Florida group warns state not safe for LGBTQ visitors and residents
by Joe Siegel The anti-LGBTQ policies of Florida Republican Gov. Ron Desantis, also a possible presidential candidate, prompted statewide civil rights organization Equality Florida to issue a travel advisory last month. “As an organization that has spent decades working to improve Florida’s […]
Wisconsin’s Our Lives transitions to non-profit
by Joe Siegel Our Lives, based in Madison, Wisc., is making the transition into a non-profit LGBTQ publication. Editor and publisher Patrick Farabaugh, who launched the magazine in 2007 and has been with it ever since, said the change is being made […]
Houston’s OutSmart celebrates 30 years with a twist
by Fred Kuhr Most publications, in order to celebrate their milestone anniversaries, look back from the very start — volume 1, number 1. But since OutSmart, based in Houston, Tex., already did that when it celebrated its 25th anniversary five years ago, […]
Remembering attorney, activist and SFGN publisher Norm Kent
by Steve Rothaus (Journalist Steve Rothaus covered LGBTQ issues for 22 years at the Miami Herald. The following piece was released by South Florida Gay News on April 13, 2023. It appears here courtesy of SFGN.) Attorney Norm Kent — relentless […]
Marking 21 years at Florida’s Watermark
by Rick Todd (Rick Todd is publisher of Watermark, based in Orlando, Fla. The following piece appeared in the newspaper’s March 2, 2023, issue and appears here with permission.) Today is a milestone day for me. Today I celebrate 21 years as an […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BOI MAGAZINE, based in Chicago, entered its 23rd year of publication with its January 2023 issue. HOWARD BRAGMAN, a Los Angeles-based publicist, crisis manager and LGBTQ activist, passed away […]
Anti-LGBTQ bills giving media much to cover
by Joe Siegel A wave of legislation targeting the LGBTQ community has included attacks on gender-affirming care, drag shows, trans rights, and the removal of content regarding gender identity and sexual orientation from public schools. It has provided LGBTQ media outlets with […]
SFGN’s DeSantis “Groomer” issue censored by Issuu
by Fred Kuhr If you want to get an issue of your publication censored on Issuu, the digital publication platform used by many LGBTQ newspapers, just mention “grooming.” No, not the eyebrows-on-fleek kind of grooming. The kind of “grooming” that right-wing activists […]
David Atlanta is back, while Peach ATL, which took David’s place, shuts down
by Joe Siegel Atlanta’s David Magazine is back after a six-year hiatus. But Peach Magazine, which was launched in 2017 to take David’s place, has now shut down. “Due to some ownership issues in 2017, it was decided to rebrand the title […]
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, announced that it is planning five different Pride themed issues this year, one for each of the five Thursdays in June. The […]