# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leroy-f-aarons
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:49:20.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leroy-f-aarons"
name: "Leroy F. Aarons"
slug: "leroy-f-aarons"
description: "Leroy \"Roy\" F. Aarons was an American journalist, editor, author, playwright, founder of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA), and founding member of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. In 2005 he was inducted into the NLGJA Hall of Fame."
tagline: "American journalist, editor, author, and playwright (1933–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RoyAarons.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1933-12-08"
deathDate: "2004-11-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.42376
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0007494/"
    handle:    "nm0007494"
sources:
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    title: "ليروى آرونز"
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    title: "Leroy F. Aarons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Aarons"
    title: "Leroy Aarons"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leroy F. Aarons"
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    title: "Լերոյ Աարոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leroy F. Aarons"
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    title: "Ааронс, Лерой"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump