Anderson Cooper was among the
journalists honored over the weekend with a National Lesbian &
Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) Excellence in Journalism Award.
Steven W. Thrasher, who writes for the
Village Voice, The New York Times and Out, was
named Journalist of the Year at the group's UNITY 2012 Convention in
Las Vegas.
BuzzFeed senior political reporter
Chris Geidner was awarded the Sarah Pettit LGBT Journalism of the
Year Award.
The recently out Cooper received the
group's Excellence in Network Television Award for a three-part
Anderson Cooper 360 special looking at the consequences of
social conservative George Rekers' experiments on young children to
alter their perceived sexuality.
(Related: On
Anderson
Cooper,
George Rekers denies blame in suicide of ex-gay therapy victim.)
Cooper sent a videotaped message
thanking the group for the honor. (The video is embedded on this
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