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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com. A&U, based in Albany, N.Y., and which bills itself as “America’s AIDS magazine,” entered its 23rd year of publication with its January 2014 issue. AMBUSH, based in New Orleans, entered its 32nd […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: The Gayly of Oklahoma City
by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Five states in the south-central region of the U.S. Year founded: 1983 Physical dimensions of publication: 13 1/2” x 10 1/2” tabloid Average page count: 32-40 Key demographics: More affluent than the general public Print run: […]
Vandalism of D.C. newspaper boxes gets hate-crimes designation by police
by Chuck Colbert For a couple of years now, vandals have been striking out against two LGBT weeklies, damaging their distribution boxes and destroying copies of the publications. But in a new development, the Washington, D.C., police have opened an investigation into […]
Boston Spirit Magazine’s coverage goes daily with new web site
by Chuck Colbert A Boston-based LGBT publication has a new web presence, one that makes bimonthly Boston Spirit Magazine more dynamic with day-to-day relevancy for its readers. There are two major differences to the new site, said publisher David Zimmerman, both having […]
Windy City Times publisher creates new board game that’s so gay
by Chuck Colbert The indefatigable publisher and executive editor of Chicago’s Windy City Times is at it again. This time, when Tracy Baim is not organizing a march of the Illinois state capital in support of same-sex marriage or publishing books on […]
Bay Area Reporter expands its repertoire of kink with new columnist
by Chuck Colbert The leading LGBT weekly newspaper in San Francisco has a kinky new hire. Bay Area Reporter’s BARtab Editor Jim Provenzano recently announced the venerable publication would take on a new leather columnist. Race Bannon will replace outgoing leather columnist […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know at editor@presspassq.com.) THOMAS BASGIL JR., editor of Trenton, N.J.-based OUT IN JERSEY magazine, stepped down after the October-November 2013 issue. He was replaced by the publication’s first female editor SAM MARTINO in December 2013. […]
TOP STORY: POZ founder Sean Strub pens new book on AIDS epidemic
Talks with Press Pass Q about “Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS, and Survival” by Chuck Colbert The AIDS epidemic is not over for the LGBT community, even as AIDS activism and media coverage have waned. That point, a pressing […]
SIDEBAR: Strub says safer-sex messaging is more complicated than we think
by Chuck Colbert While Sean Strub’s confessional and historical memoir “Body Counts” raises awareness and prompts important questions about HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment for men who have sex with men (MSM) and the larger LGBT community, one thing seems absolutely clear: Younger […]
The Word, the Southern Midwest’s largest gay and lesbian newspaper, is for sale by its founding owner who wishes to retire. Since 1991, The Word has been debt-free, sells out every 56+ page issue and collects 98% of bills. Circulation: 9000+ print […]