The official Twitter account of the AP Stylebook, @APStylebook, has nearly 50,000 followers. So it's a little bit funny that a satirical Twitter account, @FakeAPStylebook, has more than 135,000 followers. I ran across a June 16 tweet by Fake AP Stylebook at the LGBT...
Today's the day. The courtroom is apparently packed with multiple over-flow rooms. Lots of activists--but sadly, few objective reporters-live tweeting the event. Rumor has it that Maureen Dowd is there. To follow the event, check out Bilerico's live twitter feed and...
With closing arguments about to begin in the Prop 8 trial, an interesting letter to the editor tomorrow in the New York Times defending the defendants' star witness, David Blankenhorn, from criticism by Frank Rich. His supporter: gay journalist and same-sex marriage...
An interesting post by Karl Frisch at progressive media watchdog Media Matters highlighting what various LGBT groups are saying about media coverage during Pride Month. I think the most interesting comment came from Sharon J. Lettman, executive director of National...
"Transgendered men go topless in Rehoboth" is the headline of a recent article by The News Journal in Delaware. "Action called upsetting, not illegal" was the subhead. Full stop right there—not only does the headline use "transgendered" instead of "transgender" (I...
The national LGBT website network, Edge, is now carrying video news content from CBS in an effort to expand both the websites' content and the reach of CBS video content. The relationship began in April as part of an "informal test" by CBS to find a way to more...
Like Matthew, I was intrigued by the NYT profile of Eve Tushnet and think that her unique--albeit isolated--view of the same-sex marriage discussion is worth listening to and she serves as a nice counter to the usual screaming ministers. But I'm curious why the...
Over the weekend the New York Times' Beliefs columnist Mark Oppenheimer profiled Eve Tushnet who is described as " the celibate, gay, conservative, Catholic writer." Tushnet is a lesbian who has explained her opposition to same-sex marriage on religious grounds on her...
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In 1992, Deb Price became the first nationally syndicated columnist to write about gay issues at the Detroit News. After writing some 900 columns, she wrote her last column this week before she leaves for a year-long Nieman Fellowship at Harvard. During the 18 years...