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The 2025 NLGJA LGBTQ+ Student Conference is a place for students to connect with your peers, learn from industry professionals, score an internship, meet with recruiters from top news organizations and more!

Taking place virtually from March 7-8, 2025, the fifth annual virtual Student Conference from NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists will explore the intersections of the news industry and LGBTQ+ identities.

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Covering Transgender, Nonbinary and Gender-Nonconforming Communities
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EST
Virtual
The past several years have seen escalating - and devastating - attacks on transgender, gender nonconforming and nonbinary communities. These communities are finding themselves more visible than ever, but the increase in media attention often gets the facts and framing wrong. Learn more from experts about the kinds of questions you should be asking about your coverage: What stories really matter? How can you catch bias in your own sourcing, and yourself? How do you explain data that’s limited or contested? And how can you catch oversights and spotty news judgment when you’re working on a deadline?
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avatar for Tat Bellamy-Walker (They/Them)

Tat Bellamy-Walker (They/Them)

Journalist and Program Manager, Digital Safety Training and Resources (Media), PEN America
Tat Bellamy-Walker is the Program Manager of Digital Safety Training and Resources (Media) at PEN America. Previously, Bellamy-Walker was a communities reporter at The Seattle Times and a newsroom equity team committee member. Bellamy-Walker is program co-director of the Trans Journalists... Read More →
avatar for Lily Freeman (She/Her)

Lily Freeman (She/Her)

GenderCool Champion, GenderCool
Lily (she/her) is 18 years old and an accomplished artist and advocate. Whether painting, sketching, crocheting, or sewing, Lily loves to do anything that brings out her creativity. With a passion for style, design, and collaboration, she hopes to enter the field of fashion design... Read More →
avatar for Joseph Darius Jaafari (He/Him)

Joseph Darius Jaafari (He/Him)

Editor in Chief, Founder, LOOKOUT
Joseph Darius Jaafari is the founder and editor in chief of LOOKOUT, the Southwest's only LGBTQ+ news outlet focused exclusively on accountability journalism. He's lead the newsroom from a small newsletter to an award-winning news outlet in less than two years, including Best LGBTQ... Read More →
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EST
Virtual
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