NCLR to honor Black Lives Matter co-founders
The National Center for Lesbian Rights ( NCLR ) will honor the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, an 8-year-old transgender boy and a lesbian mother at its 2016 anniversary celebration on Saturday, May 7, in San Francisco.
Black Lives Matter co-founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Kahn-Cullors and Opal Tometi will receive the Justice Award. Garza has called Black Lives Matter "an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks' contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression."
NCLR worked closely with Ryland Whittington, an 8-year-old transgender boy who won the hearts of millions when his parents, Jeff and Hillary, shared his journey through a YouTube video. Ryland will receive the Courage Award.
Lastly, Tiara Yates and her family will receive the Courage Award. Yates ( with wife Sheena ) went through the court system to be legally recognized as one of her children's second parent.
More information about the Anniversary Celebration is at www.NCLRights.org/2016Anniversary.
WCT receives two Lisagor Award nods
The annual Chicago Headline Club journalism nominations have been announced, and Windy City Times newspaper has received two nominations for the group's annual Peter Lisagor Awards.
Gretchen Rachel Hammond is nominated in the non-daily category for Best In-Depth Reporting in a Community Newspaper, for her article, "Transgender woman release from jail after nearly 4 years without trial," about the Eisha Love case.
Hammond and Tracy Baim are also up for a jointly written editorial about the case, "Justice Delayed," in the non-daily Best Editorial Writing category.
Winners of the awards will be announced later this spring.