(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) THE ADVOCATE magazine announced the launch of THE FUTURE OF QUEER MEDIA FELLOWSHIP, a program created to identify, develop, and uplift the next generation of LGBTQ journalists. Underwritten by […]

by Joe Siegel The LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project has released an in-depth look at local LGBTQ media, with in-depth analysis of all aspects of their reach, size, impact and increasing need in a hostile and threatening political and cultural climate for LGBTQ+ […]

by Joe Siegel The September 10, 2025, murder of conservative podcaster and activist Charlie Kirk has prompted fears of further attacks on transgender rights and free speech. Kirk, 31, was shot while delivering an address to students on the campus of Utah […]

by Joe Siegel Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), the long-time LGBTQ research panel, is transitioning to a new home with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. According to the group’s press release: “The HRC Foundation is the research and educational arm of […]

by Joe Siegel Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has done it again. He has ordered rainbow crosswalks across the state to be painted over, resulting in outrage from the LGBTQ community. DeSantis’ “self-declared war on rainbow crosswalks reached its latest stop in […]

by Tracy Baim (Tracy Baim is the co-author of The LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project report with Hanna Siemaszko. She is the co-founder of Chicago’s Windy City Times and the executive director of Press Forward Chicago, a journalism pooled fund part of the […]