(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, won several awards from the San Francisco Press Club at the group’s December 9, 2025, gala. The newspaper took third place in […]

by Joe Siegel Human Rights Campaign has released its 2025 Municipal Equality Index (MEI), which ranks cities across the country for their support of LGBTQ rights. “This year’s story is one of both breathtaking progress and unwavering persistence,” said Kelley Robinson, president […]

by Joe Siegel This year’s Giving Tuesday event was a success, according to organizers and LGBTQ media outlets who participated. Giving Tuesday — typically the Tuesday after Thanksgiving — was held last year on December 3. At givingtuesday.org, the group noted, “The […]

by Joe Siegel Six newsrooms across Los Angeles County, including one LGBTQ outlet, formed a collaboration in order to better cover ongoing ICE raids in and around the city. Those outlets are Los Angeles Public Press, Capital B, CALÓ News, L.A. TACO, Capital & Main, and […]

by Fred Kuhr Bob Ross, co-founder and founding publisher of San Francisco-based Bay Area Reporter (B.A.R.), was honored with a plaque on the city’s Rainbow Honor Walk in the Castro. The plaque was unveiled during an outdoor November 17 ceremony outside 508 […]

by Tammye Nash (Tammye Nash is managing editor of Dallas Voice. The following editorial appeared in the December 26, 2025, issue of the newspaper and is reprinted here with permission.) So. I sat down here at my computer to write an end […]