Earlier in the day, I saw a quote from Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council saying sodomy laws was "wrongly decided" and that homosexual behavior should be outlawed. I had to do a second take because I couldn't figure out why he was being interviewed. Turns...
The Advocate is giving its first peak at The Advocate On-Air, the magazine's first foray into broadcasting. The show, which will premier on February 15, will be available on Advocate's website and also on Here! TV. Here! and the Advocate are both owned by Regent...
Less than two weeks after Atlanta's Creative Loafing laid out the sad state of affairs for LGBT media-startups in Atlanta comes word that the the Atlanta Free Press has gone two weeks without printing and its future remains in doubt. According to Creative Loafing's...
Lambda Legal has entered the fray between Atlanta Falcons player Ovie Mughelli and several blogs and gossip sites who have reported on his alleged relationship with a man. Rod McCollom at Rod 2.O has the the letter. Mughelli's lawyer began sending out cease and desist...
Had a nice chat recently with Andrew Belonsky at the blog AKA William about the resurgence of the term "homosexual" in the mainstream press. His thesis is that he sees the term cropping up more and more and wonders whether it has a larger meaning. I’ve noticed...
There may be no more difficult--or harrowing--job in the newsroom than being a crime reporter, covering the murders in a large metropolitan area. You are at the mercy of the police reports, families don't want to talk, and the 24-hour news cycle, even at a newspaper,...
The story broke last fall, but it's worth repeating now that Spring book fairs are nearly upon us. Scholastic Books, publisher of the oft-banned Harry Potter series among other popular books for kids and young adults, was caught in a queer dilemma last October....
I've been following the Prop 8 trial in California and my curiosity has been most peaked by Hak-Shing William Tam, the Chinese-American defendant who testified about his involvement in supporting Prop 8. He's also the only defendant to pull out of the trial as a...
An interesting story in the New York Times (in the Fashion and Style section?) about using children in advocating for same-sex marriage. The story runs the gamut, from talking about a 10-year old to adult children, and touches on the significance in the number of...
Atlanta's weekly alternative Creative Loafing looked at the current landscape for LGBT media in Atlanta after the death of Southern Voice due to the collapse of Window Media, as well as staff shake-ups at LGBT media upstarts in Atlanta. When Georgia's first gay,...