Holy Homophobia!

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Title

Holy Homophobia!

Alternative Title

Holy Homophobia

Subject

Gay culture--United States

Description

A newspaper article about an issue of DC Comics' Green Lantern that would address homophobia. According to the author, the idea for addressing the issue of gay bashing—verbal or physical abuse directed at the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer/Questioning, and others) community—was inspired by the friendship that cartoonist Judd Winick (b. 1970) developed with Pedro Zamora (1972-1994), his openly gay, HIV-positive castmate on MTV's The Real World: San Francisco. This article was published in The Watermark, Central Florida's local LGBTQ+ publication.

Since 1994, The Watermark has been the cornerstone source of LGBTQ+ centered news for the Central Florida region. Founded by Tom Dyer in Orlando, the publication began generating bi-weekly issues beginning August 31, 1994. Since then, The Watermark has consistently published newspaper-style issues every other Thursday. Gaining traction, the publication expanded in 1995 to include Tampa and, in 1997, The Watermark became a permanent piece of LGBTQ+ culture when the publication initiated the first large-scale Gay Days Weekend event, the Beach Ball at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon. Before 1999, the publication printed 20,000 copies every week, distributing them to over 500 locations between its two major cities. Following 1999, the publication launched watermarkonline.com shifting to an online publication style. In 2016, Rick Claggett purchased The Watermark.

Creator

Sullivan, John E.

Source

Original newspaper article: Sullivan, John E. "Holy Homophobia!." The Watermark Colors, Vol. 9, No. 19, September 12-25, 2002, page 1: Publications Collection, GLBT History Museum of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Publisher

Date Created

ca. 2002-09-12

Date Copyrighted

2002-09-12

Date Issued

2002-09-12

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: Sullivan, John E. "Holy Homophobia!." The Watermark Colors, Vol. 9, No. 19, September 12-25, 2002, page 1.

Is Part Of

The Watermark Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Extent

389 KB

Medium

1 newspaper article

Language

eng

Type

Text

Coverage

Orlando, Florida
San Francisco, California

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by John E. Sullivan and published by Watermark Media.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Watermark Publishing Group and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Curator

Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

"About/Contact." WatermarkOnline.com, accessed July 11, 2016. http://www.watermarkonline.com/aboutcontact/.

Citation

Sullivan, John E., “Holy Homophobia!,” RICHES, accessed December 30, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7954.

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Categories

  • Categories
    • Social and Cultural
      • Demography/Population
        • GLBT Community
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      • Newspapers
    • Images
      • Photographs
      • Drawings
      • Artwork
      • Cartoons
  • Education Standards
    • American History
      • Primary and Secondary Sources
      • American Society and Culture
      • Florida History
      • Late 20th Century
    • World History
      • Primary and Secondary Sources
  • Grade Levels
    • 6-8
    • 9-12