This time around, the correct name was used.
As shown by a flap last month over gays marching in the Bud Billiken parade, homophobia is rife in the black community.īest factoid: Upon questioning, Sun-Times Editor Dennis Britton revealed that a copy editor who thought he was being sensitive altered the name of the relay team winner in last year's Sun-Times Triathlon, from Three Quick Queers to the Quick Team. Most notable no-show: The black Chicago Defender, which never responded to invitations to join a panel that included representatives from the Tribune, Sun-Times, Daily Southtown, Daily Herald, Reader and Chicago Reporter. Most unexpected moment: Several panelists (who included me) ripped a co-mainstream panelist from the Chicago Reporter, a good newsletter on race-related matters, after, in an untidy bit of Tribune/Sun Times bashing, he snidely asserted that the best way for gays to get the attention of the big papers is to make sure male demonstrators wear dresses at rallies. The Chicago chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association hosted a seemingly productive, if surprisingly tame, two-hour discussion with editors of Chicago's mainstream press Wednesday night at the Chicago Cultural Center, site of Mel Reynolds' wedding.Ĭonsensus: The mainstream media don't do a stirring job in covering that community, will try to do better, and its mistakes may have less to do with bias than stupidity and laziness.Ĭonversely, it would behoove the community to become more sophisticated in dealing with the press not just throwing a press release at them and screaming discrimination if nothing happens, or holding candlelight marches on a Friday night when most media outlets are short-staffed.
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