Why LGBT Journalists Are Important

One of the perennial questions for NLGJA is explaining why our organization is necessary and why openly LGBT journalists in the newsroom are important. I can’t think of a better example than this video, from the Twin Cities’ Fox9 anchor Jason Matheson who is on “Good Day Minnesota.” Here, he talks about the story of [...]

Is WaPo About to Rethink Its Policy of Identifying Gays?

A column by Washington Post Ombudsman Andy Alexander and a follow-up on his blog suggests that the paper is on the verge of reconsidering its policy on identifying the sexual orientation of people in news stories. The possible change comes as many have questioned the paper’s unwillingness to identify a murder victim as gay after [...]

NAMBLA, Polygamy and LGBT Smears

As if School Safety Czar Kevin Jennings wasn’t already the latest target of conservative attacks, a speech where he praised gay rights pioneer Harry Hay has led the Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, the Weekly Standard and Fox News commentators to suggest Jennings supports NAMBLA. Here’s how the Times editorial lays out the connection: The [...]

Defaming Howard K. Stern

Is calling someone “gay” defamation? Not according to a big legal victory–but some confusing journalism–involving author Rita Cosby and Anna Nicole Smith’s former business and romantic partner Howard K. Stern. A federal judge in New York ruled that Cosby’s assertion that Stern was gay was not “defamation per se,” but that the underlying allegations involving sex [...]

Charlie Perez Speaks

. . . or at least writes in the Daily Beast about his experience at WPLG that resulted in his firing. Perez contends that he was fired because his sexual orientation was beginning to take on too prominent a role and that his desire to have a husband and kids was seen as too much [...]