Established in 2005 as part of NLGJA’s 15th anniversary celebration, the LGBT Journalists Hall of Fame was launched to honor LGBT journalists who have shown courage and resolve by telling the truth, including their own personal truths, whatever the cost and whatever...
Whoever said that young people don't have a sense of true journalism hasn't met Rachel Krantz. A member of Youth Radio, the young reporter has published Investigation: Sailor's Abuse Kept Silent in Navy Canine Unit. A Youth Radio investigation has found that between...
. . . and who can blame him. The longtime activist skilled in digging up evidence that conservative politicians are secretly--or not secretly--gay has "outed" another Republican politician as gay, South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer. But almost no one in...
For the September 2009 issue of POZ, I wrote an article titled "Lost in Translation" discussing media coverage of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community. I took to task the mainstream media and the Latino media. They ignore the problem completely or provide too little or...
In a blog post published yesterday, Chicago Tribune religion reporter, Manya Brachear asks, "Should clergy cross the border to marry gay congregants?" Apparently nine lesbian couples traveled with their Unitarian Universalist ministers from Minnesota to Iowa, so that...
A weekend of reading and thinking about the Washington Post's story on Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage has made me rethink--or enhance, depending on your take--my main criticism of the story from a journalistic perspective. I still think the tone...
At last year's NLGJA conference, I moderated a panel that included former Log Cabin Republican president Patrick Sammon where we discussed the "Gay Republicans in the Mist" story. It's the kind of reporting that treats gay Republicans as odd specimens in the jungle...
The August issue of Press Pass Q, a monthly newsletter about LGBT media issues, features two stories about the upcoming NLGJA Convention in Montreal set to take place September 10 - 13. Reporter Chuck Colbert, who will be moderating a panel during the LGBT Media...
NLGJA has selected eight undergraduate and graduate journalism students to participate in a weeklong, intensive journalism education program in Montreal, Canada, this September. NLGJA's Student Project is held in conjunction with the 2009 National Convention & 6th...
I have a friend who always posts the most interesting stuff on his Facebook page. Recently, he highlighted a National Public Radio segment on "Tell Me More" where a gay man set out some rules for his female friends because he was feeling like an accessory. The rules,...