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Is PrEP an LGBTQ media responsibility?
by Joe Siegel Do LGBTQ media have a responsibility to promote condom use and PrEP? San Francisco-based Bay Area Reporter (BAR) recently reported on a study which showed a majority of HIV-negative young adults don’t use condoms or the HIV prevention protocol […]
Wisconsin’s Our Lives restructures, looks to go statewide
by Fred Kuhr Patrick Farabaugh, publisher of Madison, Wisc.-based Our Lives Magazine, has stepped back into the role of editor amidst a “painful buyout” and the demise of his Milwaukee rival. Patrick Farabaugh The staffing change and planned restructuring occurs a year […]
NEWS ANALYSIS: 2019’s Surprise Star and a Looming Future
by Lisa Keen Keen News Service (This report was previously published by the Keen News Service, which covers national political and legal news for LGBT news media organizations around the country.) One might argue that 2019 was a pretty good year for […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Out and About Nashville of Nashville, Tenn.
Interview with Editor and Publisher Jerry Jones by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Middle Tennessee (Nashville and surrounding counties) Year founded: 2002 Staff size and breakdown: One publisher, one managing editor, one salesperson, and three volunteer writers/video reporters Key demographics: 59 percent […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) ZACK FORD is the new press secretary at the ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE, a Washington, D.C.-based progressive judicial advocacy organization. Previously, Ford spent eight years at THINK PROGRESS, the news […]
Mayor Pete, Stonewall 50 among top LGBTQ news stories of 2019
by Joe Siegel News editors and publishers of LGBTQ publications across the nation have selected the presidential candidacy of South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, and the violence against members of the trans community as the top […]
Editors of Out and The Advocate are out
by Fred Kuhr On the same day, Dec. 11, the editors in chief of two venerable community magazines, Out and The Advocate, announced that they are leaving their jobs at Pride Media, which owns both titles. In fact, as many as 11 […]
World AIDS Day still important, say editors
by Joe Siegel Nearly four decades after the first cases of AIDS appeared, the epidemic has seen a massive reduction in deaths due to new drugs in the marketplace. LGBTQ publications continue to provide substantial coverage of the topic and editors note […]
Starbucks cool to advertising in LGBTQ media
by Scott Stiffler (This article is the second in a series by the Washington Blade’s Scott Stiffler looking into large corporations and their relationship with LGBTQ media. It is reprinted here with permission.) Many are happy to stand in line for what they […]
by Joe Siegel Despite the landmark candidacy of openly gay Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, many LGBTQ publications are holding off on endorsing candidates for the upcoming caucuses and primaries. “At this point, we have made no decision on an endorsement or […]