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 | Jul 7, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
Before heading to the Vatican, Obama met with reporters from a number of Catholic publications–and the Washington Post–and the big gay news is just leaking out. Here’s what Obama had to say about his faith and the LGBT community. For the gay and...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 7, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
They say “timing is everything” and The Advocate’s editor in chief, Jon Barrett, is in the unenviable–or perfectly timed–position of defending the magazine’s cover story on Perez Hilton. With Perez spending more time making...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 6, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
It’s easy to take the idea of a newspaper allowing a same-sex couple to take out an advertisement announcing their marriage for granted when you live inside the Northeast Corridor/West Coast bubble. But such a move is still a big deal in many parts of the...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 4, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and whatever...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 2, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko |
The old gray lady – The New York Times – spilled some ink yesterday, July 1, on the sudden closure of the New York Blade, a biweekly LGBT publication in the Metro region. According to the article, the paper laid off its editor in chief and suspended...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 2, 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 press....
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
Among the victims of the recent subway crash in Washington, D.C., was Mary “Mandy” Doolittle. Reading the stories about her death, we learn she worked for the American Nurse’s Association, she was originally from Texas, she lived in Kansas and spent...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
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...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Not surprisingly perhaps, I loved “Charlie’s Angels” for all its campy qualities. I wasn’t physically attracted to Farrah Fawcett Majors (I know it’s just Farrah Fawcett now, but it’s still a reflex of mine to call her by her...
