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LGBTQ News Coverage Evolving 50 Years After Stonewall

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - During the 1969 series of riots that followed a police raid
   of the Stonewall Inn, the New York Daily News headlined a story that
   quickly became infamous: "Homo Nest Raided, Queen Bees are Stinging
   Mad."

   Some of the coverage of rioting outside the gay bar -- unimaginable
   today in mainstream publications for its mocking tone -- was itself a
   source of the fury that led Stonewall to become a synonym for the fight
   for gay rights.

   Fifty years later, media treatment of the LGBTQ community has changed
   and is still changing.

   "The progress has been extraordinary, with the caveat that we still
   have a lot to do," said Cathy Renna, a former executive for the media
   watchdog GLAAD who runs her own media consulting firm.

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