by Bach Polakowski | Jul 31, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
eij-logo_0.jpg Media Contact: Bach Polakowski, bach@nlgja.org or 202-588-9888Washington, D.C. – Today the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announces the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards and salutes their...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 29, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By James Miller (Media Critic, WFPL) In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, most people had no idea how AIDS was transmitted. Even as late as 1999, many people believed that they could get AIDS from public toilets or sharing drinking glasses with an HIV-positive...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 3, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo_7.jpg Candidates sought for positions in NLGJA chapter leadershipNominations are now being accepted for chapter officer positions in Arizona, Boston, Central Florida, Chicago, Georgia, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Northern California,...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 3, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
nlgja_logo.jpg Candidates Sought for Positions on NLGJA Board & Executive CommitteeNominations Deadline: July 26, 2013Nominations are now being accepted for four national at-large Board of Director positions and three Executive Committee positions (Vice President...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
nlgja_logo_7.jpg NLGJA is able to provide assistance in the form of free full or partial convention registration at early bird rates on a limited basis. Unfortunately NLGJA cannot provide assistance to all who request help.NLGJA members interested in getting...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 27, 2013 | Guest Contributor
This was a banner week for the LGBTQ community, with the Supreme Court’s rulings on Proposition 8 (no standing for an appeal, sent back to the lower court, which means the lower-court decision overturning Prop. 8 holds) and the Defense of Marriage Act (section 3,...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 26, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
enhanced-buzz-5459-1372265274-4.jpg More than 50 NLGJA members and past members have been on the front lines writing about the two U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with same-sex marriage: United States v. Windsor (holding that the Defense of Marriage Act is...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 20, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
1. Museum of Fine Arts465 Huntington Ave, Avenue of the Arts Boston, MA 02115Boston's oldest, largest and best-known art institution, the MFA houses one of the world's most comprehensive art collections and is renowned for its Impressionist...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 19, 2013 | News, Uncategorized
abramson.jpg The New York Times Executive Editor, Jill Abramson, will bring her decades of experience in journalism and leadership to the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association convention in August in Boston.Abramson serves in the highest-ranking position...
by Bach Polakowski | Jun 14, 2013 | Guest Contributor
By Michael Tune (NLGJA executive director) I am all over the place in my passions. I can get so excited about golf, then cars, then religion, then “The Great Gatsby.” My husband and I joke about my “flavor of the month,” a trend that actually runs in some of my...
