by Bach Polakowski | Nov 29, 2009 | NLGJA Updates
Today brought the sad news that Los Angeles Times sports columnist Mike Penner–who spoke at NLGJA’s 2007 Convention as Christine Daniels–was found dead today of an apparent suicide. Here’s a brief statement from NLGJA’s president David...
by NLGJA | Nov 20, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett, News, Toolkit
As we’ve discovered over and over again at this blog, telling the story of transgender people seems to be especially tricky for reasons that are both complicated and fairly simple. So it’s worth pointing to examples when the story of transgender people is...
by Bach Polakowski | Sep 24, 2009 | NLGJA Updates
One of the goals of NLGJA is to encourage fair and accurate coverage of LGBT issues. When concerns are raised–both big and small–the Rapid Response Task Force (RRTF) will often respond with suggestions that would improve coverage. The goal is not to be...
by Bach Polakowski | Aug 19, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
It appears James Taranto and the folks at the Wall Street Journal opinion page didn’t find our stylebook very helpful after yesterday’s post, so it’s time to lend a hand. The confusion is over how can you have an LGBT couple, as Pres. Obama referred...
by Bach Polakowski | Jul 9, 2009 | Michael R. Triplett
Journalists have difficult jobs. They are often asked to deal with complicated issues and unfamiliar questions. Such is the challenge for reporters in Albuquerque, N.M., covering a string of murders involving transgender Native Americans where two of the victims were...
