Email Author Patrick Range McDonald

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published March 6, 2010

  "Black Lung Lofts"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published July 22, 2010

  "Educating Maria"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2011 - Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism, published December 9, 2010

  "The Parent Trigger"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 9, 2010

  "The Parent Trigger"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 16, 2010

  "City of Airheads"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 26, 2009

  "Los Angeles on $300,000 a Year"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published October 8, 2009

  "The Secret Lives of Queer Leading Men"

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2009 Stories by Patrick Range McDonald

• Update: Naser 'Jimmy' Nasralla Finds A Lawyer

  published Aug 04, 2009

  Naser Nasralla, the homeless man known as "Jimmy" who lives in a tent near a stretch of railroad tracks in Northridge, woke up this Monday after only a few hours sleep. As usual, he fed the stray, aba... More >>

• Homies Unidos Invites Supporters to See Their Digs

  published Jul 31, 2009

  On July 18, in an open letter published on the Homies Unidos Web site, the board of that non-profit, anti-gang organization invited friends and supporters to "visit our office, witness our programs i... More >>

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  L.A. City Council Adopts Tough Gag Rules

  published Jul 30, 2009

  In a move bound to anger gadflies across Los Angeles, the L.A. City Council has approved tough gagging rules to keep members of an apparently disorderly public from speaking too much of what's on thei... More >>

• Jimmy On the Edge of Town

  published July 30, 2009

  Seven days after his court hearing for trespassing on railroad property, Naser Nasralla, a Palestinian immigrant from Jordan... More >>

• Todd Holland's Advice to Play it Straight

  published July 23, 2009

  On July 12, 20 men and women walked into the Directors Guild of America building on Sunset Boulevard and handed over purple... More >>

• Queer Town: Blow-by-Blow Details of Todd Holland's Remark at Outfest

  published Jul 17, 2009

  Queer Town has noticed a number of comments, on this blog and others, where people are assuming how things went down on July 12 at the Outfest panel titled "Taking It to the Street: LGBT Directors Get... More >>

• Queer Town: Smashing the Gay Closet in Hollywood

  published Jul 17, 2009

  Soon after openly gay director Todd Holland issued a quasi-apology for telling an Outfest panel audience that young, gay actors should "stay in the closet," Queer Town received an email from Frontiers... More >>

• Queer Town: Insider Howard Bragman Reveals the Hollywood 'Machine'

  published Jul 16, 2009

  When gay rights activist Robin McGehee told Queer Town that the gay community -- especially gay filmmakers -- needs to be "challenging the machine" that keeps gay actors stuck in the closet, we looked... More >>

• Queer Town: Outfest's Kirsten Schaffer Issues Statement, Robin McGehee Speaks Out

  published Jul 15, 2009

  While openly gay and Emmy-winning director Todd Holland released an apology yesterday afternoon for telling an Outfest panel on July 12 that he advises up-and-coming, gay male actors to "stay in the c... More >>

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  Queer Town: Director Todd Holland Apologizes for Outfest Remarks, Not Advice

  published Jul 14, 2009

  At 2:50 p.m., in Los Angeles, Queer Town received a statement from openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland, which was distributed by the gay, media watchdog group GLAAD. In the statement, Holla... More >>

• Queer Town: GLAAD Hesitant to Criticize Director Todd Holland

  published Jul 14, 2009

  On Monday morning, L.A. Weekly broke the story that openly gay, Emmy-winning director Todd Holland told an audience at Outfest on Sunday afternoon that he advises young, gay male actors to "stay in th... More >>

• Queer Town: Emmy-winning Director Todd Holland to Young, Gay Actors: 'Stay in the Closet'

  published Jul 13, 2009

  At Outfest on Sunday afternoon, three-time Emmy winning and openly gay director Todd Holland told a small audience that he advises young, gay male actors to "stay in the closet." The remark came durin... More >>

• Is Police Chief Bill Bratton Leaving L.A.r

  published Jul 10, 2009

  Were L.A. City Councilman Herb Wesson's big plans to keep LAPD Chief Bill Bratton for another five-year term all for naughtrL.A. Times reported yesterday that the chief has put his Los Feliz home up f... More >>

• Queer Town: Chad Griffin to Lambda Legal: Buzz Off!

  published Jul 09, 2009

  Big dispute developing in the gay rights movement over a federal, Proposition 8 lawsuit . . . the Associated Press reports that Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the American Ci... More >>

• Tom Hayden Slams LAPD Chief Bill Bratton

  published Jul 09, 2009

  You can now count Tom Hayden as one heavyweight L.A. liberal not enamored with Los Angeles Police Department Chief Bill Bratton. In a hard-charging feature in The Nation this week, Hayden says that th... More >>

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  L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry Running for Mayorr

  published Jul 08, 2009

  Today, the L.A. Times published a flattering day-in-the-life piece on L.A. City Councilwoman Jan Perry, who's been the acting mayor of Los Angeles since Antonio Villaraigosa and City Council President... More >>

• Queer Town: Equality California Urges Investigation into Gay Sailor's Death

  published Jul 07, 2009

  Equality California, one of the most politically connected gay rights organizations in California, has issued a statement urging a "thorough investigation" of the possible murder of August Provost, a ... More >>

• Envirowimps: L.A.'s Big Green Groups Get Comfy

  published July 2, 2009

  So far, 2009 has not been a banner year for the environmental movement in Los Angeles. As the area’s mainstream enviros... More >>

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  Homies Unidos Board Throws Full Support Behind Alex Sanchez

  published Jun 29, 2009

  A few hours after anti-gang expert Alex Sanchez and other alleged members of the notorious MS-13 gang were arrested in Los Angeles for federal racketeering charges on Wednesday, the non-profit organiz... More >>

• Villaraigosa & Garcetti Backed the Arrested Anti-Gang Expert Alex Sanchez

  published Jun 24, 2009

  In a shocking development in the gang world today, the FBI has arrested high-profile anti-gang expert Alex Sanchez at his Bellflower home on federal racketeering charges, according to the Associated P... More >>

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  Queer Town: Hollywood Protest Slams Schwarzenegger's Cuts to HIV/AIDS Services

  published Jun 08, 2009

  With L.A. City Councilman Bernard Parks, L.A. County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein in attendance, a crowd of more than1,000 people gathered in f... More >>

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  Queer Town: Rachel Bowman Speaks Out at Meet in the Middle

  published Jun 04, 2009

  Last Saturday, under the shade of a tree and only a block away from the charged-up crowd that gathered in downtown Fresno for the statewide pro-gay marriage rally called "Meet in the Middle," Rachel B... More >>

• Setting the (Gay) Wedding Table

  published June 4, 2009

  At 7 p.m. on a clear, balmy night in West Hollywood, the gym bunnies, drag queens, high school and college students, power... More >>

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  Queer Town: Obama Still Avoids Prop. 8 at Beverly Hills Fundraiser

  published May 28, 2009

  At a star-studded fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton last night, President Barack Obama still avoided talking about the California Supreme Court's ruling on Proposition 8 and full marriage equality. Acc... More >>

• Queer Town: Obama Touts 'Equal Justice' in Vegas, Ignores Prop. 8 Ruling

  published May 27, 2009

  Last night at a political fundraiser in Las Vegas, President Barack Obama made a pitch for nearly everything under the sun: better education, "change" in Washington, improved national fuel efficiency ... More >>