Legacy Award
The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Legacy Award was created to recognize an outlet, publication or news organization that has exhibited innovative, high-quality and sustained news coverage of the LGBTQ+ community over an extended period of time. The outlets, publications or news organizations that will be recognized by the award have exemplified the association’s mission to promote and foster fair and accurate LGBTQ+ news coverage. The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Legacy Award is the association’s only award that is presented to an outlet, publication or news organization to recognize the work of its entire staff, rather than an individual.
This Year’s Recipient
The Advocate
The Advocate began in 1967 as a local newsletter distributed by Personal Rights In Defense and Education (PRIDE,) an activist group based in Los Angeles. It was sold in gay bars for 25 cents a copy. 56 years later, the outlet has grown into an internationally recognized brand. As the oldest LGBTQ+ publication still in circulation in the United States, The Advocate has had a front-row view of the cultural shifts that have shaped the LGBTQ+ community — from Stonewall and the AIDS crisis to marriage equality and the ongoing challenges facing transgender and nonbinary people.
Past Recipients
The Philadelphia Gay News
The Philadelphia Gay News is the recipient of the 2023 Legacy Award. Founded by Publisher Mark Segal in 1976, Philadelphia Gay News has been a part of Philadelphia’s thriving LGBTQ+ community for decades. As a community publication, PGN serves as a platform for the...
The Bay Area Reporter
The Bay Area Reporter, recipient of the 2022 Legacy Award, is the country’s oldest continuously published LGBTQ newspaper, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. The newspaper has long documented the queer community, from drag performances and the Imperial Court...
Windy City Times
2021 Legacy Award winner The Windy City Times was founded in 1985 to serve the diverse needs of the Chicago LGBTQ community. The outlet first began as a free print newspaper but has since grown to be a daily online platform with more than 125,000 site visitors every...
The Washington Blade
The Washington Blade is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Legacy Award. The Washington Blade was founded as “The Gay Blade” in 1969. Originally a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter, the paper was initially distributed in local D.C. bars....