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 […]
Queer media in NoCal subject of new exhibit
by Fred Kuhr A new exhibition will highlight the history and diversity of LGBT and queer publications produced in Northern California from the 1940s through the 2000s. “Empowerment in Print: LGBTQ Activism, Pride and Lust ” draws on the collection of more […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: ION Arizona of Phoenix
Interview with Publisher Jack Tesorero by Joe Siegel Geographic coverage area: Throughout Arizona with additional locations in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego and Palm Springs Year founded: July 2001 Staff size and breakdown: Publisher/Founder Jack M. Tesorero, Editor Deon Brown, Creative […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com AMBUSH, based in New Orleans, entered its 36th year of publication with its January 2, 2018, issue. BAY AREA REPORTER, based in San Francisco, entered its 48th year […]
Miami Herald’s LGBT magazine ceases publication
by Joe Siegel Miami’s Pallette magazine, published by the Miami Herald Media Company, ended publication with its December 2017 edition. The magazine was three years old. “Financially, we just weren’t making it a successful product,” said Kristina Schulz-Corrales, the Miami Herald’s New […]
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 […]