Entries from Lucas Grindley's blog | Exploring the new way for journalism tagged with 'Gay'

St. Pete Times prints ad blaming gay people for hurricane

There are two ways to look at what's happened. 1) The St. Petersburg Times accepted an anti-gay ad and printed it. No big deal. Freedom of speech, after all. 2) The St. Petersburg Times accepted a hateful ad that promotes...

On the f-word, reporters write the follow-up

Several reports have questioning whether it's OK for anyone to use the anti-gay slur that "Grey's Anatomy" star Isaiah Washington used against co-star T.R. Knight. But ABC Reporter Laura Coverson wrote a much-needed article about whether it's OK for the...

Dear editor, anti-gay slur isn't quotable

When Michael Richards was caught screaming a well known racial slur at black members of his audience, most newspapers didn’t use the n-word to report the incident. Actually, I can’t find a single serious newspaper that actually spelled out the...

Gay people more likely to read your blog

A new poll reports that gay people are not only more likely to read your blog, we’re also more likely to use the Internet than straight people. Here’s how the numbers from Harris Interactive’s poll stack up: - Indicated they...

5 consecutive points in my history; aka, why you hate tagging games

I’ve been tagged, which I hate but it’s probably better than not being tagged, right? No one wants to be last picked for dodge ball. So five things you don’t know about me, mainly because, who the hell am I...