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New NLGJA Members Only Site

nlgja_logo.jpg The NLGJA Members Only Site has changed. You may now update and manage your membership and information through members.nlgja.org.NLGJA shifted to this new Association Management System to provide additional features to our members and to improve the...

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Joseph Beam

Born: 1954 Died: 1988 "The bottom line is this: We are black men who are proudly gay. What we offer is our lives, our loves, our visions ... We are coming home with our heads held up high." -Joseph Beam Joseph Beam is an official honoree today for LGBT History Month...

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UNITY Elects David Steinberg as President

Statement from UNITY: McLEAN, Va. — UNITY: Journalists for Diversity is pleased to announce the election of David Steinberg as its president. “I appreciate the support of the UNITY board and plan to announce, as early as next week, specific proposals to reform UNITY...

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NLGJA Congratulates The Washington Blade

Blade_logo_thumb-183x183.jpg The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) congratulates The Washington Blade on its invitation to join the White House print press pool. While this is not the first time LGBT journalists have served in the press pool,...

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A Message From The NLGJA-NorCal Presidents

Even if you didn’t go to the national NLGJA convention, if you’ve been reading Poynter this week you are aware that NLGJA national accepted $10,000 from Stolichnaya vodka for a networking mixer called Night Out Boston. This news was originally reported by Student...

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Boston: Uncommon | Convention Registration

NLGJA 2013 Convention Registration is located in the Georgian Coat Check. Registration Open:Wednesday 2:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday 8:00am - 5:30pm Friday 8:00am - 6:00pm Saturday 8:00am - 3:30pm  Sponsored by: 

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2013 Board of Directors Election

nlgja_logo.jpg Dear NLGJA Members, It's NLGJA election time, and we need your vote to help decide who will serve on the NLGJA Board of Directors.All NLGJA members are eligible to vote in national advisory elections. Membership dues must be paid and...

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NLGJA Encourages Fair Coverage of Olympics

nlgja_logo.jpg NLGJA shared the following with the NBC Olympic news team.I am writing you today on behalf of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) regarding concerns we have about coverage of the upcoming Olympic Games. NLGJA and NBC have a...

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