Is queer media in crisis? A new report shows the way forward
LGBTQ+ media is in danger — but all is not lost.
November 4, 2025
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View From the Hill -- Mainstream Media
Mainstream media put on a blitzkrieg of coverage aimed at the Obama administration's avoidance of LGBT issues, but the real test of where the administration stands on "don't ask, don't tell" will come next Wednesday.
May 8, 2009
Mainstream Media Finally Pays Attention to Killings of Trans Women
On Nightline, Dominique Jackson of Pose joined Juju Chang to discuss the epidemic of violence against trans women of color.
October 4, 2019
Report: LGBTQ Media Coverage 'Vanished' After Trump's Election
Figures suggest that the president is sucking up the mainstream media's bandwidth -- to the detriment of marginalized communities.
September 18, 2019
Pete Buttigieg Is Not the First Gay Man to Run for President
Republican Fred Karger says the mainstream media is erasing his historic 2012 campaign.
February 26, 2019
Why the Outrage Over Tamron Hall's Sherry Pie Interview Matters
The mainstream media has a responsibility to respect all victims of sexual assault -- including LGBTQ+ survivors.
February 19, 2021
In Defense of 'Outing'
In a world with marriage equality, why is mainstream media still afraid of reporting that public figures are in same-sex relationships?
August 5, 2015
A Clucking Nightmare: How Chick-fil-A Changed the Nation
When the mainstream media finally started paying attention to Chick-fil-A's ugly values, an entire nation took sides.
September 12, 2012
Evangelical Tony Perkins Goes Nuclear Over Karen Pence Criticism
The Family Research Council president derides anger over anti-LGBTQ policies as "attacks on Christian education by the mainstream media."
January 18, 2019
GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis rejects conservative guests’ anti-trans disinformation on live CNN panel
“It is so important that LGBTQ voices are represented in mainstream media to debunk these gross fear tactics," Sarah Kate Ellis told The Advocate.
June 3, 2025
Fox News Asks Whether Gay Marriage Was Overplayed on TV
Fox News wants to know whether it the mainstream media suffered from marriage equality overkill while two landmark cases were presented to the Supreme Court.
April 4, 2013
Kamala Harris celebrates 20 years of ‘Queer Eye’ with creators and cast
The show brought queer men into American living rooms at a time when being out was not easy and has moved forward LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream media.
June 14, 2024
CA Marriage Is a Go!
Tricia Romano scours the mainstream media's coverage of last week's decision to legalize gay marriage in California. Here are the highs and lows
May 22, 2008
Fact-Checking the Media on Charlie Sheen and HIV
Here is a roundup of the numerous errors tabloid and mainstream media outlets have made in their reporting of HIV and the former Two and a Half Men star.
November 17, 2015
40 Under 40: Janet Mock Is Our Best Ambassador to the Media
The Messengers: Janet Mock is one of mainstream media's smartest voices on how to cover trans people. If there's anyone journalists should listen to, it's Mock.
July 28, 2014
The 50 Most Influential LGBT People in Media
Who is the most influential LGBT person working in mainstream media? We asked around and argued over it until we came up with a ranking of the top 50 names.
September 16, 2014
WATCH: Gay Hero of Sydney Siege Wrestled With Gunman
Although they note that Tori Johnson is survived by a 'partner,' few mainstream media reports mention that he was a gay man who gave his life for others during a hostage situation in Sydney.
December 16, 2014
PHOTOS: Trans Men Take Over the Camera
"Trans people are being seen in mainstream media more frequently, but how much of what we see is being created through a trans lens?" Trans masculine artists ask and answer in a new photo series from Original Plumbing.
December 28, 2014
Jeff vs. the bloggers
Ex-White House reporter Jeff Gannon learned the power of gay bloggers the hard way, by being outed as a partisan operative and an alleged former hustler. Online activists have mainstream media playing catch-up, and they're reshaping the battle for gay equality.
April 25, 2005
Marcia Cross: Desperate rumors
It's the little rumor that could: "Marcia Cross is coming out in The Advocate!" Here's how mainstream media gossips took an anonymous Internet posting and had many people believing it--until the Desperate Housewives star herself was forced to deny it
March 15, 2005
Fox News covers transgender issues almost twice as much as other major networks
To conservatives who are tired of hearing about trans people: The call is coming from inside the house.
March 12, 2025