NLGJA Awards Recognize Steven W. Thrasher, Chris Geidner, Anderson Cooper and More

On Tuesday the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) announced the recipients of its 2012 Excellence in Journalism Awards. Steven W. Thrasher of the Village Voice, The New York Times, and Outwill receive NLGJA’s Journalist of the Year Award while GLAAD Media Award recipient Chris Geidner who formerly wrote for Metro Weeklywill receive the Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for Excellence in LGBT Media.