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LGBTQ+ Journalism Network
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The LGBTQ+ Journalism Network is a first-of-its-kind network and community for LGBTQ+ journalists in the UK 🏳️‍🌈

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10/ 🏳️‍⚧️ Pitch now! - Deadline 16th Feb 2025, 11:59PM GMT

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Paid creative opportunities for 20 Trans+ creatives
Make official content for Trans+ History Week a week to learn and celebrate the millennia-old history of Trans+ people.
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January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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5/🎙️ Podcasters:

We're looking for pitches for 20-30 minute mini-documentary style podcast episodes in the format of the award winning QueerAF podcast series.

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We're looking for pitches for 20-30 minute mini-documentary style podcast episodes in the format of the award winning QueerAF podcast series: You'll be paid at a rate of £500, and get audio equipment you can keep for life Each commission will come with QueerAF's unique 'pitch to invoice' mentoring process You will host and produce the episode To pitch, you'll need to provide some examples of previous work, a working title for your episode, four to five bullet points about what your podcast will cover, and the 'dream' guests you'd interview - plus some backup suggestions.
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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4/🖌️ Illustrators:

We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life.

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We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life: You'll be paid at a rate of £250 You'll bring to life a history story told in an article by one of our commissioned journalists and writers. Created in your preferred style and submitted digitally if created 'offline' To pitch, you'll need to provide some examples of previous work and answer a couple of questions on what this opportunity will mean for you.
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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3/🖊️ Writers:

We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week!

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We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week: We're looking to tell history stories, but we're interested in focusing on the lessons from them. We're looking for your perspective on history, so the topic you pick will be strongest if it's based in your experiences and viewpoint. You’ll get paid £170 for your time plus you’ll benefit from a QueerAF unique communication and journalistic 'Retro' skills session To pitch send a working headline, and some bullets on what your piece will cover.
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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2/ The Details

There are paid commissions and 'equipment for life' available for:

🔵 7 Writers and journalists
⚪️ 7 Illustrators and artists
💗 6 Audio and podcast producers

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We're investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to create official content for Trans+ History Week by writing, producing audio and creating illustrations. There are paid commissions available for: 7 Writers and journalists 7 Illustrators and artists 6 Audio and podcast producers All of these opportunities are to create content - but it's not just about capturing history. Successful pitches will detail what lessons we can learn from history. A Trans+ team of community commissioners will judge all pitches, based on feedback from our already popular community survey.
January 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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LGBTQ+ journalists set to leave Facebook over ‘dangerous’ new hate speech rules
This piece was published in collaboration with the Press Gazette LGBTQ+ journalists have spoken of their dismay at Meta’s controversial changes to its Hateful Conduct policy, with some planning to …
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