Pl Schdler, jt-retired edor chief of New York’s Gay Cy News, on 25 years of tough reportg, LGBTQ media’s battle to survive, and the stori he still wants to tell.
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- PL SCHDLER, GAY CY NEWS’ EDOR CHIEF, RETIR—BUT HE STILL WANTS THE STORY
- D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN
- PRS PASS Q
- GAY CY NEWS
- D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN
- GAY NEWS
PL SCHDLER, GAY CY NEWS’ EDOR CHIEF, RETIR—BUT HE STILL WANTS THE STORY
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He has jt retired after 25 years workg as the edor chief of New York Cy’s LGBTQ newspaper, Gay Cy News (prevly known as LGNY). Rears of Gay Cy News may not have been surprised; this is a paper both rigoro and expansive s approach to LGBTQ news, polics, arts, analysis, and mentary.
D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN
Gay Cy News is a ee weekly LGBT newspaper based New York Cy focg on lol and natnal issu relatg to LGBT muny. * gay city news editor *
”Schdler rells 2002, and renamg the paper Gay Cy News, as a time when he didn’t thk LGBT would tch on as an umbrella acronym. “I thought havg ‘Gay Cy News’ out on the street was a very strong statement. He remends they follow Gay Cy News’ attempts at diversifitn, like holdg webars and public events.
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He also hop LGBTQ journalists workg mastream environments don’t feel they have to “check their inti at the door” when dog their stggle to survive as an LGBTQ outlet is tense; for 25 years, Schdler has been a passnate edor chief, and Gay Cy News is now owned by Schneps Media, which overse a number of lol New York papers.
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I want Gay Cy News to be one of the most read LGBTQ s the world. “It was a very old harassment of gay men sudnly rurrected the 21st century, and we lled out, ” relled Schdler. “We ll out the homophob on the cy uncil, but we have the greatt impact when we hold people om our own muny acuntable, ” said Schdler.
D.C. LAWSU CLAIMS AARP SERVIC ILLEGALLY FIRED GAY MAN
” He c the cricism that history-makg ngrsman Barney Frank received for excludg trans people om the vote on the gay-only versn of the Employment Non-Discrimatn Act (ENDA) 2007. Schdler’s first experience of LGBTQ journalism was, while livg Boston, readg that cy’s very own “GCN”—Gay Communy News, which was published om 1973 to 1992.
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” Some Gay Communy News journalists went on to bee signifint figur the muny. Former managg edor Richard Burns went on to -found Gay and Lbian Advot and Defenrs, Inc. Of Boston, and 1986 beme the Executive Director of the then-named Lbian and Gay Communy Servic Center New York Cy.