by Bach Polakowski | Jun 16, 2009 | Laura Laing
It’s not often that ordinary crime reporting intersects with mainstream reporting of LGBT concerns — unless the story is about a hate crime. Last week, The Sun reported the murders of two Baltimore women. Their decomposing bodies were found in their...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 11, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko
KRXQ-FM radio hosts Rob Williams and Arnie States of the Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning program that airs in Sacramento and Reno apologized today for making hateful remarks about transgender youth. The two and a half hour program featured transgender advocate...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 9, 2009 | NLGJA Updates
The Journalists LGBTQ+ Toolkit is designed primarily to assist journalists who don’t normally cover the LGBTQ+ community. The advice is drawn from outside media experts and our own members who are professional journalists for both mainstream media and the LGBTQ+...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 8, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko
In celebration of Pride Month, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has launched a new Web site and campaign to recognize what it sees as the “many contributions made by LGBT preservationists and pioneers.” It also aims to highlight the...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 5, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
President Obama released a statement on Monday, June 1, proclaiming June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month. Here are excerpts: “Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that...