by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2007 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Excellence in News Writing
Excellence in News First Place Presented to “There is a Gay Agenda: Winning Elections,” Kerry Eleveld, Salon.com Second Place Presented to “From John to Julia,” Steven Hepker, Jackson Citizen Patriot Third Place Presented to “A Secret...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2007 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalist of the Year
Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media First Place Presented to Ryan Lee, Southern Voice Ryan Lee of the Southern Voice newspaper has been selected by NLGJA to be honored with the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media. Named for...
by Wes Young | Jul 7, 2007 | Excellence in Journalism Awards, Journalist of the Year
Journalist of the Year The NLGJA Journalist of the Year award recognizes the outstanding professional achievements of an LGBT journalist who is a member of NLGJA. This year, NLGJA will present that honor to James Kirchick. Kirchick’s work was previously honored...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2007 | 2007 Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C. native Jack Nichols helped found a Mattachine Society chapter in the city in 1961. In 1965, the same year he founded the Society’s Florida chapter and organized the first gay rights protest at the White House, Nichols and his partner Lige Clarke began...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2007 | 2007 Hall of Fame
At the time of Barbara Gittings’ death, she and Kay Tobin Lahusen had been together 46 years. Best known for their revolutionary work with the Daughter of Bilitis’s publication, The Ladder, the two were true pioneers of the LGBT movement. Gittings became The Ladder’s...
by Bach Polakowski | May 4, 2007 | 2007 Hall of Fame
Jim Kepner began writing extensively for ONE Magazine under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms in April 1954. With assistance from others nationwide, he documented the 1950s witch hunts, exposing the police and liquor control tactics that targeted gay people and...
