Monica Roberts, shown here at a rally outside the Texas Capitol, died unexpectedly last year at the age of 58. Today the NABJ announced a scholarship named in her honor. (Tammye Nash/Dallas Voice) The National Association of Black Journalists’ LGBTQ+ Task Force today (Wednesday, March 31) announced a new scholarship named after transgender journalist and advocate Monica Roberts of Houston, who passed away unexpectedly last year at the age of 58.
The announcement came on Transgender Day of Visibility. The Monica Roberts LGBTQ+ Task Force Scholarship is a newly established fund to support Black LGBTQ+ students studying journalism, mass communications, or otherwise interested in reporting and storytelling, according to a statement from the