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Jim Gladstone

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San Francisco
As seen in: Aol, LGBTQ Nation, Queerty, The San Francisco Examiner, MediaFeed.org, Bay Area Reporter, Edge Media Network, EMN Chicago IL, Baltimore Edge Media Network, Pittsburgh, PA - EDGE Media Network and
Covers:  Performing Arts, Travel (first-hand/experiential only---no press release-driven 'news'/lists), Food/Dining, Books, Pop Culture, LGBTQ+ [Stories combining more than one of these topics are ideal]
Doesn't Cover: No press release-driven 'news' or listicles; I write first-person experiential stories, critical essays/reviews, and interviews. MuckRack also displays sponsored content written w/different criteria.
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Jim Gladstone’s Biography

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Jim Gladstone is currently Senior Editor at PASSPORT Magazine where he covers travel, hospitality and books; theater critic/performing arts writer at the Bay Area Reporter; and a freelance contributor to other publications. He is the author of two books, a novel and a collection of travel games, as well as a contributor to several fiction and non-fiction anthologies.

A professional writer for over 30 years, his work has appeared in publications including The New York Times Book Review, Billboa…

Jim Gladstone’s Journalist Portfolio

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Theater and Arts Coverage - Updated weekly

Theater and Arts Coverage - Updated weekly

In over 550 articles, Jim Gladstone covers the Bay Area theater scene along with other performing arts.

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The Warm, Welcoming Islands of Tahiti

The Warm, Welcoming Islands of Tahiti

Uncover the magic of the Islands of Tahiti, where outdoor adventures and serene shores create unforgettable m…

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A Postcard From Berlin

A Postcard From Berlin

Berlin is a testament to the possibility of moving forward and learning from loss. A potent reminder that ide…

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Exploring LGBTQ Western Colorado

Exploring LGBTQ Western Colorado

Clothing-optional Orvis, Colorado is one among a surplus of local springs worth splashing around in. Instead …

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To Ubatuba!

To Ubatuba!

The impossible blue of the ocean. Brazilian boys swinging across a swimming hole...Like Tony meeting Maria I …

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Discovering LGBTQ+ Kansas City Missouri

Discovering LGBTQ+ Kansas City Missouri

With LGBTQ+ organizations, events and supportive spaces, Kansas City proudly stands as a beacon of acceptance…

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Articles

PASSPORT’s Best Books for June 2026

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By Jim Gladstone
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6 Check out PASSPORT’s selection of books from an incisive, eminently readable analysis of the relationship between gender and clothing over time and across cultures in Camille Benda’s Bending the Rules: Fashion Beyond the Binary,to a 1970s-set tale that insinuates itself in the mind, eliding sex with violence, manipulation with tenderness, and nostalgia with rue in Jean by Madeline Dunnigan.
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Gay Travel History

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By Jim Gladstone
| Passport Magazine
5 For many gay men of the baby boom generation, a Damron travel guide is a touchstone of personal history. It’s the book that led them to their first gay bar, or helped them plan their most memorable vacation, or just let them know where it was safe to be themselves.
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PASSPORT’s Best Books for Spring 2026

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By Jim Gladstone
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1 Our Spring Books bring you a welcome portrait of James Baldwin in Baldwin: A Love Story, and a full range of George Michael’s fashion sense and self-presentation in Celebrating George.
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Awards

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National Lesbian & Gay Journalists' Association Award

2023 - Excellence in Travel Writing

For "Postcard from Berlin" in PASSPORT Magazine

California Journalism Award / CNPA

2024 - Arts & Entertainment (First Place)

For theater coverage in the Bay Area Reporter

Fellowship, National Critics' Institute of the Eugene O'Neill Foundation

2023 - Arts criticism

3 week summer residency and workshops in Connecticut

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