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New editor, same mission at Watermark Out News
by Ryan Williams-Jent (Ryan Williams-Jent is the new editor-in-chief of Watermark Out News, based in Orlando, Fla. The following editorial ran in the July 3, 2025, issue of the newspaper and appears here with permission.) I’ve been writing columns for Watermark Out […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) AUDIO GAYTL, based in Atlanta, is a new LGBTQ streaming radio station, launched by radio industry veteran RON ROBERTS. Listen at https://audiogaytl.com/. THE BUCKEYE FLAME, based in suburban Cleveland, […]
Social media failing to protect LGBTQ people
by Joe Siegel GLAAD (formerly the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) issued a scathing report examining safety on social media. GLAAD’s 2025 Social Media Safety Index evaluated several platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. “The recent major ideological shifts from Meta” — […]
First-ever Queer Women’s Media Coalition launched
by Joe Siegel The Curve Foundation, the force behind Curve Magazine, has launched the first-ever to address underrepresentation of queer women in media. The Curve Foundation notes it is the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ women, trans and nonbinary people’s culture and […]
Guidelines issued for covering anti-trans executive orders
by Joe Siegel NLGJA: The National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists has issued a set of guidelines for reporting on the Trump administration’s anti-trans executive orders. “Executive orders are directives issued by the president that set policy for federal Executive Branch agencies. They […]
Maryland’s newest newspaper is OUTloud
by Joe Siegel Maryland has a new LGBTQ publication, Maryland OUTloud, which launched in January. But don’t assume it’s based in and only focused on Baltimore. “We are a Maryland-based newspaper,” explained Adam Romanik, its owner and editor. “We are not based […]
Honoring the legacy of Victoria A. Brownworth
by Jeremy Rodriguez (Jeremy Rodriguez is the editor of Philadelphia Gay News. The following editorial appeared in the May 27, 2025, edition of the newspaper and is reprinted here with permission.) When I first began working as a freelance writer at PGN […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BOSTON SPIRIT MAGAZINE entered its 21st year of publication with its January/February 2025 issue. THE BUCKEYE FLAME, based in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, held its Rainbow Bikes charity spin class […]
Pride ad spending down due to anti-DEI, fewer int’l tourists
by Joe Siegel As growing numbers of international tourists are shunning visits to the United States due to the Trump administration’s authoritarian immigration crackdowns and rolling back LGBTQ rights, the impact on LGBTQ media organizations has been severe. Several corporations have either […]
by Joe Siegel This year’s Pride celebrations took place in the midst of a very different political reality from one year ago. The LGBTQ community has been under siege by the current White House administration seemingly determined to undo years of progress. […]