Out & About Nashville launches Puerto Vallarta publication
by Joe Siegel A new magazine and website focused on the Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, LGBT community and its visitors has launched. Out & About Puerto Vallarta (O&APV) will publish its first issue in January 2018. The website, www.outandaboutpv.com is live now. With […]
Oregon’s PQ Monthly shuns print, goes digital
by Fred Kuhr Portland, Oregon’s PQ Monthly, as well as its sister publications El Hispanic News and Tankside, have ceased publishing print editions and are now “100% digital,” publisher Melanie Davis announced in a letter to readers earlier this month. She said […]
GUEST COMMENTARY: Setting a new bar in LGBT journalism
by Mark Segal Mark Segal, publisher of Philadelphia Gay News (PGN), is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His recently published memoir, “And Then I Danced,” is available on Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller. At the end […]
PRESSING QUESTIONS: Out & About Nashville
Interview with Owner & Publisher Jerry Jones and Managing Digital Editor James Grady by Joe Siegel Year founded: 2002 Staff size and breakdown (writers, editors, designers, etc.): Two editors (print managing editor and digital managing editor), two designers, three salespeople, a variety […]
TRANSITIONS AND MILESTONES
What’s happening at your publication? Let us know. Email editor Fred Kuhr at editor@presspassq.com 910 AM SUPERSTATION, based in Detroit, is the home of a weekly radio segment dedicated to LGBT conversations. This is a first for a large commercial radio station […]
The controversial non-outing of Kevin Spacey
by Joe Siegel The recent sexual harassment allegations lodged against actor Kevin Spacey have drawn criticism aimed at LGBT publications, which were hesitant to “out” closeted male celebrities such as Spacey. Late last month, “Rent” actor Anthony Rapp revealed that Spacey had […]
Ohio health center debuts LGBT magazine
by Fred Kuhr Equitas Health, based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest LGBT and HIV healthcare providers in the country. Now, it’s also in the magazine business. Prizm, a glossy monthly published by Equitas Health, premiered with its 40-page October […]
QLife launches in Rhode Island after Options halts publishing
by Joe Siegel QLife, based in Las Vegas, has expanded its online editions to Ohio and Rhode Island, according to editor Russ White. White said QLife launched its city editions in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and New York last January. The first […]
Out & About Nashville staffers reflect on first 15 years
by Fred Kuhr As Out & About Nashville Publisher Jerry Jones puts it, when his publication launched 15 years ago last month, Nashville was a very different place. Nashville “wasn’t one of the 15 largest cities in the country, Pride wasn’t one […]
by Joe Siegel The Washington Blade has been given the cold shoulder by the White House and its press secretary. “Even though I regularly attend the briefings on behalf of the Blade each day they’re held, the last time a White House […]