by Bach Polakowski | Oct 24, 2010 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
The New York Times published a great article on transgender candidates running in this mid-term election. “Advocates Hope Transgender Identity Is Not a Defining One” was the headline. The article starts with the story of Theresa Sparks, who would be the...
by Bach Polakowski | Apr 16, 2010 | Matthew S. Bajko
Late in the afternoon of Thursday, April 15 the White House sent out a press advisory on President Obama signing a memorandum declaring that hospitals receiving federal funding must allow same-sex couples visitation rights just as they do for heterosexual couples. It...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 18, 2010 | Matthew S. Bajko
The Bay Area Reporter broke the news on its blog last Thursday, March 11 that longtime openly gay television reporter Hank Plante will retire at the end of the month. Plante is considered one of the first on-air journalists to come out publicly. And he long has been a...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 11, 2009 | Matthew S. Bajko
Predictably some in the mainstream media can’t let a gay story run without quoting some antigay person – no matter if what that person has to say is irrelevant to the story or just downright false. Case in point: The Sacramento Bee and its story in...
by Bach Polakowski | Nov 30, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
A terrific piece in the Los Angeles Times about the mayoral race in Atlanta, which pits a white woman–Mary Norwood–against an African American man–Kasim Reed. While the run-off was expected to come down to a question of race and voter-turnout, the...
