by Maya Blackmun | Jun 1, 2015 | Index Page Top, News, Toolkit
Many newsrooms have questions about how to cover people who are or may be transgender. NLGJA is here to help you ensure your coverage is not only fair, but accurate.
by Bach Polakowski | Feb 10, 2014 | Guest Contributor
By Sharif Durhams (Treasurer, NLGJA) Missouri defensive end Michael Sam’s announcement Sunday that he’s gay will make him the first openly gay participant in the NFL draft, a development that’s likely to be the topic of news and sports media...
by Bach Polakowski | Dec 30, 2013 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Robin Roberts, the co-host of Good Morning America on ABC, thanked her longtime girlfriend Amber Laign in a Facebook post on Sunday, December 29: At this moment I am at peace and filled with joy and gratitude. I am grateful to God, my doctors and nurses for my...
by Bach Polakowski | Mar 27, 2013 | Guest Contributor, lgbt
By Matthew E. Berger (NLGJA board member and vice president of Dezenhall Resources, a crisis communications firm in Washington, D.C.) It’s been a pretty big week so far for LGBT news, with the much anticipated two days of hearings before the U.S. Supreme Court on...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 9, 2012 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Almost at the end of an October 5th New York Times article on the wedding of openly gay MSNBC anchor Thom Roberts was a hidden gem: Among the 170 or so guests at the reception was Sam Champion, the weather anchor at ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He took a turn on the...
