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 […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
(What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com) BALTIMORE OUTLOUD entered its 17th year of publication with its May 10, 2019, issue. Robert Fieseler BOSTON SPIRIT celebrated its 14th anniversary in March 2019. DALLAS VOICE celebrated its […]
NYC media to cover two competing Pride marches, plus World Pride
by Joe Siegel Marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which launched the fight for gay liberation in the United States, this year’s New York City Pride celebration on June 30 – which is also site of this year’s World Pride […]
GLAAD offers guide to Stonewall coverage
by Fred Kuhr In anticipation of World Pride in New York City — and celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Stonewall all over the country — GLAAD has released “Stonewall 50: A Journalist’s Guide to Reporting on the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall […]
Washington Blade writer seeking asylum in U.S.
by Joe Siegel Yariel Valdés González, a contributing writer for the Washington Blade, is seeking asylum in the United States. Valdés, 28, legally entered the U.S. on March 27 through the Calexico West Port of Entry between Calexico, Calif., and Mexicali, Mexico. […]
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 […]