HRC releases annual State Equality Index

by Joe Siegel The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has released its annual State Equality Index, a comprehensive report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families. In 2024, 296 pro-equality bills were introduced in […]

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Remembering the past, embracing change in 2025

by Gisselle Palomera (Gisselle Palomera is the local news editor of the Los Angeles Blade. The following Editor’s Letter was published in the January 10, 2025, issue of the newspaper, and it appears here with permission.) It should go without saying that […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BETWEEN THE LINES, based in Ann Arbor, Mich., entered its 33rd year of publication with its January 9, 2025, issue. BLACKLINES and EN LA VIDA, two specialty publications covering […]

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Alleged sex offender, who posed as LGBTQ media journalist, arrested

by Joe Siegel Brody Levesque, whose byline as an LGBTQ media journalist has been seen in numerous outlets such as the Los Angeles Blade and Georgia Voice, was arrested January 29 by law enforcement in Santa Cruz County, Calif. As it turns […]

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Despite policy changes, many sticking with Facebook for now

by Joe Siegel Perhaps as an effort to curry favor with the Trump administration, Facebook has issued new policies allowing hate speech directed at the LGBTQ community. “New content moderation policies governing hate speech on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads that were enacted […]

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LA-based LGBTQ media focus on area wildfires

by Joe Siegel The devastating wildfires that struck the Los Angeles area in January destroyed homes and businesses, causing disruptions for hundreds of thousands of people. LGBTQ media outlets provided plenty of coverage about how the disaster impacted the community and the […]

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Top 10 int’l LGBTQ news stories of 2024: Pope reaches out, Trump rattles activists

by Michael K. Lavers (Michael K. Lavers is the Washington Blade’s international news editor. The following piece was published on December 30, 2024, and appears here with permission.) The extension of marriage rights to same-sex couples, anti-LGBTQ crackdowns, war, and elections are […]

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Orlando’s Watermark coming Out

by Rick Todd (Rick Todd is the owner and publisher of Orlando-based Watermark Out News. The following piece was published on January 2, 2025, and appears here with permission.) “The only constant in life is change.” Sometimes for the bad: my uncle […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) DOROTHY ALLISON, acclaimed lesbian author best known for her 1992 novel “Bastard Out of Carolina,” died of cancer on November 6, 2024, at her home in Guerneville, Calf. She […]

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Trump victory spurs backlash against ‘woke’ LGBTQ, ‘Latinx’ communities

by Joe Siegel Perhaps as a byproduct of Donald Trump’s November election victory, a conservative backlash directed at the LGBTQ and Latino communities has resulted in threats and intimidation. “The FBI is investigating reports of offensive and threatening text messages targeting high […]

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