After praising the Advocate's analysis of GetEqual, I was pleased to see Bil Browning at Bilerico Project asking tough questions about the new kid on the block, especially in terms of funding and organization. That strong post was followed by a defensive, but...
News today via Blabbeando and Twitter that Ricky Martin will be on the cover of People en Españols Father's Day issue. Here's what I wrote for Mediaite. While the English-language version of People has often been used as a coming-out vehicle, gay and lesbian issues...
A nice piece of reporting on GetEqual, the activist group that appears to come out of nowhere to become a major player du jour in the LGBT movement. The story, by Advocate staffers Andrew Harmon and Kerry Eleveld takes readers behind the scenes to learn more about...
The Palm Center, which does research on gays in the military, has issued a statement criticizing the press coverage of the aftermath of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell votes in Congress. Specifically, the Palm Center says that the New York Times is creating controversy over...
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...
Washington City Paper recently ran an article titled "Ladies First: Does D.C. Have a GLBT Community or an LGBT One?" The article focuses on the decision by The DC Center for the GLBT Community to change its name to The DC Center for the LGBT Community: Why the concern...
Here we go again. Sen. John McCain, after a campaign shake-up, has named his loyal former chief of staff--Mark Buse--to be his campaign manager. Buse was famously "outed"--although arguably he was already "out" and his sexual orientation was not a secret--in 2008 by...
"Celebrities Come Out, Without Fanfare" was the title of a recent article in The New York Times by Jeremy Peters about the "trend" of celebrities coming out without much reaction from the general public. The article focuses on the aftermath of the coming out stories...
For the last two weeks an online news site in San Diego has been reporting on the financial troubles of the San Diego Gay and Lesbian Times, the 22-year-old weekly LGBT newspaper. According to the reports, the paper reduced its circulation significantly but did not...
Beyond the obvious schadenfreude and Jerry Springer-quality of the story, I can't say that I've found much of the coverage of the George A. Rekers sex scandal all that interesting or worthwhile . . . until today. In the NYT, we get a story explaining the role Rekers...