A day after the National Equality March, people in the Washington, D.C. area woke up to a page one, above the fold story on the march in the Washington Post. If they opened up the cross-town rival Washington Times, the story was given a single-line preview of the A13...
Lady Gaga's opening act--President Obama--has finished his speech and the media is giving its instant reaction. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYHm0RyCyfU]The Associated Press gave its usual quick coverage, highlighting his plans to end Don't Ask, Don't...
As President Obama is set to take the stage at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual dinner here in Washington, the LGBT blogosphere has been abuzz about an email blast sent out of by HRC’s president Joe Solmonese–which he later clarified–suggesting the LGBT community needed to be patient with Obama and not act like it’s the end of Obama’s presidency, not the beginning.
I have to say I think it is rather disappointing that all CNN could come up with in terms of a gay Latino public figure for their online story is Perez Hilton and then make it seem he is the only one. "Hilton is a Latino pioneer. He is one of the first Latino public...
The Bay Area Reporter has lost a cherished colleague, Marcus Hernandez, who died late Thursday, October 8 at the age of 77. Known around the world as "Mister Marcus" he created a widely-read weekly column about the BDSM/leather community in October of 1971....
There is no universal agreement on all the instances when outing is appropriate, but many LGBT people agree that closeted public people (especially politicians) who are anti-LGBT are fair game. So it follows that many LGBT people are less comfortable with outing...
Kevin Gotkin at Mediaite--who appears to be on the gay journalism "beat"--asks the provocative question, What Makes Good Journalism? And Why is There So Little of It? He argues that gay rights aren't taken seriously enough by journalism about gay people and that the...
As if School Safety Czar Kevin Jennings wasn't already the latest target of conservative attacks, a speech where he praised gay rights pioneer Harry Hay has led the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, the Weekly Standard and Fox News commentators to suggest...
Love costs, especially if you are in a same-sex couple in America. So says the NYT today in an A1 story about the price of being in a gay relationship. Part of the paper's Your Money feature, it's a fascinating look at the costs incurred by same-sex couples who can't...
Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and whatever...