Legacy Award
The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Legacy Award was created to recognize an outlet, publication or news organization that has exhibited innovative, high-quality and sustained news coverage of the LGBTQ+ community over an extended period of time. The outlets, publications or news organizations that will be recognized by the award have exemplified the association’s mission to promote and foster fair and accurate LGBTQ+ news coverage. The NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists Legacy Award is the association’s only award that is presented to an outlet, publication or news organization to recognize the work of its entire staff, rather than an individual.
This Year’s Winner
San Francisco Bay Times
Founded in 1978, the San Francisco Bay Times was the first newspaper in California to be jointly and equally produced by LGBTQ+ women and men, and one of the first in the world to do so. Nearly 50 years later, it’s the only one of those papers still publishing, a run that earned it Legacy Business status from the City of San Francisco in 2021. The paper is taught in gender studies and LGBTQ+ history classes across SFUSD, community colleges, and universities, and it runs the 24/7 Castro Street Cam, five cameras covering Castro Street, the Castro Theatre, Harvey Milk Plaza, and Jane Warner Plaza, giving LGBTQ+ people around the world a direct line to the neighborhood. Locally, it keeps up an active events program marking Black History Month, AAPI Heritage Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, and more.
Past Award Winners
Georgia Voice
Georgia Voice is the 2025 winner of the NLGJA Legacy Award. The outlet is the media outlet of record for the LGBTQ community in Atlanta and throughout the state. With a monthly print edition and a 24/7 updated website, Georgia Voice has proven to be indispensable to...
The Advocate
The Advocate is the recipient of the 2024 NLGJA Legacy Award. The Advocate began in 1967 as a local newsletter distributed by Personal Rights In Defense and Education (PRIDE,) an activist group based in Los Angeles. It was sold in gay bars for 25 cents a copy. 56...
The Philadelphia Gay News
The Philadelphia Gay News is the recipient of the 2023 Legacy Award. Founded by Publisher Mark Segal in 1976, Philadelphia Gay News has been a part of Philadelphia’s thriving LGBTQ+ community for decades. As a community publication, PGN serves as a platform for the...
The Bay Area Reporter
The Bay Area Reporter, recipient of the 2022 Legacy Award, is the country’s oldest continuously published LGBTQ newspaper, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. The newspaper has long documented the queer community, from drag performances and the Imperial Court...
Windy City Times
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...
The Washington Blade
The Washington Blade is the recipient of the 2019 NLGJA Legacy Award. The Washington Blade was founded as “The Gay Blade” in 1969. Originally a black and white, one-sheet community newsletter, the paper was initially distributed in local D.C. bars....
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