Ohio’s Buckeye Flame hires full-time rural LGBTQ beat reporter

by H.L. Comeriato (H.L. Comeriato is a staff reporter for the Buckeye Flame. The following article appeared on the Buckeye Flame’s website on July 15, 2024, and is shared here through the Flame’s “Steal Our Stories” agreement. It originally appeared at https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2024/07/15/meet-reporter-ben-jodway/) […]

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Finding Pride’s meaning while working at LGBTQ magazine

by Addison Herron-Wheeler (Addison Herron-Wheeler is the co-publisher and editor in chief of Out Front Magazine [OFM], based in Denver. The following editorial appeared in the magazine’s July 2024 issue and is reprinted below with permission.) Back in 2017, I finally landed […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, won multiple awards at the CALIFORNIA NEWS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION’s Awards on July 13, 2024. Assistant editor MATTHEW S. BAJKO took second place […]

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Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt Pride, angering some

by Joe Siegel Many of this year’s Pride parades featured pro-Palestinian protests by LGBTQ groups. The ongoing war in Gaza has caused divisions within the LGBTQ community and marred what is usually a joyful time of year when our diversity is celebrated. […]

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LGBTQ media opinions were split on Biden candidacy

by Joe Siegel President Joe Biden decided on July 21 not to accept the Democratic nomination for president and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. But before Biden’s decision, editors and writers for LGBTQ media offered their takes on whether Biden should stay […]

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Our changing ‘gayborhoods’ pose a distribution challenge

by Joe Siegel Are LGBTQ neighborhoods in major cities becoming too straight If so, what impact, if any, does that have on LGBTQ publications serving those communities? Last month, Atlanta-based Georgia Voice ran a story about the closure of some LGBTQ hotspots […]

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A reporter’s story of lesbians, cancer and loss

by Victoria A. Brownworth (Victoria A. Brownworth is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated award-winning journalist, based in Philadelphia, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Advocate, Bay Area Reporter and Curve among other publications. […]

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What President Joe Biden told me

by Mark Segal (Mark Segal is the founder and publisher of Philadelphia Gay News. He is also the author of the memoir, “And Then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality.” The following column, published July 7, 2024, appears here with […]

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TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES

(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) ADELANTE, based in Los Angeles, entered its 28th year of publication with its June 2024 issue. THE BUCKEYE FLAME, based in Berea, Ohio, just outside Cleveland, celebrated its fourth […]

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Editors and publishers wrestle with poor LGBTQ safety records in their states

by Joe Siegel Safehome.org released its third annual study of LGBTQ State Safety Report Cards last month. “With hate crimes rising and more anti-LGBTQ+ bills under consideration, it’s essential to monitor the state of safety across the nation regularly,” said Rob Gabriele, […]

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