TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, announced that photos from its longtime photographer RICK GERHARTER are now part of the collection in the online archive DIGI CENTER at […]

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Looking ahead to 2024: “Crucial” LGBTQ media to continue post-pandemic recovery

by Joe Siegel Heading into 2024, editors and publishers remain optimistic about the future of LGBTQ media. After a challenging few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has begun to recover. Michael Yamashita, publisher of San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter […]

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And looking back on 2023: Anti-LGBTQ efforts featured heavily

by Joe Siegel Anti-LGBTQ legislation, from bans on drag performances and gender-affirming care to attacks on LGBTQ pioneers, featured heavily in the pages of LGBTQ media over the past year. From a national perspective, “The biggest stories of the year were the […]

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OutSFL reporter in Twitter feud with tennis icon

by Fred Kuhr John Hayden, a reporter with Wilton Manors, Fla.-based OutSFL, has found himself in a Twitter war with tennis superstar and lesbian activist Martina Navratilova. It all started during LGBTQ History Month this October when Navratilova retweeted a video of […]

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Seattle’s SGN announces new owner/publisher

by Fred Kuhr The SGN, known for many years as Seattle Gay News, has been acquired by Ocean Shores, Wash.-based Stratus Group, LLC. The sale closed September 30, 2023. With this ownership transfer also came a publisher transfer, from Angela Cragin to […]

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Connection, equality, and dignity, past, present, and future: A letter from the SGN’s new publisher

by Mike Schultz (Mike Schultz is the new owner and publisher of SGN, based in Seattle, Wash. He replaces now-former publisher Angela Cragin, who took over the newspaper from her father, former longtime publisher and editor in chief George Bakan, who died […]

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