Admitting Mistakes

One of the sessions at the upcoming NLGJA Convention in Philadelphia, which starts next week, is a session titled Reputation on the Line: Building & Maintaining Credibility featuring Bil Browning and Jillian Weiss from Bilerico Project and David Hauslib, who...

Deggans, CNN, and Anti-Gay Activists

Count me in the camp of those who aren’t crazy about using the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. to make points about LGBT rights.  Oh, I understand the comparison and it makes sense.  But there’s something uncomfortable about white, LGBT activists using...

NLGJA, Journalism, and Proposition 8

After our very successful convention in San Francisco that brought together journalists from the traditional, LGBT, and citizen press, some questions continue to linger about NLGJA’s position on not-taking-a-position on Proposition 8 in California.  That...

NYT Ethicist Randy Cohen Responds to Bilerico

Randy Cohen, the New York Times Ethicist columnist, has responded to concerns raised by Jillian Weiss at Bilerico Project and that we highlighted here. Here’s his response to Weiss, as reported at Bilerico: Thanks for the interesting note. We no doubt disagree...