Inside Out

Out and the Advocate are owned by the same company–Regent–so aren’t the two monthlies competing for advertising and readers? You’d think so, but Out’s Aaron Hicklin tells Advertising Age’s “MediaGuy” Simon Dumenco that...

Unraveling Memes

If you follow the intricacies of the New York intelligentsia and cultural class, you probably already knew that Annie Leibovitz is having serious financial troubles that have gotten worse since the death of her lover, Susan Sontag. You may also believe that the cause...

The Free Speech Tightrope

What is it about Washington State and their LGBT-related free speech battles? Today, there’s news that a federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order preventing the release of names of people who signed a petition to get an anti-domestic partnership...

Blogs and Voices

The Advocate has released its list of top political and Gay(ish) blogs. The line seems a little blurred to me—Joe.My.God seems to fit in the same category as TowleRoad, while Pam’s House Blend seems to be pretty political and less general—but it’s still an...

Covering Stonewall

With the 40th Anniversary of Stonewall coming up this weekend, it’s worth pointing out two good examples of the use of multimedia to tell the story of Stonewall and the LGBT civil rights movement. The first was coordinated by my former colleague (and current...