Farewell to pioneering gay journalist Roy Aarons
We'll miss Leroy "Roy" Aarons, founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. He died of heart failure over the weekend after a long battle with cancer. He was 70 years old and lived in Northern California. We like this photo because it shows the piercing gaze that anyone who knew him, knew him by. A veteran of the Washington Post and the Oakland Tribune, Aarons founded the NLGJA and came out in 1990 after conducting the first-ever survey of lesbian and gay journalists at U.S. newspapers. Aarons is survived by his partner of 24 years, Josh Boneh. Thanks for everything, Roy.
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