TOP STORY: Reporting the backlash on “Forcing the Spring”

LGBT media tackle community outrage over Jo Becker’s controversial book by Chuck Colbert The pushback was fierce and swift within the LGBT community against a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter, Jo Becker, and her new book, “Forcing the Spring: The Inside […]

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LGBT publication and state AIDS agencies launch HIV prevention campaign

by Chuck Colbert Michigan’s Between The Lines newspaper, along with several non-profit groups working statewide to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic, has launched a new social media and web campaign to draw attention to significant changes in HIV prevention and health-care sciences which […]

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Rhode Island’s Options teams with RI Pride

by Joe Siegel Readers of Options, Rhode Island’s veteran monthly LGBT publication, were given a huge surprise when the June issue arrived in their mailboxes. In a unique move, the issue also doubled as the official 2014 Pridefest Guide. Printed on a […]

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Washington Blade wins awards for excellence

by Chuck Colbert Just in time for a noteworthy anniversary celebration, the Washington Blade won three first-place awards in the Dateline Awards competition sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) D.C. chapter. As publisher Lynne Brown commented regarding the timing of […]

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PRESSING QUESTIONS: Living Out of Long Island, N.Y.

by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Long Island including Fire Island and The Hamptons. Distribution also includes Penn Station in Manhattan and the borough of Queens. Year founded: 2012 Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: 4 full-time employees, 10 writers […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) DIANE ANDERSON-MINSHALL, Editor at Large for THE ADVOCATE and ADVOCATE.COM, is a finalist in the 56th California Journalism Awards, which honor the best in broadcast, print and online media. She is competing in the […]

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