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No Contest
While the races for office were uncontested this year, NLGJA is set for a change in leadership as the organization marks a number of firsts.


Outgoing President Steven Petrow addresses the convention.


Incoming President Eric Hegedus, left, chats with board member Randy Dotinga.

Petrow eyes new projects
By Sarah Anderson
NLGJA Reporter Staff
Steven Petrow just wants to stay home. The NLGJA president ends his two-year term Sunday and said he feels pleased with the job he’s done. More

A year of firsts for NLGJA

Hegedus set to take reins, set goals
By Sarah Anderson
NLGJA Reporter Staff
Eric Hegedus has two things on his mind: diversity and education. The NLGJA president-elect, who takes office Sunday, said he plans to focus his first term on expanding the organization’s membership and outreach. More

Staff photos/Bryan Kills Crow


Mining census figures for gay data
By Christina Caron

NLGJA Reporter Staff
Which of these statements is true?
Houston has one of the 10 “gayest” neighborhoods in the country.
The odds of finding a black gay couple are highest in Sumter, S.C. More

Speak Out Q&A
The NLGJA Women's Networking Dinner and Men's Event are no more.
What do NLGJA members think?


Stonewall revisited
Eyewitnesses share memories

By Laurel Lundstrom
NLGJA Staff Reporter
Most people who know something about the Stonewall riots associate the public disturbances that occurred on the evening of June 27, 1969, with the funeral services of Judy Garland earlier that day. More

My View: We've come far, but there's still work to do
By Tyler Hopson
Reporter Staff
Standing in front of Stonewall the other evening, I couldn’t help but having a bit of a moment. It wasn’t a Kodak moment – that’s too touchy feely – it was more of a recognition. More

Staff photo/Bryan Kills Crow
Dick Leitsch and Jack Nichols, who wrote the first eyewitness accounts of the Stonewall riots address NLGJA on Friday.

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