(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) TRACY BAIM, co-founder of Chicago’s WINDY CITY TIMES, has been named a community grand marshal of the 55th annual Chicago Pride Parade set for June 28, 2026. BAY AREA […]

by Joe Siegel “Best of” issues have been a staple of community newspapers, LGBTQ or otherwise, for a long time. But The Fight, based in Los Angeles, recently published an editorial explaining why the magazine doesn’t produce any annual “best of” issues. […]

by Joe Siegel LGBTQ media outlets continue to have a love/hate relationship with social media companies. Citing his own experience, Russ White, publisher of Las Vegas-based QVegas Magazine, claims Facebook is targeting LGBTQ content for removal. White posted the following message on […]

by Joe Siegel Chicago’s Windy City Times and San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter were among the LGBTQ publications that participated in the first ever Local News Day on April 9, which was billed as “a national day of action connecting communities with […]

by Joe Siegel The Bay Area Reporter recently celebrated its milestone 55th birthday. As part of the festivities, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie handed a proclamation to owner and publisher Michael Yamashita on the occasion of the LGBTQ newspaper’s anniversary. The proclamation […]

by Mark Ariel (Mark Ariel is editor in chief of The Fight, based in Los Angeles. The following editorial was published on March 28, 2026, and appears here with permission.) If you look through our archives, you will find over a decade […]