Washington Blade Editor, Kevin Naff. (Washington Blade file photo by Michael Key) �   Kevin Naff is the editor and a co-owner of the Washington Blade, the nation’s oldest and most acclaimed LGBT news publication, founded in 1969. Naff is an award-winning journalist, honored for six consecutive years by the Society of Professional Journalists for his editorial writing. Prior to joining the Blade in 2002, he worked in business development for the Verizon Wireless data group; helped launch the Baltimore Sun’s website in 1996; and worked as an editor and business reporter for Reuters in New York. He serves on the board of directors for several organizations, including the Maryland Corporate Council and the Pennsylvania State University LGBT Alumni group. He is a past board member of the D.C. Chapter of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association. Naff earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Penn State and a master’s certificate in public policy from the Legislative Studies Institute, a joint program of Columbia University and Georgetown. He lives in Maryland with his partner of 15 years.

Don’t believe the pro-gay hype

We’ve mostly bullied our critics into silence but that doesn’t mean homophobia is gone

May 15, 2013 | 3 Comments

GLAAD honoring all the wrong people

Cooper, Clinton undeserving of awards while others go unnoticed

April 10, 2013 | 11 Comments

Bill Clinton’s desperate bid to rewrite history

DOMA flip-flop a naked attempt to get on right side of history

March 8, 2013 | 11 Comments

Revisiting sinners of the past

From Pope Benedict to Anderson Cooper, a look at how things have changed in 10

February 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

Organize now to defeat the liar Sam Arora

Md. delegate must pay steep political price for betrayal on marriage

January 30, 2013 | 3 Comments

Hagel a disappointing choice from Obama

Why was HRC so quick to forgive former senator’s sins?

January 7, 2013 | 3 Comments

Reflecting on 10 years at the Blade

From sodomy laws to marriage equality and beyond

December 26, 2012 | Comments Off

EXCLUSIVE: Mizeur eyeing run for Md. governor

Lesbian lawmaker says she would make ‘a good chief executive’

November 14, 2012 | 3 Comments

At long last, equality in Maryland

Looking back on years of struggle in the Free State

November 7, 2012 | 2 Comments

Nothing scarier than ‘President Romney’

Obama has more than earned LGBT support for 2nd term

October 31, 2012 | 4 Comments