by Bach Polakowski | Jul 9, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
I have a confession to make—Michael Jackson and I shared the same birthday. Twelve years older than me, I admit that he represented a fantasy older brother-like figure in my life when I was younger (I have only one sibling, a sister who is almost 10 years older than...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 17, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
A recent item in Obit Magazine by writer Michael Schaffer critiqued the U.S. obituaries of Danny La Rue, a famous British drag performer, who died at 81. Here’s an excerpt: “The obits from the British press were magnificent: ‘Beneath huge headdresses...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 12, 2009 | Ina Fried
The news this week that Chastity Bono is transitioning to be Chaz Bono offers the world another chance to hear about a topic that many still know little about. People often ask me how gender transitions should be covered, what with being a journalist and having...
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 3, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko
Rob Williams and Arnie States, hosts of the Rob, Arnie & Dawn in the Morning radio show heard in Sacramento, California on KRXQ 98.5 FM and Reno, Nevada on KDOT 104.5 FM, landed in hot water this week with the LGBT community for attacking transgender people on...
