Longtime gay journalist and activist honored by Smithsonian
by Fred Kuhr Bil Browning, managing editor of news website LGBTQ Nation and founder of since-shuttered bilerico.com, is officially part of LGBTQ history. Browning and his husband, Jerame Davis, donated dozens of items that are now part of “Illegal To Be You: […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: The past and future of 35 years in print
by Leo Cusimano (Leo Cusimano is publisher and president of Dallas Voice and OUT North Texas. This commentary originally appeared in the May 10, 2019, issue of Dallas Voice.) As we here at Dallas Voice celebrate our 35th anniversary, we are reflecting on […]
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 23rd year of publication with its June 2019 issue. CHARLES ALEXANDER, artist and longtime columnist for Livonia, Mich.-based BETWEEN THE LINES, suffered […]
Covering the first out gay prez candidate: Is it too much?
by Joe Siegel Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., and the first openly gay man to run for president of the United States, has received widespread media coverage for his historic campaign. But are LGBTQ media outlets giving him preferential […]
Washington Blade among media to see ICE unit for trans detainees
by Fred Kuhr In a historic first, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) allowed reporters to see first-hand the unit at privately-run immigrant detention center specially set up for transgender women in custody. And a member of the LGBTQ press was included […]
SFGN editor criticizes his own newspaper
by Fred Kuhr Newspapers often face criticism from readers. In this instance, however, the reader was Wilton Manors-based South Florida Gay News’ own editors. And the newspaper gladly published the criticism. Sean McShee, SFGN’s HIV editor, took issue with the main headline […]
Twin Cities Pride launches quarterly magazine
by Joe Siegel Twin Cities Pride Magazine is now serving the Minneapolis/St. Paul LGBTQ population on a quarterly basis. The magazine was first published in 2018 by the city’s pride organization in conjunction with Gray Duck Media as a Pride Guide, with […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Mayor Pete shouldn’t ignore LGBTQ media
by Norm Kent (Norm Kent is the publisher of Wilton Manors-based South Florida Gay News. This editorial was published in the June 26, 2019, issue of the newspaper, opposite a page that was blank except for the headline, “An SFGN Interview with […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Montrose Star of Houston
Interview with Owner and Publisher Laura Villagran by Joe Siegel Year founded: 1976 Staff size and breakdown: Editor, copy editor, production manager, graphic designer and six contributing writers Background: The Montrose Star went through several incarnations and, in the late 1970s, the […]
by Joe Siegel Popular U.K.-based website Gay Star News has ceased operations. “We entered 2019 with every reason to be confident we were going to have a strong year,” wrote Tris Reid-Smith and Scott Nunn, who founded the publication in 2011. “But […]