In Memorium

Leroy Aarons

1933 - 2004

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NLGJA's Roy Aarons Online Memory Book www.royaarons.blogspot.com
This is a special forum for sharing memories of Roy Aarons and his profound impact on NLGJA members and the journalism industry.

Tributes to Roy from the Maynard Institute
We are collecting tributes to Roy that we will share on this Web page and with his partner and family.

 

Recent News Links and Columns


  • MIJE Mourns the Passing of Roy Aarons
    A driving force for journalistic excellence and newsroom equality     ...Through both the Maynard Institute and the National Gay and Lesbian Journalists Association, Roy Aarons fought for social justice in the newsroom....
  • Leroy Aarons San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Dec 3, 2004 Fifteen years ago, I was a closeted journalist. Then I met Leroy Aarons, the founding father of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists ...
  • Thanks for the Inconvenience By Paul Grabowicz
    A former colleague of the late Leroy Aarons explores the linkage between a demanding editor and better journalism.
  • Leroy F. Aarons, 70, Founder of Gay Journalist Group, Dies New York Times, NY - Nov 30, 2004
    ...A defining moment in Mr. Aarons's career came in 1990, when he addressed the convention of the American Society of Newspaper Editors about the results of a survey of gay men and lesbians in newsrooms that the society had commissioned, concluding that...
  • Leroy Aarons; Started Gay Journalists Group Washington Post, DC - Nov 29, 2004
    ... Leroy Aarons was born to Jewish Latvian immigrant parents and grew up in a working-class neighborhood of the Bronx, NY He majored in psychology at Brown ...
  • Gay Journalists Association Founder Dies Gay Wired, CA - Dec 1, 2004
    ... "For more than 30 years, Roy Aarons was a close and valued friend," said Cowan. "He was a brilliant, compassionate, and determined ...
  • Roy Aarons: An Appreciation Editor & Publisher (subscription), NY - Nov 30, 2004
    Roy Aarons always seemed to me a little surprised, maybe even unsure, about the enormous influence he had on the newspaper industry. ...
  • Leroy Aarons, 70, gay journalism pioneer, dies Washington Blade, DC - 8 hours ago
    ... Aarons, known to most people as “Roy,” worked as an editor and national correspondent for the Washington Post for 14 years and as the executive editor of ...
  • Founder of gay journalists' group dies NapaNet Daily News, CA - Nov 30, 2004
    ... In recent years, Aarons published a nonfiction book, "Prayers for Bobby," about a mother's grief over her gay son's suicide. "Roy was not only a great leader ...
  • "Pioneering" gay journalist dies Gay.com UK, UK - Nov 30, 2004
    ... "Roy was not only a great leader and great spokesman for gays and lesbians ... Aarons served as a national correspondent and editor at the Washington Post for 14 ...