LZ Granderson
From QueerBio.com
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1972 -
Occupation
Journalist
Description
Sportswriter and columnist with the Los Angeles Times newspaper. Sports Commentator for CNN and ESPN; senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine, and ESPN.com . The 2009 winner of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation award for online journalism, and nominated for the award again in 2010. He is also a 2008 and 2010 honoree of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association for column writing, and a member of the Advisory Board for 'You Can Play', a campaign dedicated to fighting homophobia in sports.
Further Reading/Research
- https://www.queerty.com/unsung-heroes-lz-granderson-is-breaking-barriers-for-black-gay-men-in-journalism-20160224
- http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-lz-granderson.html
- https://www.ted.com/talks/lz_granderson_the_myth_of_the_gay_agenda?language=en
- https://www.outsports.com/2019/1/8/18174606/lz-granderson-la-times-sports
- https://www.advocate.com/exclusives/2019/8/25/black-gay-sports-journalist-renaissance-man
