ABC Anchor Dan Kloeffler Comes Out

After reporting that Star Trek actor Zachary Quinto came out in New York magazine, ABC World News Now anchor Dan Kloeffler came out on air: To Boldly Go… – ABC News, posted with vodpod Here’s an excerpt of what he wrote on the ABC News blog about his decision: Because WNN is a show where you can [...]

Open Letter to the News Industry: National Coming Out Day

Dear Colleagues, Tuesday, October 11, 2011, is National Coming Out Day (NCOD). The National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association encourages news organizations to take the opportunity presented by this national event to chronicle the LGBT narrative to their readers. Journalists play an important role in presenting diverse communities to the general public.  This is an [...]

“Coming Out” for LGBT Youth at NYT

As I mentioned in a previous entry, The New York Times has published a special multimedia “Coming Out” section. Updates to the section are still pending, but it’s off to a good start. Here’s the opening text of the section: Bullying and suicides of gay and lesbian teenagers are in the headlines, the military’s “don’t [...]

Coming Out in Fashion & Style

“Celebrities Come Out, Without Fanfare” was the title of a recent article in The New York Times by Jeremy Peters about the “trend” of celebrities coming out without much reaction from the general public. The article focuses on the aftermath of the coming out stories this year of Latino singer Ricky Martin, “Will & Grace” [...]