In one of those oddly time-warp internecine battles, Michael Petrelis is mad at a HRC staffer for saying allegedly un-nice things on a confidential listserv of bloggers, activists and Gay Inc. about a recently deceased LGBT activist in NYC. What caught my attention,...
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...
A popular middle school principal is found dead in his suburban D.C. home. There's no sign of a break-in. The guy is single, mid-40s, and lives alone. The obvious question--on the minds of many LGBT folks (including journalists)--is was the guy gay? Well, the DC...
According to my in-box, inviting me to an event for the April 30 relaunch, it appears so. In March, the DC Agenda tweeted that it was polling people on whether the Washington Blade should return after former employees of the Blade (and the founders of DC Agenda) got...
You may remember that when John Solomon took over as executive editor of the Washington Times, he eliminated the anachronistic use of "homosexual" instead of "gay," and also said no more scare quotes around the term "homosexual marriage." Well Solomon left the...
This morning, I opened up Roll Call to see that Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition has an opinion piece trashing the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The piece has enraged Jillian Weiss at Bilerico Project who complains TVC is a "hate group," yet...
Late in the afternoon of Thursday, April 15 the White House sent out a press advisory on President Obama signing a memorandum declaring that hospitals receiving federal funding must allow same-sex couples visitation rights just as they do for heterosexual couples. It...
Here we are again, back to the continual loop known as the Catholic abuse scandal. With the New York Times and Associated Press (as well as foreign press outlets) churning out new accusations about the Vatican's role in covering up abuse, the issue of "pedophilia" and...
The media are sometimes taken to task by critics (myself included) for a lack of coverage of HIV/AIDS in general or for unfair and/or inaccurate HIV/AIDS coverage in particular. So it's nice to be able to point out good examples of HIV/AIDS coverage when they occur....
In a mea-culpa for her coverage on ex-gay therapy, CNN's Kara Phillips said it was a mistake to have Richard Cohen on her show without a countering expert. But she also had very sharp words for the e-mailers who contacted her voicing their outrage. I wish that all of...