From red carpet to chaos: A first-person narrative of the WHCD shooting

by Joe Reberkenny (Joe Reberkenny is the Washington Blade’s White House correspondent. The following story was originally published on April 27, 2026, and appears here with permission.) It started as any White House Correspondents’ Dinner is supposed to go — I assume. […]

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What a viral Trans Day of Remembrance post revealed for Trans Day of Visibility

by Jeremy Rodriguez (Jeremy Rodriguez is the editor of Philadelphia Gay News. The following editorial was first published on March 27, 2026, and appears here with permission.) March 31 marked International Transgender Day of Visibility. It’s a day to raise awareness about […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(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 […]

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‘Best of’ issues good business for some, exclusionary to others

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. […]

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Publishers wary of social media blocking LGBTQ content

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 […]

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Local News Day celebrated by LGBTQ publications

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 […]

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San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter celebrates milestone

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 […]

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Why you’ve never seen a ‘best of’ issue in The Fight

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 […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, marked its 55th anniversary in its April 2, 2026, issue. THE CURVE FOUNDATION, publisher of CURVE MAGAZINE, and NLGJA: The National Association […]

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Advocate, OUT parent company lays off multiple high-level staffers

by Joe Siegel Layoffs at LGBTQ media outlets, including The Advocate, OUT, Out Traveler, Health PLUS Wellness and Pride.com, have impacted many key staffers. “Former staff members at the Advocate and Out magazines revealed that parent company Equalpride laid off a number […]

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