� � Phil Reese is the Manager of Digital Initiatives and web editor at the Washington Blade. Before coming to the Blade in 2011, Reese contributed to a number of both web and print publications around the nation, and co-hosted the only weekly LGBT politics roundtable show, Same Sex Sunday, which was available for download via podcast. Reese received his Masters of Library and Information Science for the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and his Bachelor's degree in English and Communication from Central Michigan University. He is a Detroit native, and has been following stories related to leaders of the LGBT community and its advocacy organizations for over 10 years. Google

Lambda Legal launches LGBT rights app

'...we know that LGBTQ youth in crisis... need to be able to access information about their rights.'

October 29, 2012 | 2 Comments

Media outlets go purple for ‘Spirit Day’

Washington Blade among thousands of sports teams, media companies and celebrities going purple to raise awareness about bullying

October 19, 2012 | Comments Off

The Fix | Oct. 16: Masked men attack Moscow gay bar, Ann Coulter attacks coming out

Lesbian WNBA star Seimone Augustus gets engaged, Christian conservative goes undercover as gay, gay marriage news and more

October 16, 2012 | Comments Off

Marriage vote still in play in Minnesota

Results of a recent poll placed opposition to the proposition ahead of support for the first time

October 15, 2012 | 1 Comment

OraSure stocks up on release of home HIV test

Creator of rapid HIV testing kit saw its stock jump Wednesday morning after a home version of the 30-minute oral test hit store shelves

October 15, 2012 | 4 Comments

Boehner campaigns for gay Mass. candidate

Fundraising and campaigning for that state’s former Senate Republican leader, Richard Tisei, who is openly gay

October 15, 2012 | Comments Off

Julian Bond records pro-marriage ad in Md.

Former chair and current Chairman Emeritus of the NAACP has taken to the airwaves with his support of a law extending marriage rights to same-sex couples

October 15, 2012 | 1 Comment

Family believes arson death may be hate crime

Police believe foul play was involved in the fire and death of openly gay Indianapolis man

October 10, 2012 | 2 Comments

GetEqual protests installation of anti-gay Calif. bishop

Cleric played central role in passage of California’s infamous anti-gay ballot initiative, Proposition 8

October 10, 2012 | 1 Comment

The Fix | Oct. 10: angry (gay) celebrity exes, marriage politics flipped, & Madonna

Beer gets behind gay marriage in Wash., Lindsay Lohan is in the Canyons, new gay networks, UK marriage hubub, and more!

October 10, 2012 | Comments Off