As I mentioned in a previous entry, The New York Times has published a special multimedia "Coming Out" section. Updates to the section are still pending, but it's off to a good start. Here's the opening text of the section: Bullying and suicides of gay and lesbian...
Frank Bruni will be joining the NYT Sunday Op-Ed section, with another column tossed in during the week, according to the NYT Media Decoder blog. Bruni becomes the NYT first openly-gay op-ed writer and one of the few openly gay journalists in America with a weekly...
Starting on May 23, The New York Times will begin publishing the results of its "Coming Out" project: The Times spoke with or e-mailed close to 100 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teenagers from all of parts of the country — from rural areas to urban centers,...
The small number of openly gay and lesbian national news anchors has gotten larger with news that CNN's Don Lemon discusses being gay in an upcoming book, Transparent. Here's what he told the New York Times Few national television news anchors or hosts have publicly...
NLGJA’s Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms. It reflects the association’s mission of inclusive coverage...
Now that Thomas Roberts is a permanent fixture on MSNBC, it's nice to see he continues to talk to online media like Towleroad as well as larger outlets. Roberts, who hosted NLGJA's New York fundraiser in March, is unafraid of talking about his role as an openly-gay...
It appears "some experts" believe the challenge to Judge Vaughn Walker's ability to rule on Proposition 8, now that he's openly gay, has some legs. At least that's what the Washington Post tells us in a breathless start to its page 1 story. Unfortunately, those...
After hearing the rumors, some good news from Queerty that they are back in business, with new owners and slightly new approach. A few weeks ago, we reported that Queerty had shuttered after their former owners decided to shut down the site. Well, the site is back...
I really wanted to like the Los Angeles Times story on being a straight guy in the LA Gay Men's Chorus. There's something man bites dog about the concept and--as someone who has sung in non-gay male choruses--I realize there is a fascinating story about sexuality and...
A small part of an interview Rachel Maddow did with the Guardian in the UK has created a bit of a furor over who she was talking about when she encouraged LGBT television anchors to come out. Frances Martel at Mediaite has the story. In an interview in today’s...