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...
Awards
David Plazas
David Plazas is the recipient of the 2021 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. Plazas is the Opinion and Engagement Director for the USA TODAY Network in Tennessee and for the Tennessean. He has written award-winning editorials and columns on...
Jane Coaston
Journalist Jane Coaston is the recipient of the 2022 NLGJA Jeanne Córdova Award. Coaston is the host of The New York Times podcast "The Argument." Previously, she was the senior politics reporter at Vox, with a focus on conservatism and the G.O.P. Her work has...
Tamron Hall
Award-winning journalist and talk show host Tamron Hall is the 2022 recipient of the Randy Shilts Award for LGBTQ Coverage. An accomplished and award-winning journalist, Tamron Hall hosts the nationally syndicated daytime talk show, “Tamron Hall.” In addition, Hall...
Errin Haines
Errin Haines is the recipient of the 2022 NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists Leadership Award. Haines is editor at large and a co-founding member of The 19th, a nonprofit, independent newsroom focused on the intersection of gender, politics and policy. She is...
Tre’vell Anderson
Tre'vell Anderson is the recipient of the 2021 Lisa Ben Award for Achievement in Features Coverage. Anderson is the Editor-At-Large for Tornoto’s Xtra Magazine and co-host of two podcasts, “What A Day'' and “FANTI.” Before joining Xtra Magazine, Anderson served as the...
Excellence in Nonbinary and Gender Nonconforming Coverage
This category recognizes outstanding one-time or ongoing coverage of nonbinary and/or gender nonconforming issues. Submission must follow the appropriate entry format rules as described above for writing, TV, radio, digital and photojournalism.
Cyd Zeigler
Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler founded Outspots.com in 1999. At first, the blog primarily covered the N.F.L., but soon became a hub for sports news related to LGBTQ people. Since its founding, Outsports has reported on countless coming out stories, milestones and...
Linda Villarosa
Linda Villarosa is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, where she covers race, inequality and health. For several years, she edited the health pages for The New York Times, working on health coverage for Science Times and for the newspaper at large....
Jim Buzinski
Jim Buzinski and Cyd Zeigler founded Outspots.com in 1999. At first, the blog primarily covered the N.F.L., but soon became a hub for sports news related to LGBTQ people. Since its founding, Outsports has reported on countless coming out stories, milestones and...
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