LA Blade celebrates 8 years, vows to build on founder’s legacy
by Alexander Rodriquez and Gisselle Palomera (Alexander Rodriguez is the publisher of the Los Angeles Blade. Gisselle Palomera is its editor. The following pieces ran in the newspaper’s April 4, 2025, issue and are reprinted here with permission.) March 24 marked the […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) GRAB MAGAZINE, based in Chicago, entered its 16th year of publication with its January 21, 2025, issue. NEWS IS OUT, a collaborative of several LGBTQ publications, launched its LGBTQ+ […]
Media outlets examining how best to use AI
by Joe Siegel South Florida’s OutSFL, based in Wilton Manors, announced in February their intention to collaborate with nine other news organizations to “test public-facing AI disclosures within our stories.” “As AI becomes more available and commonplace in our daily lives, it’s […]
More Americans ID as LGBTQ: Will that mean more readers?
by Joe Siegel Gallup’s latest polling shows that 9.3 percent of Americans identify as part of the LGBTQ community, up nearly two points from 2023. LGBTQ media outlets are now wondering — perhaps hoping — this will lead to an increase in […]
LGBTQ outlets working to cover all the Trump news
by Joe Siegel The Trump administration has dramatically impacted the lives of the LGBTQ community through a series of executive orders that reversed Biden-era policies, as well as appointments of ultra-conservative, anti-LGBTQ officials to cabinet positions. And LGBTQ media have been kept […]
PGN’s Mark Segal tapped to help preserve LGBTQ history at national parks
by Fred Kuhr Mark Segal, founder and publisher of the Philadelphia Gay News as well as a participant in the Stonewall Rebellion, is now working with the National Parks Conservation Associations (NPCA) as the group’s Ambassador for Change. The March 6 announcement […]
New look, same mission for the Georgia Voice
by Collin Kelley (Collin Kelley is the new editor of the Georgia Voice, based in Atlanta. The following “Editor’s Note” was published in the January 2025 issue of the newspaper and appears here with permission.) If you’re a regular reader — or […]
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, entered its 55th year of publication with its January 2, 2025, issue. THE LOS ANGELES BLADE announced the appointment of new publisher […]
Many LGBTQ outlets see spike in readership since election
by Joe Siegel LGBTQ media outlets are experiencing an increase in website visitors compared to the same period in 2024. The Trump administration’s attacks on LGBTQ rights, particularly against trans Americans, has led to an increase in readership as well as widespread […]
by Joe Siegel LGBTQ reporting of the April 21 death of Pope Francis has been mostly positive, based on the stories published in the days following. The late Pope’s outreach to the community was cited as a reason why his death is […]