by Bach Polakowski | Oct 25, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Bil Browning (Founder and Publisher, The Bilerico Project) A waiter at a Carrabba’s Grill in Overland Park, Kansas, was stiffed on his tip by anti-gay Christians who complimented his service but also called him a “fag.” The shining examples of...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 17, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
Jim Romenesko links to an interesting blog by John L. Robinson about the language of the newsroom and suggests that journalists–who make their livings with words–shouldn’t feel constrained by pushing the boundaries of taste and sensitivities in their...
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 14, 2011 | NLGJA Updates
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...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 13, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Glee is pretty gay. OK, it is REALLY gay. Vanity Fair is pretty gay. OK, Vanity Fair is REALLY gay. So, when Vanity Fair’s resident gay homosexual “fun and faggy” writer Brett Berk drops the f-bomb in a a “Gay Guide to Glee” review on...
