Author: Fred Kuhr
NLGJA convention largest in a decade
by Joe Siegel More than 450 journalists and media professionals attended this year’s convention for NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, held September 6-9 in Palm Springs, Calif. “This was the largest national convention for NLGJA in over a decade,” beamed Adam […]
Controversial former Bay Area Reporter editor Paul Lorch dies
by Cynthia Laird (Cynthia Laird is the news editor of the Bay Area Reporter in San Francisco. This article appeared in the August 8, 2018, issue of the newspaper. It is reprinted here with permission.) Paul Lorch, a gay man who, as […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Q Magazine and Project Q Atlanta
Interview with Editor and Publisher Mike Fleming by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Atlanta Year founded: 2008 Staff size and breakdown: Six including Editor and Publisher Mike Fleming, Publisher and Development Director Matt Hennie, Publisher and General Manager Richard Cherskov, and one full-time staffer […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com ANDY LIEN, editorial director of Minneapolis-based LAVENDER, is stepping down after seven years at the publication. OUTSMART, based in Houston, was recognized by the Houston Press Club for […]
NLGJA convention heads to Palm Springs, Calif.
by Joe Siegel More than 350 LGBTQ journalists are expected to attend the 2018 convention of NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, when it gathers from September 6-9 in sunny Palm Springs, California. According to NLGJA Executive Director Adam K. Pawlus, […]
Founder of Rebellious Magazine for Women to be honored
by Fred Kuhr In advance of its upcoming national convention in Palm Springs, NLGJA – The Association of LGBTQ Journalists announced that Rebellious Magazine for Women founder and editor in chief Karen Hawkins is the inaugural recipient of the new NLGJA Jeanne […]
Ad POP Awards honor the best in national, local advertising
by Fred Kuhr The National LGBT Media Association (NGMA) announced its third annual Ad POP Award winners. The Ad POPs – which stands for Pride in Online and Print – honor the best representations of LGBT advertising in online and print campaigns […]
20 years of “No obits” for San Francisco’s BAR
by Fred Kuhr San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter commemorated a historical milestone this month. On August 13, its famous “No obits” article turned 20 years old. The original article was published because, for the first time since the start of the AIDS […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com ADELANTE, based in Los Angeles, entered its 22nd year of publication with its June 2018 issue. PETER BARTIS, a folklore expert who is credited with leading the development […]
by Fred Kuhr The far-right men’s group the Proud Boys call themselves “Western chauvinists” who long for the days when, as Archie Bunker once put it, “girls were girls and men were men.” But if you call them “white supremacists” and “fascists,” […]