Tag Archives: lgbt

After 20 years, a vibrant South Asian gay community thrives in the District

After two decades of leading community gatherings, marching at pride parades and promoting gay rights, Atul Garg and Yassir Islam found themselves recounting the origins of KhushDC to a crowd of longtime supporters at its anniversary gala earlier this month. ...

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Heartland Project: Covering Nebraska’s diverse communities

The Heartland Project, a program initially designed to increase news coverage in minorities and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) communities in Nebraska, has also become a gateway of opportunities for reporters. The project launched last summer when the Asian American ...

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AAJA, NLGJA joint project to address coverage of minorities and LGBT communities in Nebraska

Minority populations can be misrepresented through the majority perspective. “Whenever there is a politician standing on the steps saying he or she is in favor of same-sex marriage,” said Jen Christensen, president of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association ...

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