Here are our top 10 blog entries for 2011, ranked by views: 1. ABC Anchor Dan Kloeffler Comes Out 2. Is Apple's New CEO Gay? 3. "Our America: Transgender Lives" 4. Is It Unethical NOT to Report That Apple’s CEO is Gay? 5. Oprah: "You Seem Gayer" 6. Chick-Fil-A and...
One of the powerful things about journalists being open about their sexual orientation and gender identity is that it allows them to open up their lives in ways a closeted journalist couldn't. That idea was brought home in this Creative Loafing-Atlanta story on CNN's...
Everyone has seen the picture. But how did readers react? Thankfully, Jim Romenesko is on the case. Instead of focusing on the reaction, let's first congratulate Seattle Times ME Kathy Best for her letter to unhappy readers who were upset about the paper putting it...
Tributes are rolling in for one of the pioneers of gay journalism in Chicago and nationwide, Paul Varnell. He was 70. Tracy Baim of the Windy City Times--where Varnell was a columnist in the 1990s--has a great obituary and tribute. In the 1980s, Varnell was very...
It has the makings of a fascinating man-bites-dog story. The provocative GOProud group went into attack mode against Rick Perry pollster Tony Fabrizio for not stepping-in to stop an offensive ad. In the process, Fabrizio was allegedly "outed" as a gay man by GOProud...
Pastor Phillip Lee, founder and executive director of the "ex-gay" His Way Out Ministries of Bakersfield, Calif., wrote an op-ed in the Sunday, Dec. 4, edition of The Bakersfield Californian linking gays with AIDS. Lee is HIV positive and claims to no longer be gay....
There was a time when the word "gay" only appeared in the New York Times when it was in a quote or title. While we take it for granted that most journalists will use the term "gay" in compliance with the AP Stylebook, it hasn't always been the case. In a nice post in...
Lots of talk about the Boston Fox25 story focusing on a local teacher who was "ambushed" by a reporter about the teacher's appearance in gay porn. The reporter, Michael Beaudet, has defended his work on Twitter but says he's still on the story. Here's the second day...
Washington, DC -- The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) today announced a call for entries for the Leroy F. Aarons and the Kay Longcope scholarships, which are awarded to students who demonstrate a commitment to providing fair and accurate...
Fellow blogger Phil Reese had a story earlier this week in the Washington Blade about the departure of Richard Socarides and Kerry Eleveld from Equality Matters, the LGBT wing of Media Matters. The announcement comes a little less that a year after EM launched to...