Category: Uncategorized
Guest Commentary: The first Pride was a riot
by Lourdes Zavaleta (Lourdes Zavaleta is the managing editor of OutSmart Magazine, based in Houston. Her editorial appeared in the June 2020 issue of the magazine and is reprinted here with permission.) June is Pride Month, and we’d be remiss if we […]
Guest Commentary: Support exists for local news, but we need help
by the Bay Area Reporter (The following editorial appeared in the May 13, 2020, edition of the Bay Area Reporter, based in San Francisco. It is reprinted here with permission.) As the Bay Area Reporter forges ahead with its crowdfunding campaign to […]
Pressing Questions: Unite Seattle Magazine of Seattle, Wash.
Interview with Publisher and Editor at Large Mike Montgomery by Joe Siegel Year founded: 2018 Staff size and breakdown: Three editors, 12 contributors, one production designer, four photographers, and three sales representatives Physical dimensions: 8.5” x 10″ glossy Average page count: 64 […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) GEORGE BAKAN, the longtime publisher of SEATTLE GAY NEWS, passed away on June 9, 2020, while working at his desk on the newspaper he helmed since 1983. He was […]
LGBTQ media report from the middle of anti-racism protests
Blade photo editor hit with rubber bullets, tear gas by Joe Siegel In a month when LGBTQ media outlets would normally be covering Pride celebrations, they are instead covering violent clashes between police and protesters in major cities. A nationwide series of […]
Covering Pride, and making ad revenue, virtually in 2020
by Joe Siegel The decision of various Pride organizations to cancel June’s annual series of parades and festivals due to the fear of attendees spreading COVID-19 continues to impact LGBTQ media in various ways. Michael Yamashita, the publisher of San Francisco’s Bay […]
“Firebrand” Larry Kramer remembered by LGBTQ media he influenced
by Joe Siegel The recent passing of legendary playwright and outspoken AIDS activist Larry Kramer is being remembered by various LGBTQ media outlets. Kramer, 84, died from pneumonia in New York City on May 27. In 1981, Kramer founded the Gay Men’s […]
A free press must not be taken for granted
Guest Commentary by Michael K. Lavers (Michael K. Lavers is the international news editor of the Washington Blade. This originally appeared in the newspaper’s June 5, 2020, issue. It is reprinted here with permission.) It is safe to say the vast majority of […]
These are challenging times, but it’s not our first rodeo
Guest Commentary by Leo Cusimano (Leo Cusimano is publisher of the Dallas Voice. This editorial originally appeared in the newspaper’s May 8, 2020, issue. It is reprinted here with permission.) The LGBTQ community knows how to survive a pandemic, and the Dallas […]
by Fred Kuhr Anti-LGBTQ Trump supporters recently set their sights on Washington Blade political reporter Chris Johnson. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Title VII applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. In other words, it is now illegal to […]