | Jul 11, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
Today’s “The Ethicist” column in the New York Times by Randy Cohen deals with whether a transgender person is obligated to inform someone they are dating that they are transgender. Cohen said “yes” and has gotten into some hot water from...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
John Townsend, the reporter at the center of the Lavender outing coverage, has written a letter to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune blasting his critics–including NLGJA–for questioning the ethics of his story. Brock’s bully pulpit has assaulted gays and...
by Bach Polakowski | May 25, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
Here we go again. Sen. John McCain, after a campaign shake-up, has named his loyal former chief of staff–Mark Buse–to be his campaign manager. Buse was famously “outed”–although arguably he was already “out” and his sexual...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 18, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
That’s the intriguing question being asked at a Los Angeles Press Club event next week. If you are in LA, it sounds like a great panel. It includes Andrew Harmon, senior editor for The Advocate, advocate.com; Ted Johnson, managing editor of Variety and blogger...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 14, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
We previously asked what was meant by “outing” in 2010, in light of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting the “biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case,...
