By Alex Liu NLGJA Insight High school junior Benji Delgadillo will begin this school year differently than in years past — he’s coming out. The 16-year-old (shown at far left), who identifies as gender queer, will now relate to his classmates at San Juan Hills High as a male. And while he
MoreBy Karen Hawkins NLGJA InSight Mentor From the gay media summit to the Golden Gate Bridge, the 12 participants in this year's student project had the NLGJA's 20th anniversary convention -- and San Francisco -- covered. With the help of professional media mentors, students got to try their hands
MoreBy Fenit Nirappil NLGJA InSight On Thursday morning, Unite Here! Local 2, a local union, held an informational picket outside the Hyatt Hotel during the LGBT media summit. They appealed directly to members attending the conference to boycott the Hyatt Hotel and move the convention elsewhere.
MoreBy Chance Seales NLGJA Insight Everyone knows about San Fran's famous nightlife. But with gorgeous views and perfect weather, some residents prefer the city's early mornings to late nights.
MoreBy Lauren Sieben NLGJA InSight As news stations nationwide begin to merge the roles of camera person, reporter and editor, KRON-TV 4 in San Francisco has been honing the art of one-man-band journalism since 2005. KRON was one of the first large market stations to transition to video journalism in 2005. Each video journalist, or [...]
09.7.10 | Video | NLGJAInSight
This was the second time the Presbyterian Church USA tried Rev. Jane Spahr for marrying same-sex couples. But Rev. Janie Spahr, a longtime minister, wasn’t worried. “They can’t take away my faith,” Spahr said. “They can’t take away who I am as a lesbian woman, who loves God and loves people.”
09.4.10 | LGBT Issues, San Francisco, Video | admin
The 16-year-old (shown at far left), who identifies as gender queer, will now relate to his classmates at San Juan Hills High as a male. And while he lives in a conservative southern California town in Orange County, he’s looking forward to the school year.
09.4.10 | Featured, LGBT Issues, San Francisco | admin
After Helen Carroll and Marcus Valera came out in the early 1980s, their athletic successes multiplied.
Carroll, a former head women’s basketball coach at University of North Carolina-Asheville, took advantage of the edge she gained as an out coach by targeting recruits who had been turned away from other programs.
09.4.10 | LGBT Issues | admin
While blood donation is vital, there are some people who are discouraged. Specifically, men who have had even one sexual encounter with another man since 1977 are banned from giving blood.
09.4.10 | LGBT Issues | NLGJAInSight
Welcome to a practice of the San Francisco Track and Field Club, a group of gay and lesbian athletes formed in 1982. However, it’s more than just a group of athletes. Find out why.
09.3.10 | San Francisco, Slideshow, Video | NLGJAInSight
About 30 protesters assembled in front of NLGJA’s convention hotel, the Hyatt Regency, in downtown San Francisco.
09.3.10 | Audio, NLGJA | NLGJAInSight
Nine Arizona State University students came to the 2010 National Lesbian and Gay Journalist Association convention representing the first college branch of the organization.
09.3.10 | Convention, NLGJA | NLGJAInSight
J.B. and H.B., whose names were withheld in the public record, were one of the first same-sex couples to marry in Massachusetts in 2006. But like half of opposite-sex marriages, their marriage ended. They separated in 2008, only a few months after moving to Texas. Divorcing, though, proved tougher than marrying.
09.3.10 | LGBT Issues, San Francisco | admin
The first thing that strikes me about the NLGJA is its exclusionary title. Where’s the “B”? The “T”?, Carly Schleider asks.