
GUEST COMMENTARY: It’s official. I’m history.
by Mark Segal (Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News, is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His memoir “And Then I Danced, Traveling The Road to LGBT Equality” has been number one on Amazon’s LGBT memoir/biography bestsellers list.) Just saying […]

TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com COMPETE, the sports magazine based in Scottsdale, Ariz., entered its 12th year of publication with its January 2018 issue. FENUXE, based in Atlanta, debuted a new advice column […]

Elder issues on the radar of some LGBT media
by Joe Siegel A recently released survey by AARP shows older LGBT adults worry most about three things: having adequate family and other social support to rely on as they age, discrimination in long-term care (LTC) facilities, and access to LGBT-sensitive services […]

Lesbian mag Curve reinvented as a quarterly
by Joe Siegel Popular national lesbian magazine Curve has reinvented itself in a time of changing trends in readership. Most notably, the magazine will now be published on a quarterly basis instead of monthly. Editor Merryn Johns said the move is a […]

Kansas and Delaware lose LGBT media pioneers
by Fred Kuhr The LGBT media community lost two longtime activists and LGBT media pioneers this month — Kristi Parker of Wichita, Kan.-based Liberty Press and Steve Elkins of Rehoboth Beach, Del.-based Letters From CAMP Rehoboth. Parker, who founded Liberty Press in […]

PRESSING QUESTIONS: Focus magazine of Tennessee
Interview with Publisher Ray Rico by Joe Siegel Two editions: Focus Mid-South, based in Memphis Focus Middle Tennessee, based in Nashville Geographic coverage area: Memphis, 100-mile radius Nashville, 80- mile radius Year founded: Memphis, 2015 Nashville, 2017 Staff size and breakdown: Memphis […]

TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com CAMP, based in Kansas City, Mo., entered its 15th year of publication with its February 2018 issue. FENUXE, based in Atlanta, entered its ninth year of publication with […]

More pubs adding “queer” and “LGBTQ” to their lexicon
by Joe Siegel Many, but not all, LGBT publications have embraced the term “queer” and added the “Q” in “LGBTQ” when describing the community in their news coverage. In an August 2017 editorial, OutSmart Magazine in Houston explained its use of the […]

Los Angeles Blade plans to go weekly
by Joe Siegel The Los Angeles Blade plans to expand its coverage by publishing a weekly print edition, just one year after its biweekly debut. The publication covers Los Angeles and California mixed with national and international coverage from the reporting team […]
Interview with Publisher and Editorial Director John Long by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Greater Kansas City and select cities in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa and Illinois Staff size and breakdown: (writers, editors, designers, etc.) Independent contractors for the positions of editor, […]