Those participating in the ‘It Gets Better’ series are right – it DOES get better. Sadly, many of us in the LGBT community can tell our stories of growing up in families or with schoolmates who didn’t see us for who we were. With little education on the topic, and...
The controversy over same-sex marriage announcements has found its way to the New Jersey Jewish Standard which announced today that it would no longer run same-sex marriage announcements after its first one caused a controversy. Now, the religious press is going to be...
A couple of weeks ago, we featured the story of Twin Cities’ Fox9 anchor Jason Matheson who is on “Good Day Minnesota" and his revelation about being bullied as a kid. I had a short email exchange with Matheson and he said that he'd really been empowered by that...
A tweet this morning from Queerty cemented something I've been wrestling with about the last two weeks of coverage regarding bullying of gay teens: it's actually been pretty good. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IcVyvg2Qlo] It seems like LGBT stories come in...
The gay sex scandal swirling around the Atlanta area's Bishop Eddie Long has brought to the forefront coverage issues journalists wrestle with when writing about a complex and complicated story. To date four men have come forward claiming that when they were in their...
In these challenging times for LGBT media, it's often a big deal when a publication lasts a decade, or even a year. So it's especially significant when one of the legendary publications has a 25th anniversary. So it is for the Windy City Times in Chicago. The Windy...
The New York Times published a special section titled "Op-Ed at 40" in its print edition on Sunday, September 26. The pull-out gathered excerpts from the last four decades. From the intro: On Sept. 21, 1970, readers who turned to the last inside page of The Times's...
One of the perennial questions for NLGJA is explaining why our organization is necessary and why openly LGBT journalists in the newsroom are important. I can't think of a better example than this video, from the Twin Cities' Fox9 anchor Jason Matheson who is on “Good...
Things got a little testy after the Senate voted not to end debate on Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) met with the press and had a heated exchange with Kerry Eleveld of The Advocate and Chris Geidner of MetroWeekly....
So, Lady GaGa doesn't like Don't Ask, Don't Tell and has become the most visible spokesperson (for the week) for repeal. And from all accounts, her week in the spotlight didn't appear to have any impact on the inside-the-Beltway action. But what to make of the Lady...