The Huffington Post has launched Gay Voices, another "vertical" (their term for a specific section of the site) in their seemingly ever-growing list (Black Voices, Latino Voices, etc.) serving content by user demographics. In his inaugural post welcoming readers, Gay...
The New York Times can't really do a story on gay issues without getting some pushback. A recent story on a charity program that funds alleged "hate groups" got criticism from the left and the right. So I was curious to read today's story on a town clerk in rural New...
I remember the first time I bought a gay magazine. It was 1984 and I was living in Columbia, Missouri, going to college. There was a " head shop" in downtown Columbia that carried The Advocate along with High Times and incense. Reading a gay magazine or newspaper was...
Historic news from NLGJA and UNITY this morning. The NLGJA board has unanimously voted to accept an invitation to join UNITY as a full member. We will be joining our colleagues at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists...
UNITY: Journalists of Color will now include NLGJA, after the boards of directors of both organizations agreed to the partnership last week. NLGJA’s mission to advance the interests of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender journalists is consistent with UNITY’s mission of ensuring that American newsrooms, and consequently news coverage, reflects the diversity of our communities.
Bil Browning, the editor-in-chief and founder of The Bilerico Project, a popular LGBT blog, has joined the NLGJA board of directors. At Bilerico, Bil explains his decision: I've had strong words for NLGJA in the past for ignoring the blogosphere. Citizen journalists...
Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, 202-588-9888 or bach@nlgja.org Washington, D.C. – Today the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association announces the addition of Bil Browning to its national board of directors for a 2011-2013 term. Browning is editor-in-chief...
Sad news via Jennifer Vanasco's Twitter. Logo is shutting down 365Gay.com. Here's what Vanasco has to say about the closing: September 30 will be our last day of operations. Logo’s focus has shifted as a network and so the site is closing and I am moving on to other...
Sometimes, we hear at NLGJA that our colleagues at GLAAD do all the same stuff we do and therefore maybe we should let the big guys just do the work of monitoring the news. Our argument is that while GLAAD is an activist group focused on how the LGBT world is depicted...
Since our last post on how journalists should deal with the sexuality of new Apple CEO Tim Cook, an interesting debate has emerged over the ethics of "outing" Cook. Felix Salmon, a Reuters blogger, kicked things off by saying: Tim Cook is now the most powerful gay man...