(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, entered its 55th year of publication with its January 2, 2025, issue. THE LOS ANGELES BLADE announced the appointment of new publisher […]

by Joe Siegel LGBTQ media outlets are experiencing an increase in website visitors compared to the same period in 2024. The Trump administration’s attacks on LGBTQ rights, particularly against trans Americans, has led to an increase in readership as well as widespread […]

by Joe Siegel How are LGBTQ media outlets dealing with advertisers that seem to have turned against diversity, equity and inclusion? Google, the Walt Disney Corporation, and Pepsi are among several major companies which have reversed their hiring practices in an effort […]

by Fred Kuhr In order to get a better grasp on the state of LGBTQ media in the U.S., the LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project launched in January. Now, organizers are asking LGBTQ media outlets to participate. “LGBTQ+ media have often been left […]

by Joe Siegel The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released its annual State Equality Index, a comprehensive report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families. In 2024, 296 pro-equality bills were introduced in […]

by Gisselle Palomera (Gisselle Palomera is the local news editor of the Los Angeles Blade. The following Editor’s Letter was published in the January 10, 2025, issue of the newspaper, and it appears here with permission.) It should go without saying that […]