Newspaper’s relationship with Cuban journalists highlights dangers

by Fred Kuhr The Washington Blade’s continued cooperation with Cuban journalists has allowed the D.C.-based publication to cover harrowing news stories happening to Cuban LGBTQ people as well as the journalists themselves. On July 11, Maykel González Vivero, editor of the Blade’s […]

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Financial challenges facing LGBTQ people and how to address them

by Finbarr Toesland(Finbarr Toesland is an award-winning journalist committed to illuminating vital LGBTQ stories and underreported issues. His journalism has been published by NBC News, BBC, Reuters, VICE, HuffPost and The Telegraph. The following piece appears courtesy of and with permission from […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com.) GLOSS, based in San Francisco, entered its 19th year of publication with its June 18, 2021, issue. THOMAS E. HORN, former publisher of San Francisco’s BAY AREA REPORTER, was […]

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LGBTQ media play role in keeping local communities safe

by Joe Siegel The website safehome.org, which specializes in home protection and personal safety, has released its annual LGBTQ+ State Safety rankings.  Among the takeaways from the survey are: * Vermont and California scored the highest for LGBTQ+ safety, while North Dakota […]

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Seattle Gay News launches archive project

by Fred Kuhr Longtime Seattle Gay News (SGN) editor and publisher George Bakan, who died unexpectedly last year, was the driving force for much of what happened at the newspaper. And that drive continues today. In fact, his death prompted the push […]

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Wisconsin’s Our Lives beset by lumber shortage, vandalism

by Joe Siegel A newspaper can collect the news, but then it needs the paper. So a local lumber shortage has caused headaches for For Our Lives, based in Madison, Wisconsin. “The way our contract has been written is that from the […]

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Philly newspaper subpoenas DA in murder investigation of trans activist

by Fred Kuhr Attorneys representing Philadelphia Gay News subpoenaed District Attorney Larry Krasner this past June in order to force him to testify at a court hearing stemming from the mysterious 2002 death of African-American trans activist Nizah Morris. The subpoena asks […]

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North Carolina’s qnotes launches Carolinas LGBTQ Journalism Fund to support local writers

by Chris Rudisill(Chris Rudisill is the project manager for the QnotesCarolinas.org Project and is also the Director of the Charlotte Journalism Collaborative. The following piece ran in the May 28, 2021, issue of qnotes and is reprinted here with permission.) In discussing a new […]

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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 25th year of publication with its June 2021 issue. IRENE BENEDETTI, a longtime Philadelphia LGBTQ advocate and a former advertising coordinator for […]

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Struggling publications seek financial support from readers

by Joe Siegel Many readers depend on local LGBTQ publications for vital news and information about their communities. And now, some of these struggling publications are depending on their readers for financial support to stay alive. For one, Dave Rhodes, publisher and […]

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