No. 537 • September 24, 2015 • outwordmagazine.com Annual Special Issue! Mavis Staples and Joan Osborne Team Up at Mondavi page 21 SIGLFF Pays Tribute Steve Hansen Kicks SIGLFF Returns with Three to Jerry Sloan Off Bid for Re-election Days of Queer Films page 6 page 6 page 20 COLOR COLOR COLOR LGBT Student Guide Available Outword Dear Outword Readers, SoCal’s Frontiers As you likely know, LGBTQ youth are at a much higher risk for being bullied. In fact, 86 percent of LGBTQ students have experienced at Magazine Staff least one form of harassment at school. We’ve just published an expert-driven guide for Changes Hands creating a more welcoming environment for ith five brands in the top PUBLISHER LGBTQ students, produced in part by Eugene Fred Palmer three markets – California, Patron and Dr. Deb Cohan, two experts in the Florida and New York ART DIRECTOR/PRODUCTION field of building awareness and support of the W Ron Tackitt LGBTQ community. – the digital, print and streaming A few highlights from the guide are: Common GRAPHIC DESIGN hardships faced by LGBTQ college students and video company Multimedia Ron Tackitt how to deal with them; Scholarships available for Platforms is set to become America’s LGBTQ students; Interviews with our two largest LGBT media company with EDITOR experts; and an array of external support Charles Peer resources. the purchase of Los Angeles based
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