Fours years into President Barack Obama's first term, and the LGBT community's "fierce advocate" has been incredibly shy when it comes to talking to the nation's gay press. This week the Advocate, the country's national LGBT newsmagazine, disclosed that of the main...
In the bad old days of covering the gay community, covering bar arrests and sex stings was de rigeur. Pictures of men being hauled from bar for being in "homosexual establishments" have been iconic symbols of pre- and post-Stonewall America. If you think the days of...
HuffPost Gay Voices is conducting a series of "Voice to Voice" conversations between LGBT authors. They did a few of them for Black History Month. Among them was a conversation between Clay Cane and Janet Mock. Cane is the entertainment editor for BET.com and the host...
"They asked that we just use their first names." About a minute into a story about a lesbian couple reacting to Maryland coming one-step closer to legalizing same-sex marriage, the phrase shows up in the report by WAMU (an NPR station in Washington, D.C.). The story...
Jim Romenesko links to an interesting blog by John L. Robinson about the language of the newsroom and suggests that journalists--who make their livings with words--shouldn't feel constrained by pushing the boundaries of taste and sensitivities in their everyday...
If you're old enough to remember the 1980s, then there is no question that you often heard Whitney Houston's voice emanating from radios worldwide. Only a handful of solo artists in the past few decades could claim to be in her league at the height of her powers. Her...
We haven't written much about the Roland Martin situation at CNN. It created a lot of conversation inside NLGJA and we did post a statement on our Facebook page. We also talked with the Poynter Institute and Journal-isms. Erik Wemple, the media blogger at the...
UPDATE II: Analysis is beginning to pour in. For a good, meaty explanation of the legal issues, check out Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog. Another thorough look, including the background, is from Chris Geidner at MetroWeekly. For a conservative take on the ruling, read...
A passenger has gone missing on an Allure of the Seas cruise, apparently a British man who was seen going over the railing of his balcony and into the water near Cozumel. Does it matter that the Allure of the Sea was being chartered by Atlantis, a tour company...