The Advocate has published the final column by NLGJA member Kerry Eleveld, their former Washington, DC, correspondent. She is now editor of EqualityMatters.org. Here's an excerpt: As a mainstream reporter who began working a gay beat five years ago, I have struggled...
Congrats to long-time Boston Herald sports columnist Steve Buckley who announced in today's column that he is gay. Buckley has been a sports columnist at the Herald since 1995 and also appears on WEEI, a Boston Sports Radio station. Here's a little from his column:...
Much happened in LGBT news in 2010 and LGBT bloggers have weighed in. Here's a very subjective wrap-up of the 2010 LGBT wrap-ups that I found interesting: Advocate.com identified its "Newsmakers of the Year" with a list including Rep. Patrick Murphy (Don't Ask, Don't...
It's hard not to love tabloid headlines. And, even with the groaners and cheap humor, few papers are better at it than the New York Post. But as JoeMyGod and Gawker point out, a headline on a story announcing a new baby for Elton John and David Furnish was a failed...
On a historic day where Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal is signed, the Advocate just posted another piece of history: the president does his first sit-down interview with a member of the LGBT press (NLGJA's LGBT journalist of the year, Kerry Eleveld). Here's the top of...
A lot of buzz today about news, first reported in the New York Times, that progressive media watchdog Media Matters is launching a “communications war room for gay equality” called Equality Matters, to be headed be Richard Socarides. Their blog will be run by The...
For those of you not familiar with LGBT media in New York City, NEXT Magazine is the major LGBT nightlife publication distributed in bars and other venues citywide. HX was its rival for many years, but it is now out of business. Odyssey (originally from California)...
Not quite a man bites dog story, but close. While large media organizations have long complained about new media and citizen journalists ripping off their intellectual property, there are growing cases where big media is accused of ripping off the intellectual...
"Bold Crossings of the Gender Line" is the title of a recent article in the Fashion & Style section of The New York Times. The two opening paragraphs set up the premise: It's certainly a statement on our times that, in the same month, James Franco graces the...
Julie Bolcer of The Advocate has an interesting nugget from Tom Brokaw on his views regarding coverage of "anti-gay" groups by the mainstream media. This is an issue we've addressed before. “I don’t think you can shut down free speech,” he said. “We’re a free speech...