by Bach Polakowski | Oct 1, 2012 | NLGJA Updates
“Are You Gay?” is the latest NLGJA tip sheet on LGBT coverage. From the introduction: When is it appropriate to ask a subject to disclose his/her sexual orientation for a story? Is it ever? Spring 2012, a New York judge ruled it wasn’t defamatory to call...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 5, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett, Uncategorized
In an intriguing Bloggingheads video interview, Marc Ambinder spent a few minutes talking about the incestuous relationship of Washington powerbrokers and the role the “gay mafia” plays in helping gay journalists like Ambinder. I’m going to refer...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 1, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
Sundays are great for breaking the habit of quickly reading the news and settling in for something longer, less direct. Today, there are two great longform pieces of journalism about the lives of gay men worth checking out. First is the New York Times piece on the...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 20, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The recent coverage of Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, taking a majority stake of The New Republic has had varying degrees of gayness. LGBT media, not surprisingly, was rather direct about mentioning Hughes is gay. “Gay Facebook Founder Chris Hughes Buys...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 28, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
HuffPost Gay Voices is conducting a series of “Voice to Voice” conversations between LGBT authors. They did a few of them for Black History Month. Among them was a conversation between Clay Cane and Janet Mock. Cane is the entertainment editor for BET.com...