SEBASTOPOL, Calif. -- Leroy F. Aarons, a former nationalcorrespondent for the Washington Post and executive editor of theOakland Tribune who founded the National Lesbian and Gay JournalistsAssociation, has died. He was 70.
Mr. Aarons died Sunday after a yearlong battle with bladdercancer, according to his friend Charles Kaiser, a founder and formerpresident of the association's New York chapter.
As a founding member of both the Maynard Institute for JournalismEducation in the 1970s and then the NLGJA in 1990, Mr. Aarons was atthe forefront of efforts nationwide to combat ethnic and sexualdiscrimination in journalism.
"His commitment to gay issues helped raise …
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