Online Publications
The Gully online magazine and The Gully en español are unique forums for the
global lgbt community. Our mission: to offer queer views on everything from
the Iraq war and human rights in Guatemala to same-sex marriage and World
Cup soccer.
Topics often directly reflect the needs of international lgbt activists. An email from African Ancestral Lesbians United For Social Change, led to Erasing Sakia about the murder of a young black lesbian in Newark, New Jersey, and the indifference of the black political establishment there.
The Gully and The Gully en español average 30 thousand readers from over a hundred countries every month. All content is free to anyone, gay or straight, with an Internet connection, and is available as a permanent resource.
Our magazines are especially valuable for those who live with social, political or cultural censorship or repression — almost all of us. In the month in which The Gully published Saudis Execute Gay Men, 694 hits came from Saudi Arabia. The Gully en español is one of the few sources of lgbt news, culture and thought in Spanish.
Skill-sharing, Workshops, Internships
In November 2002, Homocom offered its first online Internet Journalism Workshop for lgbt youth, "Out for the Truth." In this free annual workshop in English and Spanish, young lgbt writers learned basic skills while working with a real publication, The Gully online magazine.
These skills can be applied in traditional journalism, as well as activism, and in documenting our communities. In 2003, we had our first participant in The Gully Internship Program, mentoring a young Russian lesbian in Internet journalism at The Gully.
Already in 2004, we've produced, "Recursos de periodismo" an entire page of journalism resources in Spanish.
Preserving Queer History
In collaboration with The Gully, Homocom has begun the oral history project, "In Our Own Words," which offers snapshots of the lives of ordinary lgbt people: activists, students, secretaries, farmers, dishwashers, and restauranteurs, lesbian moms, and gay youth. We include immigrants and homebodies, people that are out, and those somewhat in the closet.
Interviewers work with a basic list of questions, adding their own touches as they see fit. The results are published in The Gully or archived at www.homocom.org.
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