by Bach Polakowski | Aug 11, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
. . . or at least writes in the Daily Beast about his experience at WPLG that resulted in his firing. Perez contends that he was fired because his sexual orientation was beginning to take on too prominent a role and that his desire to have a husband and kids was seen...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 11, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
Lost amid the discussion of the American Psychological Association’s recent statement about reparative therapy was the APA’s affirmation of religious-focused therapy that helps believers “reject” their sexual orientation. In a...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 8, 2009 | NLGJA Updates |
The NLGJA Journalists Toolkit is designed primarily to assist journalists who don’t normally cover the LGBT community. The advice is drawn from outside media experts and our own members who are professional journalists for both mainstream media and the LGBT press. We...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
In a story we will continue to update, Steve Rothaus of the Miami Herald is reporting that Perez was fired today from WPLG, the ABC Affiliate in Miami owned by Post-Newsweek. Rothaus is reporting that both Perez and his attorney are confirming the firing. Perez filed...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
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by Bach Polakowski | Aug 6, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
The American Psychological Association (APA) declared recently that “reparative therapy” should be avoided. In other words, trying to help clients change their sexual orientation is no longer acceptable. Although this shouldn’t be earth shattering,...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 5, 2009 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Greg McMackin, the coach of the University of Hawaii football team, was reprimanded by the Western Athletic Conference for repeatedly using the F-word in front of about a dozen reporters—and then asking them not to report that he used that word—in describing an...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 4, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
UPDATE: This story has been updated here. One of the few openly gay TV anchors in the country–Charles Perez of WPLG in Miami–has filed a charge with the local human rights authority alleging sexual orientation and gender discrimination by station managers...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 3, 2009 | Laura Laing |
The Washington Post has reported that gay marriages will be tallied in the 2010 Census. The Census Bureau will for the first time publicly release the number of gay marriages reported in a decennial census, as it plans to release raw data about same-sex relationships...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 3, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett |
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...
