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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
LGBTQ media research project launched
by Joe Siegel News Is Out, an LGBTQ media collaborative, has received $250,000 from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to launch a research project to document the status of LGBTQ media in the U.S. The LGBTQ+ Media Mapping Project is in […]
LA Blade’s Troy Masters mourned by friends, colleagues
by Joe Siegel The December 11, 2024, death of Troy Masters, publisher of the Los Angeles Blade, is being mourned by LGBTQ journalists across the country. Masters, 63, took his own life, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s report. Masters’ career […]
Top 10 news stories of 2024: Trump wins, but so does Sarah McBride, while DEI sinks
by Christopher Kane (Christopher Kane is the White House reporter for the Washington Blade. The following piece was published on December 31, 2024, and appears here with permission.) The year 2024 didn’t end the way many LGBTQ rights supporters expected, with the […]
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The vital post-election work of journalists in LGBTQ media
by Chris Azzzopardi (Chris Azzopardi is editorial director of Pride Source, which publishes the Detroit area’s Between The Lines newspaper. The following piece was published on November 7, 2024, and appears here with permission.) The days following the election have been filled […]
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 […]