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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged gay rights

1. November 12, 2012 06:50 AM

   Historic votes, hidden from live coverage

   The four gay marriage votes in last week's election were hard to follow in real-time

   By Jennifer Vanasco

   In her column, Minority Reports, Jennifer Vanasco analyzes how the mainstream media covers social minorities. Do you know what was most frustrating to me about the election last week? Trying to track real-time results for the ballot questions on same-sex marriage in four states. Maine, Maryland, and Washington all asked voters if gays and lesbians should have marriage equality in...

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2. June 26, 2012 01:04 PM

   The tenuous claim of Israeli ‘pinkwashing’

   The charge that a culture of tolerance works as a PR superweapon seems bogus

   By Justin D. Martin

   JERUSALEM—Let’s dispense with the charge of “pinkwashing” that has been leveled against Israel. The word has come to stand for the claim that Israel officials use the nation’s relatively progressive stance on gay rights as a tool to distract journalists and public attention from its treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories. Some Israel supporters do indeed push the...

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