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Plenary:
Out at the Altar
Teaching LGBT Coverage Issues
Career Fair & Expo
Confessions of a Former Disco Maniac
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Friday
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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.
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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
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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 |
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Staff photo/Bryan
Kills Crow
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| Dick Leitsch and Jack
Nichols, who wrote the first eyewitness accounts of the Stonewall riots
address NLGJA on Friday. |
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