Month: September 2020
Election coverage ramps up in final stretch
by Joe Siegel LGBTQ publications have been providing comprehensive coverage of the presidential election, which has been impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter (BAR), for one, provided online coverage of both the Democratic and Republican conventions. News […]
Chicago’s venerable Windy City Times ends print edition after 35 years
by Fred Kuhr Windy City Times, Chicago’s only remaining LGBTQ newspaper, is moving to a digital-only format starting in October. The September 30, 2020, edition, which marks the paper’s 35th anniversary, will be its last regular free-standing print issue. The website windycitytimes.com will continue […]
LGBTQ publications help beat back ad tax in DC
by Fred Kuhr Two Washington, D.C., publications targeting the LGBTQ community lobbied against the city’s proposed advertising tax, resulting in its city council reversing course. The Washington Blade and Tagg Magazine, which focuses on lesbians of color, along with the Washington Informer, […]
Connecticut finds its Voice with new publication
by Joe Siegel Connecticut Voice has been serving the Constitution State’s LGBTQ community for over a year and is thriving despite the coronavirus pandemic. “We have covered a full variety of topics from Health and Wellness, challenges of LGTBQ youth, the homelessness crisis, […]
Commentary: Words matter at “family-run” newspaper
by Mark Segal(Mark Segal is the publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. This column originally appeared in PGN. It is reprinted here with permission.) Words are important, and over time they take on a meaning of their own. Take, for example, “One man, […]
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY WINDOWS, based in Boston, entered its 38th year of publication with its July 30, 2020, issue. THE CENTRAL VOICE, based in Middletown, Penn., received five awards as part […]