CNN's Kara Phillips had a segment this morning offering the views of the head of the American Psychological Association's gay and lesbian committee on ex-gays and gay conversion therapy. The spot was in response to an earlier segment that was criticized for having an...
The Justice Department recently issued a brief defending "don't ask, don't tell" that uses a 1993 quote in favor of the policy from Colin Powell, who now supports repeal of DADT. Having the Obama administration on the one hand advocating for DADT repeal and the...
A lot of buzz today about a feature by CNN's Kyra Phillips discussing a law in California that mandates research about curing homosexuality and whether it should stand. The 7+ minute interview includes two guests: straight legislator Bonnie Lowenthal and ex-gay...
Longtime NLGJA member LZ Granderson is well known for his sports reporting at ESPN, but he also opines on LGBT issues in various op-eds. "Myth of the 'gay lifestyle' justifies bias" is the title of the his latest op-ed at CNN. He starts by detailing his family life...
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...
Last week, on my way back from the NYC fundraising event for NLGJA, I was picking up a magazine at Penn Station waiting for my train. They had three LGBT magazines: Out, the UK's Attitude, and the French magazine Tetu. I'd recently picked up Tetu when I was in the...
Here Media announced a deal with NBC today that means NBC content will show up on The Advocate--and eventually on a daily or weekly news show on here! Networks. The here! news show should premier this year or in 2011, according to my story at Mediaite. Under the deal,...
The Los Angeles Times re-enters the story of former LA Times sports reporter Mike Penner/Christine Daniels with a piece by Christopher Goffard based on several months of reporting after Penner's death. Gone was quiet, circumspect Mike Penner, replaced by ebullient,...
Another chapter--and an interesting twist--in the question of handling LGBT issues in obituaries. This time, the Associated Press obit of Midge Constanza. As a geek when it comes to LGBT political history, I read about the death of Costanza and instantly remembered...
The Washington Post's Andrew Alexander must be getting really tired of talking about same-sex marriage. His newest column defends the paper's coverage of same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia and rejects the argument the paper was cheerleading. He has...