Us muckrakers in the gay print media are used to seeing yearly treatises claiming our demise. Whether it be bloggers with out-sized bravado claiming their site will be the end of all local LGBT papers or some new-kid-on-the-block publisher who chews off more than he...
A friend on Facebook drew attention to a story in the conservative Daily Caller about Amtrak targeting the LGBT community in promotion and ads. A fairly banal story but, as my friend said, "I'm trying to figure out how this story gets from a discussion of a marketing...
Several members of the LGBT press were invited to the White House today for a briefing by White House staff, including Domestic Policy Chief Melody Barnes. Also at the briefing were White House spokesman Shin Inouye, Office of Public Engagement deputy director Brian...
John Townsend, the reporter at the center of the Lavender outing coverage, has written a letter to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune blasting his critics--including NLGJA--for questioning the ethics of his story. Brock's bully pulpit has assaulted gays and lesbians and...
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...
Yahoo gave me my first personal email address (which I still use) and taught me how to search online. But I now almost always begin my online searches with Google (as do most people). Despite their rivalry, I love both Yahoo and Google. And since both companies have...
Tonight is the official launch of CNN's "Gay in America" segments, starting with "Gary and Tony Have a Baby." The project is part of CNN's larger "In America" series hosted by Soledad O'Brien, a longtime supporter of NLGJA and our emphasis on fair and accurate...
A lot of chatter this week on the demise/future of the LGBT media, linked to a story in the Village Voice's Queer edition by Michael Lavers. He covers a lot of ground that we've covered at the blog, but he makes a number of interesting observations. For instance:...
The Minnesota Post's media critic David Brauer has done some digging into the Lavender magazine profile of Rev. Tom Brock and provides some additional insight into the magazine's justification for sending a reporter undercover to a Catholic support group for gays that...
A provocative piece (hat tip: Queerty) in Lavender magazine in Minnesota where a reporter attended meetings of Courage, the Catholic ministry for gays and lesbians, and outed a Lutheran minister known for his "anti-gay" positions. The story, by John Townsend,...