by Bach Polakowski | Sep 16, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Bil Browning, the editor-in-chief and founder of The Bilerico Project, a popular LGBT blog, has joined the NLGJA board of directors. At Bilerico, Bil explains his decision: I’ve had strong words for NLGJA in the past for ignoring the blogosphere. Citizen...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 9, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
NLGJA board member Barbara Dozetos has written an excellent defense of LGBT media for The Huffington Post: As the general population grows more accepting of our community, is the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) news media still relevant? Do we really...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 24, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
John Christopher Millican died on June 11. Terrance James, his partner of 10 years, submitted info for an obituary to his local paper in Arkansas, The Batesville Daily Guard. The Guard published the obit, listing Millican’s dead parents and surviving siblings, but did...
by Bach Polakowski | May 31, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
Linton Weeks at NPR Digital News recently explored the use of “faggot” as an epithet: Is the Fa-word the new N-word? What is the Fa-word, you ask? It’s a six-letter, two-syllable term that starts with the letters fa and rhymes with maggot. It’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 27, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
A recent article in Press Pass Q (“a newsletter and trade publication for the LGBT media professional”) raised an interesting question: When a straight celebrity ally of the LGBT community dies, is that “gay news”? In the case of Elizabeth...
by Bach Polakowski | May 24, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. |
As I mentioned in a previous entry, The New York Times has published a special multimedia “Coming Out” section. Updates to the section are still pending, but it’s off to a good start. Here’s the opening text of the section: Bullying and...