by Bach Polakowski | May 18, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
President Barack Obama’s speaking in favor for same-sex marriage continued to reverberate this week, with many LGBT newspapers covering the impact his stance has had on celebrities and fellow lawmakers to black ministers and anti-gay groups. Here is a sampling...
by Bach Polakowski | May 15, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
In 2001, I approached Troy Masters and Paul Schindler, publisher and editor-in-chief, respectively, of LGNY (Lesbian & Gay New York) with a crazy idea: Will you help me launch a bilingual Spanish/English periodical for LGBT Latinos? After much consideration, Troy...
by Bach Polakowski | May 9, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
Julie Moos at the Poynter Institute has a great round-up of how major websites handled the news that President Obama now officially supports same-sex marriage. A couple of highlights: And a few others from the LGBT press not included in Poynter’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
Today marks the launch of a new feature on NLGJA’s main website, a weekly roundup of front pages from the country’s LGBT newspapers and magazines. It is part of a larger revamp of www.nlgja.org that is set to debut later this spring. Every Friday the page...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 12, 2012 | Matthew S. Bajko
More than a year ago I took to task US Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) for refusing to speak to his state’s main LGBT newspaper. Bay Windows had been dogging the relatively moderate GOPer for his refusal to speak to it or any other LGBT media outlet since...
