A really nice interview, and very probing questions, with PR pro Cathy Renna at Karen Ocamb's LGBT POV. They talk about the media coverage--and media handling-- leading up to the DC marriage launch. Karen raises some great questions and Cathy talks about the PR...
A quick follow-up to Oriol's previous blog post about Andrew Alexander's comments regarding the gay kiss photos accompanying the same-sex marriage stories. Alexander says that since his first posting, there has been a "counterattack" from around the world with...
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...
Cuba is once again paying for sexual reassignment surgeries. The government began a program to fund the operations in 1988, but in response to complaints the program was suspended—until now. The new program is a direct result of the advocacy of Mariela Castro. She...
The Washington Post ran a front page story on March 4 about D.C. issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. This photo of a gay couple kissing accompanied that article. The photo caption read: Happy couples express their enthusiasm as the District begins taking...
Leroy Aarons, the late founder of NLGJA, was a man of many talents. He fused his interest in the theater with his expertise as a news man by co-authoring the play "Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers" with Geoffrey Cowan, who most recently was dean of the...
The headline of the recent cover of celebrity entertainment magazine Life & Style asks "Why Is Angelina Turning Shiloh into a Boy?" The article claims that actress Angelina Jolie is refusing to let her 3-year-old daughter Shiloh wear dresses. Among the "experts"...
We in the journalism world do tend to take ourselves quite seriously sometimes, so it's no surprise that we're sometimes a target for satire. This latest video from The Onion is a funny example. Although it isn't LGBT specific, it does lampoon the sad state of our...
Assuming a last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court isn't successful, the District of Columbia will become the sixth "state" to allow same-sex marriage on Wednesday. One of the most talked-about angles is that D.C. is the first place in the country with same-sex...
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...