Date: Mon, 09 May 94 23:49:38 -0400 Eastern
From: deb.price@glib.org
 
 
Deb Price profile:
 
     Hi. I'm an openly gay journalist who writes a weekly column
in mainstream newspapers. My column, which began May 8, 1992 in
the Detroit News, is the first of its kind in mainstream
journalism. It's syndicated through Gannett and the Los Angeles
Times Syndicate and appears in such diverse communities as
Atlanta, Minneapolis, Chicago, San Jose, San Francisco, Niagara
Falls, Honolulu, Guam, Des Moines, Nashville, El Paso,
Springfield, Mo., and Muskogee, Ok.
     Often my column is off the news, such as gays in the
military or Hawaii's steps to legalize same-sex marriage. But
just as often I write about my nine-year relationship with Joyce
Murdoch. I write about our life as a couple because most of my
readers don't know anyone gay. For them, Joyce and I become the
first gay people they come to know. For my gay readers, I write
the column I always wanted to read: I wanted to be entertained,
not offended; talked to, not about; informed, not maligned;
inspired, not demoralized.
     Joyce and I are now writing a book -- to be published Spring
1995 by Doubleday -- which will include the first 18 months of
columns and the story of their impact.
     If you'd like to read my column in your town's daily
newspaper, please call me -- 301-270-1594 -- or write -- Deb
Price, The Detroit News, 1148 National Press Building;
Washington, D.C., 20045. Cheers, Deb.