by Bach Polakowski | Oct 27, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
Economist and conservative commentator Thomas Sowell should know better. He asserts the reason the media is paying so much attention to bullying of LGBT youth is because of the influence of LGBT journalists in the newsroom–all members of NLGJA,...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 6, 2011 | NLGJA Updates
Dear Colleagues, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association encourages news organizations to take the opportunity presented by this national event to chronicle the LGBT narrative to their...
by Bach Polakowski | Oct 2, 2011 | Michael R. Triplett
I didn’t know Leroy Aarons, credited with being the founding father of NLGJA. He died shortly after I attended my first convention in New York and I never had the chance to meet him. Yet, in the midst of the discussion over whether NLGJA should accept an...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 19, 2011 | NLGJA
Historic news from NLGJA and UNITY this morning. The NLGJA board has unanimously voted to accept an invitation to join UNITY as a full member. We will be joining our colleagues at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 16, 2011 | Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr.
Bil Browning, the editor-in-chief and founder of The Bilerico Project, a popular LGBT blog, has joined the NLGJA board of directors. At Bilerico, Bil explains his decision: I’ve had strong words for NLGJA in the past for ignoring the blogosphere. Citizen...
