Month: November 2014
LGBT media remembers gay icon Joan Rivers
by Chuck Colbert Norm Kent, the publisher of South Florida Gay News (SFGN), went all out with the weekly newspaper’s coverage of the recent passing of Joan Rivers. Her picture ran the full page on the front cover of the newspaper’s Fall […]
Smithsonian adds to its LGBT collection
by Chuck Colbert In a move that prompted both LGBT and mainstream news coverage, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History announced in August that it would significantly expand its collection of LGBT memorabilia and archival material. Some of the notable donations […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Tagg Magazine of Washington, D.C.
Interview with ,Managing Editor Eboné Bell by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia and Delaware Year founded: 2012 (the magazine celebrated its second anniversary with its September/October 2014 issue) Staff size and breakdown [writers, sales reps., etc.]: 1 managing editor, 3 […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) AGENDA: FLORIDA EDITION, based in Fort Lauderdale, published its 250th issue on September 3, 2014. ECHOMAG, based in Phoenix, celebrated its 25th anniversary with its September 25, 2014, issue. THE GAY & LESBIAN […]
Governing body rules that the word “gay” is not well enough understood by Chuck Colbert The effort of dotgay LLC to secure a top-level domain (TLD) for the LGBT community hit a significant roadblock when ICANN — the Internet Corporation for Assigned […]