by Bach Polakowski | Feb 1, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett, Uncategorized
The Jewish Press, a weekly publication focused on the Orthodox Jewish community, has a stinging editorial defending its decision to feature a story about suicide among “religious” Jewish gays. The original story, by Chaim Levin, touched off a great deal of...
by Bach Polakowski | Jan 30, 2012 | Michael R. Triplett
I’ve re-read Ian Parker’s skeptical take on the death of Tyler Clementi in the New Yorker a number of times because, quite frankly, I couldn’t quite figure out how he reached the conclusions he did. I think I get it, but it was hard to piece...
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...
by Bach Polakowski | May 20, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Starting on May 23, The New York Times will begin publishing the results of its “Coming Out” project: The Times spoke with or e-mailed close to 100 gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender teenagers from all of parts of the country — from rural areas to urban...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 1, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
A day after I raised concerns about the lack of attention the Kevin Jennings story was getting outside of the conservative press, a number of developments are changing the landscape although there is still a surprising lack of attention to this story by the mainstream...
