No Release of Prop 8 Trial Recordings

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reversed a decision by a trial judge to release the supposedly private recordings of the Prop 8 trial that were put under seal. Here’s what the court said in terms of press freedom in accessing court documents...

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...

Same-Sex Marriage in DC and Polling

Assuming a last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court isn’t successful, the District of Columbia will become the sixth “state” to allow same-sex marriage on Wednesday. One of the most talked-about angles is that D.C. is the first place in the country...