Doug Sadownick

The gay community‘s love-hate relationship with gay bars predates the Stonewall Rebellion, when Mafia bar owners cared as little about their customers as the police who raided them did. The historical tension has centered around whether bars are safe, celebratory places for men to gather in a homophobic society or......

Longstanding outrage over the L.A. Times’ coverage of stories affecting the gay community was stoked earlier this month when the paper greeted the Vermont Supreme Court’s unprecedented ruling on behalf of same-sex couples with editorial silence. In contrast, The New York Times came out with an editorial in favor of......