by Bach Polakowski | Jul 11, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
Today’s “The Ethicist” column in the New York Times by Randy Cohen deals with whether a transgender person is obligated to inform someone they are dating that they are transgender. Cohen said “yes” and has gotten into some hot water from...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 1, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
John Townsend, the reporter at the center of the Lavender outing coverage, has written a letter to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune blasting his critics–including NLGJA–for questioning the ethics of his story. Brock’s bully pulpit has assaulted gays and...
by Bach Polakowski | May 25, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
Here we go again. Sen. John McCain, after a campaign shake-up, has named his loyal former chief of staff–Mark Buse–to be his campaign manager. Buse was famously “outed”–although arguably he was already “out” and his sexual...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 18, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
That’s the intriguing question being asked at a Los Angeles Press Club event next week. If you are in LA, it sounds like a great panel. It includes Andrew Harmon, senior editor for The Advocate, advocate.com; Ted Johnson, managing editor of Variety and blogger...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 14, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett |
We previously asked what was meant by “outing” in 2010, in light of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting the “biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case,...
