It's pronounced Buh-JAY-koh. My last name that it is. Just remember it's three syllables and it will just roll off the tongue. It's a Slovak name with a Ukrainian twist, or so I was told when I was touring in Slovakia where my dad's parents are from. And yes I go by...
No one likes an argument, but according to my partner my passion for language makes me a real pain in the you-know-what. I have this horrible tendency to pick apart her examples and comb through her word choices, searching for a moment to shout—with my index finger...
I'm always bad at introductions. Even when I've written personal ads on dating websites, I never know what to say in the introduction. I'd like to think it's because I'm too complex to sum up in a paragraph, but I actually think it's likely because I'm just bad at...
Let’s get two things straight: My first name is pronounced like the bird from the baseball team the Baltimore Orioles (not like the Oreo cookie), but I spell it without an “e” at the end. My parents are from Cuba, but I was born and raised in New York City. I'm glad...
NLGJA Announces Excellence in Journalism Awards & 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees As the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association kicked off "NLGJA Goes to Washington," its 2008 National Convention & 5th Annual LGBT Media Summit, it presented...
Gail Shister is widely regarded as the first “out” reporter in mainstream news media in the United States. The groundbreaking journalist earned the distinction of being, at three separate newspapers, the news organization’s first female sportswriter. In 1974, she was...
Richard Goldstein has been writing about the intersection of politics and pop culture for more than four decades, starting by covering the 1960s rock scene for New York’s Village Voice. He became a regular contributor and, eventually, editor and executive editor....
NLGJA Announces 2007 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners & LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame Inductees The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association today announced the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards and the newest inductees to its LGBT...
At the time of Barbara Gittings’ death, she and Kay Tobin Lahusen had been together 46 years. Best known for their revolutionary work with the Daughter of Bilitis’s publication, The Ladder, the two were true pioneers of the LGBT movement. Gittings became The Ladder’s...
NLGJA Announces 2006 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners to be Honored at November 8th Chicago Ceremony The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association today announced the recipients of its Excellence in Journalism Awards, including its Journalist of the...