Human Rights Campaign announces Guardians of Truth Awards

As a field of Journalism Under the second Trump Management, especially LGBTQ+ Reporters face increased risks for scrutiny, censorship, and personal, just to do their job, Human Rights Campaign Responding with a new one: Recognition.

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To coincide with White House correspondent’s Dinner Week, the HRC will announce its first Guardians of Truth Journalism Award in Washington, DC on April 24th. LGBTQ+I live in a merciless age Political attack.

The first winner is axios Chief Technology Correspondent fry, American teenagers Authors and Founders of Queer Daily News Nicolang and Pulitzer Prize-winning MSNBC Anchor Washington Post Associate Editor Jonathan Cape Hart.

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Fried will receive the Torch of Progress Award and cover the story of major nationals, recognizing the courage to go out as an LGBTQ+. Lang is recognized for the Narrative Impact Award for a long form of storytelling centered around queer and trans youth in authenticity and care. Cape Heart is awarded the Beacon of Courage for his long-standing commitment to covering politics through the lens of visibility, fairness and truth.

“These awards acknowledge journalists who have spoken the truth and demonstrated a fierce commitment to trustingly representing the LGBTQ+ community,” said HRC President Kelly Robinson. Supporters. “Their work is a testament to the power of journalism to advance social justice and equality.”

A spokesperson for the HRC said the organization created the award after hearing from journalists at lifestyle outlets across the country that are blocking LGBTQ+ coverage because they are “too political”. Robinson said the award is to push back and show up.

“In these unstable and frightening times, when both press freedom and LGBTQ+ rights face unprecedented threats, our dedication to covering issues in our community stands honestly as a beacon of progress,” she said.

For deep frying ai+ Axios’ newsletter leads national coverage of artificial intelligence. This perception has become visible after more than 20 years of navigating technological journalism as a trans woman.

“It’s certainly a difficult time to be a journalist. It’s a difficult time to be a transgender person. It’s a difficult time to be a transgender journalist,” Fried said. Supporter.

Fried food was moved with CNET in 2003 and is now the only transport reporter in the elite room, Davos, Olympic and Power corridor. But she says that vision is not merely personal, it is also structural.

“I’m a well-prepared, well-thinked journalist in my field and I’m very openly trans,” she said. “So I think the world will see it.”

Fried reports on AI policy, algorithm bias, and technical accountability, often keeping the feet of technical executives in fires on issues of fairness and ethics. However, as anti-trans rhetoric has escalated nationwide in recent years, she said she doesn’t feel that journalism is not enough.

“It was really important to me to show up in the community as one of the relatively few trans people who have a platform,” she said. “I couldn’t feel like they were alone.”

Lang’s work also emerges from places of responsibility and joy. Their 2024 book American teenagers Following eight trans and non-binary youths across the United States, they document their challenges, humor, dreams and power.

“These kids are very different from each other, and that’s what makes them special,” Lang said. “I wanted to show them they were happy, healthy and living their most authentic lives. It’s no coincidence that they were doing well. It required a lot of work, including their family and family.”

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Lang said the publishers initially wanted a single character that could stand in all trans youth. Instead, Lang asserted his personality, they primarily self-funded, often sleeping on the couch, emailed thousands of local LGBTQ+ organizations, and often moved forward to ensure that the book reached those who needed it.

“If someone has the illusion that a strange author is rich, you can look at my bank account,” they said. “I have half the money I used to start writing this book, but the most important thing is that people who need it know that it exists.”

Cape Heart’s Beacon Award of Courage arrives as they prepare to break new ground on cable news. This spring he will join Eugene Daniels and Jackie Allemary in a MSNBC renewal. weekend– The historic move to make Cape Heart and Daniels the first two black gay men make the major national news program Coanchor.

“Through my career, I have worked to show up in every aspect of my life, in every aspect of my life, as my full, authentic self. I have always given me my job to shed light on my work and the people in my community. “I am proud of the work I have done and the work I continue to do in this field. I am always in power without fear or favor.”

“There’s very little opportunity this year to show someone is paying attention to what we do. This is one of them.”