by Bach Polakowski | Mar 31, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
The new edition of Press Pass Q has an interesting story on the problems at Here Media (or Regent Media, more on that later) and includes a great scoop: Here filed a lawsuit in February–which has now been withdrawn–against Queerty over the website’s...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 28, 2011 | Matthew S. Bajko |
When I speak to student journalists or professional mainstream news rooms about covering the LGBT community, one of the points I like to make is that LGBT people can be sources for stories that are not LGBT-specific. It is what us in the LGBT press call finding the...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 22, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
Equality Matters, the gay rights focused effort of Media Matters for America, has issued its first big investigative piece which is a look at the depth of Chick-Fil-A’s ties to “anti-gay causes.” It’s a promising effort and shows why outlets...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 21, 2011 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Am I the only one who read the New York Times’ piece on the secret life of state Senator Carl Kruger in Sunday’s paper who was confused as to why the nearly 3,000 word article not once used the word ‘gay?” Instead, the story seems to have done...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 18, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
The other day, I was waiting to see one of my dentists (yes, I’m at the point where I have lots of dental professionals) and I picked up a copy of The Advocate sitting in the magazine rack. While I read the magazine’s website, it had been awhile since...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 16, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
It looks like The Advocate is going to have a Washington-based correspondent and editor again. The magazine announced that their senior editor Andrew Harmon is moving to Washington to take over the Washington beat. The news comes after last week’s announcement...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 13, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
Glee is pretty gay. OK, it is REALLY gay. Vanity Fair is pretty gay. OK, Vanity Fair is REALLY gay. So, when Vanity Fair’s resident gay homosexual “fun and faggy” writer Brett Berk drops the f-bomb in a a “Gay Guide to Glee” review on...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 9, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett |
A board member of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays has complained to the Washington Post about its use of quotes around the term “ex-gay.” Why, the letter-writer asks, is “ex-gay” put in quotes while “gay” isn’t....
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 9, 2011 | News, Uncategorized |
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org NLGJA Annual Scholarship Award Winners AnnouncedNLGJA to Award Sixth Annual Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and Second Annual Kay Longcope Scholarship at New York Benefit Washington, DC – The National...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 3, 2011 | Matthew S. Bajko |
Talk about lacking backbone and not wanting to reach out to all of his constituents. But U.S. Senator Scott Brown doesn’t deem it important to discuss LGBT issues with the Bay State’s premier LGBT paper, Bay Windows. The paper has been calling out the GOP...