Introduction When is it appropriate to ask a subject to disclose their sexual orientation for a story? Is it ever? In spring 2012, a New York judge ruled it wasn’t defamatory to call someone gay, even if they were heterosexual. As more LGBTQ people come out and more...
Blazucki2012.jpgNLGJA will launch a new training series starting October 16th, 2012. This monthly webinar series will feature an expert in a subject area, providing an online skill-based presentation. The webinar will include a question and answer period for...
In a Rolling Stone interview rapper Nicki Minaj says she's not bisexual, despite her own words to the contrary: Early in her career Minaj claimed to be bisexual, but now says she just did that to get attention. "I think girls are sexy," she says. "But I'm not going to...
Washington, DC- The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced the winners of its two annual scholarship awards. Both scholarships – worth $3,000 each – are awarded each year to deserving students who are dedicated to furthering NLGJA's...
nlgja_logo.jpg2012 NLGJA Annual Scholarship Award Winners AnnouncedNLGJA Awards Seventh Annual Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship and Third Annual Kay Longcope ScholarshipWashington, DC - The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced today the...
The Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as the Associated Press stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms. It reflects the association's mission of inclusive coverage of...
The LGBT blog Queerty wrote this attention-grabbing headline in response to recent news about gonorrhea: "Super Bug: Is Gonorrhea the New AIDS?" The post by Dan Avery is the result of new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to health...
Steven_thrasher.jpg On Friday August 3rd, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association named Steven W. Thrasher NLGJA Journalist of the Year 2012. View his acceptance speech.
Blogger and writer Enrique Torre Molina recently gathered a group of professionals from various media to attend a summit of sorts on the state of LGBT media in Mexico. His assessment is a mixed bag: Mainstream media in Mexico are increasingly including LGBT content in...
2013-qr.jpgThe NLGJA National Convention & LGBT Media Summit will be August 22-25, 2013. Immediate Release: August 4, 2012 Media Contact: Bach Polakowskibach@nlgja.org, 202-588-9888 Las Vegas, NV – As the UNITY Journalists Convention draws to a close, NLGJA...