LGBTQ Media Visibility

AP Stylebook: gay spring cleaning

The AP Stylebook updated their LGBT oriented entries last months after a gazillion years of being behind in terminology.

IBM is so gay?

The violins play, the people look off to the side with a slight smile, and IBM is the United Nations and Gay & Lesbian Task Force all rolled into one big fairytale mega-corporation. Sigh.

ITL, Ford, and The Commercial Closet

ITL started out more as a variety show and has since won an emmy-nominated series. The Ford Foundation, which was started by Edsel Ford (Henry Ford's son and the family who runs Ford Motor Company) is a major financial underwriter for the show.

Brokeback Bunny?

Is it part of a culture war when people come to the White House with their kids to roll some eggs?

GLAAD media awards hearts Theron

If GLAAD could have it their way, there would be an awards ceremony in Duluth, Cincinnati, and Boise by 2007.

Disappearing gay bash story

What happens when one, possibly two major behind-the-scenes players in network news are gay bashed on vacation? Do the very news shows they produce air stories on the event?

Rosie O'Donnell isn't just an angry lesbian

"One cruise. Five hundred families. Thousands of memories." (Violins play here). We sure need producers to bring drama to a film about a gay family cruise.

Church wants gays but entertainment doesn't?

West said he saw the light after finding out that his cousin was gay. All we need is for every homophobe to have their favorite cousin come out!

The Times is missing the gay beat

Mayor Bloomberg met with a bunch of gay and lesbian leaders this week to discuss the prospect of winning same sex marriage rights in New York. The Times was out reporting that tired old story about a Christian gay conversion group that was in a huff instead.

Queer youth of color seem invisible

Ask any social worker, ACS worker, or civil rights lawyer in New York and they’ll tell you that queer youth, especially those who are people of color, have a disproportionately higher rate of experiencing violence, discrimination, of suicide and homelessness than other teens.

Brokeback marriage article: ladies look over your shoulders

Roughly two weeks ago, the Heath & Fitness Section of Tuesday’s New York Times ran an article about women whose husbands are unfaithful with other men.

St. Patrick, the patron saint of homophobia?

Throughout this past week, there has been some buzz about Christine Quinn, the lesbian City Council speaker’s boycott of the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

Media highs and lows

This week’s LGBTQ media highs and lows

Transphobia mutes abuse and success

Helena Stone and Lily B. McBeth are each examples of trans invisibility.

Pro-family means anti-queer?

The television show “The Book of Daniel” was cancelled, some say it got poor ratings, but the show’s creator has another story.

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