by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2005 | 2006 Hall of Fame
Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin founded The Ladder, a legendary publication that, according to historian John D’Emilio, “offered American lesbians, for the first time in history, the opportunity to speak with their own voices.” The two journalists, who also were —...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2005 | 2005 Hall of Fame
By the time a 56-year-old Leroy Aarons outed himself in an emotional address at the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) conference in 1990, he’d already had a remarkable journalism career as a longtime Washington Post scribe, co-founder of the Maynard...