The National LGBT Media Association took a principled stand this month when it announced that it would not meet in Georgia due to the state having recently passed a hideous voter suppression law.
The group is the nation's largest queer media association, composed of 11 legacy publications, including the Bay Area Reporter.
The group had planned to meet in the state later this year. "We in the LGBT community built a movement fighting for equality, and we stand with those who fight this 'Jim Crow, Part 2' legislation in order to make their voice heard and their vote count," the association stated in an April 9 news release. "Too many people in power wish to keep marginalized communities invisible and without proper representation in