by Bach Polakowski | Aug 24, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Mason Wyler, a gay porn star, recently revealed on his blog that he is HIV positive. That fact alone is enough to elicit my sympathy, but it’s the circumstances of his disclosure that disturb me the most. For the uninitiated (and I have to confess, I was until I...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 10, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Steven Slater, the JetBlue flight attendant who deployed an inflatable emergency chute after landing at JFK Airport and then fled the scene, pled not guilty to charges of reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and criminal trespass. The details of Slater’s...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 12, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The media are sometimes taken to task by critics (myself included) for a lack of coverage of HIV/AIDS in general or for unfair and/or inaccurate HIV/AIDS coverage in particular. So it’s nice to be able to point out good examples of HIV/AIDS coverage when they...
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 16, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
N.Y. De Dia, a Spanish-language daily newspaper in New York City, has announced that it will publish Dimensión LGBT, a weekly pull-out section on LGBT news. Here’s an excerpt of their statement (English translation my own): N.Y. De Dia becomes the first Latino...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 3, 2010 | Michael R. Triplett
There have been numerous stories and obituaries of Deborah Howell, the former editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, head of the Newhouse chain’s Washington bureau, and ombudsman of the Washington Post. Long an advocate for greater diversity in the...
