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• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS KEV MAXEN BE FIRST PROFSNAL MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• HI, GAY! - CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND CREATED BY AND FOR THE LGBTQ+ MUNY AIMS TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD 'GAY', LNCH WH FOUR INIC FLAVORS
• 'PASSAG' DIRECTOR NOUNC 'DANGERO' NC-17 RATG ON A FILM PICTG A GAY LOVE STORY
• TOWLEROAD GAY NEWS
• GAY AND LGBT+ LOGOS
• GAY FURRY HACKERS ARE TARGETG US STAT FOR PASSG ANTI-TRANS LEGISLATN
• JAGUARS’ KEV MAXEN IS FIRST MALE ACH TO E OUT AS GAY US MEN’S PRO SPORTS
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• WASHGTON BLA: LGBTQ NEWS, POLICS, LGBTQ RIGHTS, GAY NEWS
• GAY NEWSMEN: A CLEARER PICTURE: PART {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KARMAN KREGLOEMAY 20, 2007/8:34 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEMAY 20, 2007 / 8:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY NEWSMEN: A CLEARER PICTURE: PART II","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-05-21T00:34:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-05-21T00:34:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG OPEN AND HONT ABOUT WHO I AM IS PART OF WHO I AM. IT REFLECTS THE WORK THAT I TRY TO DO, WHICH TRI TO LOOK AT THE WAY THE WORLD REALLY IS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT IS HOW ABC NEWS RRPONNT JEFEY KOFMAN EXPLAED TO HIS CHOICE TO BE AN OUT GAY JOURNALIST. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS TWO-PART SERI, WE SPOKE WH GAY TELEVISN JOURNALISTS; NEWS RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS OM ACROSS THE UNTRY WHO, LIKE KOFMAN, NNECTED A JOURNALIST'S RPONSIBILY TO REVEAL THE WORLD AS IS WH THEIR OWN PERSONAL CISN TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, PART II, WE BROAN THAT NVERSATN TO CLU WORK NEWS EXECUTIV--BOTH STRAIGHT AND GAY--ALONG WH THE REPORTERS, EXPLORG WHAT BEG "OUT" MEANS A PROFSN THAT PENDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND TTH. WHY ARE SOME GAY ON-MERA JOURNALISTS STILL UNABLE TO E OUT? IS THERE A DISTCTN BETWEEN BEG OUT THE NEWSROOM, AND BEG OUT TO THE PUBLIC? AND WHAT DO CHOIC THAT GAY JOURNALISTS MAKE ABOUT BEG OUT SAY ABOUT THE LARGER IMPACT A MORE PLETE IMAGE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE MIGHT HAVE FOR THE GAY MUNY, AND FOR SOCIETY AT LARGE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MORE HONT I AM, THE MORE HONT MY STORI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN WHY DO SHE BELIEVE SO MANY GAY ON-MERA JOURNALISTS AREN'T FORTHG ON THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN? WALLACE SAID THOSE CHOIC ARE PERSONAL AND DIVIDUAL AND PROBABLY STEM OM "A VARIETY OF REASONS." SHE ALSO POTED OUT THAT "THE OTHER THG ABOUT JOURNALISM IS THAT THERE IS A NATURAL TENNCY TO NOT BE THE STORY YOURSELF. … I DON'T THK 'S RIGHT TO LIE. BUT I DO STILL BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A PRIVATE LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN IS POTED OUT TO WALLACE THAT SHE REVEALED SHE IS STRAIGHT WH THE FIRST THREE SENTENC OF OUR NVERSATN WHOUT BEG ASKED — AND WHOUT REVEALG ANYTHG ABOUT HER PRIVATE LIFE — SHE ACKNOWLEDGED, "I TOTALLY GET YOUR POT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE N SEE THE CISN TO BE OUT AS PART OF JOURNALISTIC TEGRY: "I JT KD OF BELIEVE BEG OPEN AND HONT GENERAL, BEE AS JOURNALISTS I THK YOU WANT TO HAVE A TRANSPARENCY WH THE DIENCE." BUT WALLACE ADD, "I HAVE TO TELL YOU I ALSO PLETELY BELIEVE 'S PEOPLE'S CHOICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ASKED IF BEG OUT IS LKED ANY WAY TO RPONSIBILY OR TRANSPARENCY FOR A JOURNALIST, SCHNEIR SAID FLATLY, "I DO NOT. … I DON'T DRAW THAT NNECTN." HIS ABC REPORTERS SPEAKG HERE, HOWEVER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABC'S KOFMAN EXPLAED THAT HIS CISN TO BE ANK TERVIEWS ABOUT BEG GAY STEMS DIRECTLY OM THE FACT THAT AS JOURNALISTS "WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME ASKG PEOPLE TO BE HONT AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WH ," AND HE FEELS A RPONSIBILY TO DO THE SAME. ABC NEWS' MIGUEL MARQUEZ TOLD THAT "OF URSE" BEG HONT ABOUT SEXUALY IS PART OF A REPORTER'S LARGER MMENT TO THE TTH, AND ADD, "THE MORE HONT I AM, THE MORE HONT MY STORI ARE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHNEIR, HOWEVER, FEELS "THAT THE IMPORTANT TT IS IF THERE'S ANY HYPOCRISY THAT EXISTS. IF SOMEBODY IS ACTIVELY DOG OR SAYG SOMETHG THAT BELI SOME ACTUAL TTH ABOUT THEMSELV, I THK THAT THAT'S HARMFUL AND SAD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET CBS RRPONNT MANUEL GALLEG POTED DIRECTLY TO AVOIDG HYPOCRISY AS THE REASON HE GAVE HIS G-OUT TERVIEW FOR THIS SERI OF ARTICL. AND MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS WHO SPOKE TO FELT THAT A BS THAT IS ALL ABOUT "TTH AND HONTY," WAS DISGENUO FOR THEM TO NCEAL THEIR OWN SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHAT UNY IS ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON HAS A WONRFULLY PASSNATE RPONSE WHEN TO WHY GAY ON-MERA LLEAGU SEEM UNWILLG TO E OUT TO MASTREAM AMERI. "I'M NOT GAY … BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY GAY PEOPLE 'S A TREMENDO THG TO E TO GRIPS WH THE FACT YOU ARE GAY, AND THEN TO E OUT TO IENDS AND FAY, AND THEN MAYBE AT THE WORKPLACE," EXPLAED MASON. "SO TO TAKE TO THE NEXT STEP [WH THE PUBLIC] IS HUGE. AND I N'T EVEN PRUME TO TALK ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON, WHO SAID SHE HAS SEEN PROFOUND CHANG THE 40-PL YEARS SHE HAS WORKED AT CBS, IS A TRAILBLAZER HERSELF. IN FACT, SAID MASON, "I'VE BEEN THE FIRST WOMAN ON EVERY JOB I'VE HAD [AT CBS]." THAT CLUS BEG THE FIRST WOMAN PRODUCER ON THE CBS EVENG NEWS, THE FIRST FEMALE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF CBS SUNDAY MORNG, AND THE FIRST FEMALE SENR VICE PRINT OF CBS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON SAID HER PRENCE CHANGED THGS FOR WOMEN WH NEWSROOMS — "OPENED THEIR EY" — AND THAT WOMEN ON THE AIR CHANGED SOCIETY AT LARGE. SHE ADMTED WASN'T ALWAYS EASY. SHE AND OTHER WOMEN, LIKE RACIAL MORI, HAVEN'T HAD THE OPTN OF NCEALG WHO THEY ARE TO ANYONE. "THE THG IS WE ALL LOOK DIFFERENT," SHE SAID. "GAYS DON'T LOOK DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S OF URSE THE DIFFERENTIATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS MASON GIVG GAY PEOPLE A BREAK SHE DIDN'T HAVE? IF WOMEN AND RACIAL MORI HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FACE POSSIBLE DISCRIMATN, DO GAYS HAVE A RPONSIBILY TO LK ARMS WH THEM AND FACE DOWN BIGOTRY ALL S FORMS BY BEG HONT? MASON RPOND: "THAT'S WHAT UNY IS ALL ABOUT, I THK. I THK AN IAL WORLD, Y. Y. BUT I'M NOT GOG TO MAKE JUDGMENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE PROUD, AND WE ARE WHO WE ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MANY ON AND OFF THE RERD NVERSATNS FOR THIS ARTICLE, BEME CLEAR THAT THERE IS A DISTCTN BETWEEN BEG OUT WH THE NEWS ANIZATNS, AND BEG OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND FOR JOURNALISTS, BEG OUT WH NATNAL NEWS ANIZATNS IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE FIVE MAJOR TELEVISN NEWS ANIZATNS (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX NEWS CHANNEL AND CNN) ROUTELY REC AT NATNAL LBIAN AND GAY JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATN (NLGJA) EVENTS, AND ALL FIVE ANIZATNS HAVE SAME-SEX DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, A MAJORY OF THE HIGH-PROFILE NATNAL JOURNALISTS NTACTED FOR THIS SERI CLED OR DIDN'T RPOND WH MANY EXPLAG THAT WH THEIR NEWS ANIZATNS THEY WERE OUT TO EVERYONE – RIGHT UP TO THE PRINT OF THE WORK. THE IMPLITN BEG THAT THIS EXCED THEM OM FURTHER NDOR. AND MANY NVERSATNS WH MEDIA RELATNS PARTMENTS ALSO MA CLEAR THAT WHEN ME TO BEG GAY SI THE NEWSROOMS – EVERYBODY KNEW. NOBODY RED. OR AS WAS OFTEN SCRIBED: “IT IS NOT AN ISSUE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN HAS WORKED CLOSELY WH FOX NEWS CEO AND CHAIRMAN ROGER AIL SCE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL BEGAN, AND HAS BEEN WH FNC SCE S CEPTN. BROWN SAID HE'S BEEN OUT TO AIL THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE TIME AND THAT AIL HAS NO ISSUE WH . AS BROWN SCRIB THEIR RELATNSHIP: "LOVED ME. I LOVE HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BROWN SAID THAT WORKG WH AIL SO CLOSELY, "HE'S YOUR BUDDY, HE'S NOT JT YOUR BOSS. IT'S WONRFUL, I GOT TO KNOW HIM ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE, AND HE'S JT A GREAT GUY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF FOX'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE NSERVATIVE OPN MAKERS ARE SIARLY FORTABLE WH BROWN'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. BROWN WAS THE LEAD PRODUCER WHEN LNCHG THE O'REILLY FACTOR AND SAYS THAT BILL O'REILLY WAS "ABSOLUTELY" OL WH BROWN'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. "BILL AND I RE VERY, VERY EPLY FOR EACH OTHER," BROWN SAID. "I MEAN, HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME. I'VE BEEN TO HIS HOME. I WAS PART OF BUILDG THIS WONRFUL, CREDIBLY AMAZG HUGE THG [THE O'REILLY FACTOR]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE HEAD PRODUCER ON THE O'REILLY FACTOR, BROWN WAS A PART OF THE DISCSN ON HOW TOPICS SUCH AS GAY ADOPTN, GAY DAYS AT DISNEY AND GAY CIRCU PARTY CULTURE WERE VERED. "MY POT OF VIEW WAS HEARD AND RPECTED," BROWN EXPLAED, "AND WHETHER OR NOT BILL AGREED WH — AND 'S NOT THE BROWN FACTOR, 'S THE O'REILLY FACTOR — BUT HE HAD ME AT HIS SI AND HIS EAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FAY-VALU NSERVATIVE SEAN HANNY, BROWN SAID, "SEAN AND I LOVE EACH OTHER." AS TO WHETHER HANNY HAS AN ISSUE WH BROWN BEG GAY, BROWN SAID: "I'M DAVE AND HE'S SEAN, AND THE SHOW IS GOOD, OR THE SHOW IS BAD. THERE IS NO GAY ISSUE." BROWN SISTED 'S LIKE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD AT FOX, AND SAID THAT AT MONTHLY NLGJA MIXERS AT A LOL NEW YORK GAY CLUB, FOX NEWS JOURNALISTS ARE "ALWAYS THE LARGT NTGENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHETHER FOX NEWS MANAGEMENT IS FORTABLE WH THIS KD OF GAY VISIBILY OM S EMPLOYE, BROWN RPOND: "I'D GO EVEN BEYOND THAT. WHAT'S WONRFUL HERE IS THAT NOT ONLY IS MANAGEMENT FORTABLE WH , THEY SUPPORT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN EXPLAED THAT FOR LAST SUMMER'S NLGJA NVENTN MIAMI, FOX PAID THE WAY FOR 15–20 OF S GAY EMPLOYE TO ATTEND. "THE HOTEL, THE AIRFARE, THE FOOD — 'S ALL ON THEIR DIME," HE SAID. BROWN ADD THAT WHEN TO HIMSELF AND FELLOW GAY FOX EMPLOYE, "WE'RE PROUD, AND WE ARE WHO WE ARE. … AND WE LOVE THE FACT THAT MANAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDG AND SUPPORTS ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT ABOUT SOME VIEWERS WHO MAY TURN TO FOX AS A NSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE AND MIGHT FEEL BETRAYED THAT THE CHANNEL IS THIS CLIVE? "MY RPONSE TO THEM WOULD BE: I'M YOUR CHILD," SAID BROWN. "AND MAYBE YOU GET THAT PHONE LL, OR THAT 'HEY MOM AND DAD — I'M GAY.' SHOULD THEY BE NIED A JOB OR SHOULD THEY BE NIED ANYTHG THAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD BE BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEAR IS THE DIENCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IF THERE IS NO ISSUE ABOUT BEG OUT WH THE NATNAL NEWS ANIZATNS, WHAT IS THE NCERN FOR GAY NEWS RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ABOUT BEG AS ANK WH OUTSI PRS AS THEIR STRAIGHT LLEAGU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAYMEN THE BLOGOSPHERE SOMETIM POS THAT THE SILENCE ON SEXUALY IS A SECURY ISSUE. YET WHEN TO THE PROFSNALS, NO EXECUTIVE OR REPORTER EVER GAVE THAT AS A POSSIBLE REASON TO NOT E OUT. THE ATTU SEEMS TO BE THAT CERTA ASSIGNMENTS ARE DANGERO FOR EVERYONE. AND FACT, MANY OF THE REPORTERS SPEAKG FOR THIS SERI REPORT OM THE MOST DANGERO AND HOMOPHOBIC UNTRI ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER REASON OFTEN GIVEN IS THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS AN DIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL, PRIVATE LIFE. YET THERE IS UALLY NO SUCH THG AS A PROFILE OF A STRAIGHT PUBLIC FIGURE WHOUT SOME HETEROSEXUAL FG TAIL. IT TAK A STRANGE AND NSTANT SELF-EDG NOT TO REVEAL ONE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. SOMEHOW, EVERY DIVIDUAL TERVIEWED FOR THIS ARTICLE — BOTH STRAIGHT AND GAY — MANAGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN WHOUT EVER DISCSG ANYTHG ABOUT THEIR PRIVATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN GAVE AN SIGHT WHICH MAY POT OUT THE BOTTOM-LE ISSUE WHEN TO BEG OUT AS A JOURNALIST, OBSERVG THAT 'S DIFFERENT FOR HIM, “NOT BEG ON-AIR.” "I GUS ANYBODY THAT'S A PUBLIC FIGURE — 'S PERCEPTN,” SAID BROWN. “AND ARE YOU GOG TO BE WELED TO SOMEBODY'S HOME OR NOT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIAMI ANCHOR CRAIG STEVENS LAID OUT THIS WAY: "MANAGEMENT KNOWS [WHO'S GAY], AND THEY'RE OK WH PER SE. BUT THE FEAR IS THE DIENCE; THAT IS THE FEAR. MANAGEMENT FEARS WHAT THE DIENCE REACTN WILL BE IF AND WHEN THERE'S A REVELATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER CNN RRPONNT THOMAS ROBERTS REMD THAT WHEN TO TELEVISN NEWS, "AT THE END OF THE DAY, 'S A BS," AND THAT THE CHOIC ARE MA AGAST A BACKDROP OF GREEN. AS STEVENS EXPLAED, "WHEN YOU WORK FOR A MAJOR PANY, THERE'S A LOT TERMS OF AD REVENUE THAT'S AT STAKE THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY'RE AAID THAT THEY'LL LOSE SOME OF THEIR DIENCE," SAID JASON BELLI, FORMER CNN RRPONNT AND NOW HOST OF CBS NEWS ON LOGO. "THAT THEY'LL BE LS RELATABLE TO THEIR DIENCE. … SOME PEOPLE THK THAT [G OUT] WILL HURT THEIR REERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN SAID THAT SOME SEE AS SURVIVAL. "THEY'VE GOT MORTGAG TO PAY," HE SAID. "AND IF THEY'RE SRED, OR, YOU KNOW … LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTORS HOLLYWOOD WHO WON'T E OUT. SO 'S THE SAME SORT OF MENTALY ACROSS THE BOARD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU'RE FAILG TO GO THERE, YOU'RE MAKG A STATEMENT: THAT THERE'S SOMETHG NOT QUE RIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN THKS 'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE GAY ON-MERA NEWSPEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO E OUT, AND "THEY'RE RPECTED AND WONRFUL JOURNALISTS. AND I'M NO WAY GOG TO THROW STON AT THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN DO DRAW THE LE, HOWEVER, WHEN DIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO BE THE STORY. "IF SOMEBODY'S DOG A PROFILE ON YOU, AND YOU N'T BE FORTHG ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T AGREE TO THE PROFILE," SAID BROWN. "ARE YOU GOG TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE HOE SO THAT PEOPLE THK THAT YOU'RE ONE WAY? I MEAN, THAT'S JT MY OPN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELLI EXPLAED THAT "THE MEDIA IS OFTEN TIM AN ACPLICE THE CLOSET." HE SAID IF THE ISSUE ISN'T SOMEONE'S "TALKG POTS," THE MEDIA WILL "RPECT SOMEONE'S WISH UNR THE GUISE OF PRIVACY." AND BELLI FDS STRANGE THAT WHEN TO PUBLIC FIGUR, THE MEDIA WILL DISCS DIVORC, AFFAIRS, "THEIR WIFE, THEIR KIDS, EVERYTHG ELSE IS FAIR GAME — EXCEPT BEG GAY." HE BELIEV, "WHEN YOU'RE FAILG TO GO THERE, YOU'RE MAKG A STATEMENT: THAT THERE'S SOMETHG UNACCEPTABLE. THAT THERE'S SOMETHG NOT QUE RIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS "NSPIRACY OF SILENCE," AS BELLI LLED , IS REFERRED TO BY MICHAEL MTO AND OTHERS AS "THE GLASS CLOSET," WHERE GAY PUBLIC FIGUR LIVE VERY OPEN LIV AMONG ELE MEDIA, ENTERTAMENT AND POLIL CIRCL, BUT THAT FACT IS NCEALED UNIQUE AND SOME MIGHT SAY PATRONIZG WAYS OM MASTREAM AMERI. AND TO A CERTA EXTENT, 'S THEIR IENDS THE MEDIA WHO GIVE THEM A PASS ON THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ASKED ABC SENR VICE PRINT SCHNEIR IF 'S A DOUBLE STANDARD THAT MEDIA — CLUDG ABC BROADSTS — WILL OFTEN MENTN A STRAIGHT PUBLIC FIGURE'S MOST RECENT LOVE TERT WHETHER THEY WANT MENTNED OR NOT, BUT WILL REMA SILENT REGARDG THE LONG-TERM PARTNERS OF GAY PUBLIC FIGUR SIMPLY BEE THEY DON'T WANT REVEALED. SCHNEIR TOOK A LONG PSE TO MULL THE QUTN OVER. HE TERPTED HIS SILENCE ONCE TO EXPLA, "I'M THKG," THEN TOOK ANOTHER 15 SENDS BEFORE FALLY SURRENRG WH, "WHAT'S YOUR OTHER QUTN?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN SAID THAT "ABSOLUTELY" THE RT OF AMERI MISS OUT WHEN THEY DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL SPECTM OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE THE SAME WAY STRAIGHT PEOPLE WH MEDIA ENCLAV DO. AND CBS' MASON ALSO THKS THAT "IF GAY ON-AIR FOLKS ULD SEE THAT WAY AND HAD THE STRENGTH TO E OUT OPENLY FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, ULD WORK TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN NBC'S WALLACE WAS ASKED IF NBC WOULD STAND BEHD AN ON-MERA NEWS ANCHOR OR HOST WHO CHOSE TO BE HONT WH OUTSI PRS ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SHE RPOND: "100 PERCENT. I AM TELLG YOU. THAT IS NOT THE PANY ANSWER. THAT IS MY ANSWER. … THIS IS A VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE ANIZATN." EVEN IF GOT ROCKY? "Y. EVEN IF GOT ROCKY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL, ABC'S SCHNEIR SAID "OF URSE" ABC WOULD SUPPORT ANY ON-MERA TALENT WHO CHOSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN PRS TERVIEWS, WHATEVER THE PUBLIC REACTN MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} VED CBS, FOX NEWS, AND CNN TO PROVI VIA EMAIL SIAR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR ON-AIR TALENT WHO CHOSE TO BE ANK OUTSI PRS ABOUT BEG GAY – SUPPORT THAT WOULD REMA REGARDLS OF PUBLIC RPONSE. FOX NEWS' EXECUTIVE VICE PRINT JOHN MOODY ME BACK WH SOMETHG LS STRONG THEN WALLACE OR SCHNEIR, EXPRSG SUPPORT FOR THE “RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ALL OUR JOURNALISTS,” AND SAYG IF GAY EMPLOYE “CHOOSE TO DISCLOSE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, THEY N EXPECT TO BE SUPPORTED AND TREATED THE SAME AS IF THEY HAD NOT. THAT'S THE FN OF A PERSONAL LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CBS' MASON RPOND WH A STATEMENT THAT MISSED THE POT, AND WAS FAR MORE WATERED DOWN THEN THE TERTG TERVIEW SHE HAD GIVEN; MERELY EXPRSG THAT CBS SUPPORTED ALL THEIR JOURNALISTS “REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN …”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CNN DID NOT RPOND TO THIS REQUT. AND WHILE CNN WAS GIVEN WEEKS OF EXTRA TIME TO WORK OUT AN EXECUTIVE TERVIEW – THEY DID NOT E THROUGH WH ONE UNTIL AFTER PRS TIME. THEY DID OFFER A STATEMENT EARLY THE PROCS OM JIM WALTON, PRINT OF CNN WORLDWI WHICH SUPPORTED BOTH THE VALUE OF A “DIVERSE WORKFORCE” AND CNN JOURNALISTS “ WHATEVER CISNS THEY MAKE ABOUT SHARG ASPECTS OF THEIR PERSONAL LIV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THK RPECT BEG HONT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WOULD THE DIENCE REACTN TO "OUT" JOURNALISTS BE A NEGATIVE ONE? ARE ANY OF THE FEARS EVEN REAL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF THOSE TERVIEWED HERE HAD THE SAME ANSWER FOR THAT QUTN: THE WORK WILL SPEAK FOR SELF. MASON SAID IF THE JOURNALIST IS A GOOD ONE, VIEWERS "WOULD E TO SEE THAT AND RISE ABOVE" ANY BIAS THEY MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGNAL NETWORK NEWS ANCHOR PL MUELLER AGREED. AS AN OUT NEWSMAN, HE'S SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT WHAT IS JUDGED IS "WHO DID THE BETTER JOB OF PIECG TOGETHER THE STORY? WHO'S STORY WAS MORE PELLG? NOT WHO WAS GAY, AND WHO WAS STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MASON THKS THAT KD OF ANKNS N CREATE BENEFS WH THE DIENCE AS WELL. "I THK THAT BY G OUT, PEOPLE REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS. [JOURNALISTS] ULD GA THE RPECT OF THE DIENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BOSTON ANCHOR RANDY PRICE SAID HE HAS EXPERIENCED. "IT WAS THE BT THG THAT HAPPENED TO ME," EXPLAED PRICE ABOUT BEG OUT. "BEE GIV YOU DISTCTN AS AN DIVIDUAL. A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THK RPECT BEG HONT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU CHANGE THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHY DO MATTER? WHY SHOULD ANYONE RE IF MASTREAM AMERI THKS ALL THE GAY PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT? WOULD PRENTG THAT CLEARER IMAGE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE POSIVE EFFECTS GAY PEOPLE'S LIV? MIGHT FACT, EVEN HAVE POSIVE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY BEYOND ISSU OF GAY ACCEPTANCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANTA BARBARA MORNG SHOW ANCHOR RANDOL WHE EXPLAED, "I WISH I HAD A ROLE MOL THAT ULD HAVE KEPT ME OM ALL THOSE YEARS THE CLOSET." BEG OUT, HE HOP HE N BE THAT FOR OTHERS. ROBERTS TOO, SAID HE WISHED HE'D SEEN POSIVE, OUT GAY PEOPLE THE PUBLIC, LIVG SUCCSFUL LIV. AND HE HOP HIS OWN VISIBILY WILL "HELP SHAVE A FEW YEARS OFF SOMEONE ELSE'S STRS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE KD OF POSIVE IMAG NOT ONLY CHANGE THE WAYS WHICH GAYS SEE THEMSELV, THEY CHANGE HOW STRAIGHT AMERI SE THEM AS WELL. AND A UNTRY WHERE NATNAL ELECTNS N TIP ON THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTNS OF WHO GAYS ARE, ULD REVEALG A REALISTIC IMAGE OF GAY PEOPLE CREATE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE LARGER WAYS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S TERTG THAT MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS SPEAKG HERE EXPLAED THAT REALIZG YOU ARE GAY CREAT A HOST OF OTHER SIGHTS. KOFMAN SAID CREAT A “QUTNG OF ASSUMPTNS.” SAN FRANCIS POLIL REPORTER HANK PLANTE SAID HAD MA HIM MORE “SENSIVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST.” AND BOSTON ANCHOR PRICE SAID THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT GAYS GA IS “ONE OF THE BLSED EXPERIENC” OF BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF MASTREAM AMERI, A SIAR WAY, HAD TO E TO TERMS WH WHO GAY PEOPLE REALLY ARE, MIGHT THEY ALSO HAVE TO QUTN OTHER ASSUMPTNS? NBC'S WALLACE THKS SO. "SMALL EXAMPL CHANGE [THGS]," SHE SAID. "AND YOU CHANGE THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME. … AND I THK THAT'S THE GREAT UPSI WERE SOMEONE TO CHOOSE TO E OUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS SPEAKG FOR THIS SERI ALSO INTIFIED AS A RACIAL MORY, AND NNECTED THAT INTIFITN TO SEEG A RPONSIBILY TO BE OUT AS GAY MEN; THE SPIR OF THE “UNY” THAT CBS' MASON SPOKE ABOUT HERE. IF MORE GAYS ULD EMBRACE BEG OUT FOR THOSE SAME REASONS, AND A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE EMERGED – MIGHT THAT CLEARER PICTURE DO 'S SMALL PART TO TEAR DOWN THE ENTIRE NCEPT OF “THE OTHER”?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANTA BARBARA ANCHOR RANDOL WHE BELIEV JT THAT PREMISE: "I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WHO'S STG AT HOME AND TYPILLY WATCH ME AND REALIZ, OH HE'S GAY, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF GAY PEOPLE. ALL OF A SUDN THEIR HEAD, THEY SEE THAT ONE OF THEIR PERCEPTNS WASN'T RIGHT, MAYBE SOME OF THEIR OTHER PERCEPTNS AREN'T RIGHT TOO, AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD START RETHKG HOW THEY SEE EVERYONE. I REALLY HOPE THAT'S THE SE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTE: THE STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED AT THE REQUT OF ONE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Thursday night’s Log Cab Republins’ “Spir of Lln” gala the ma ballroom of Donald Tmp’s Mar-a-Lago beachont club was a joyo celebratn of gay rights and — a se of ironic timg — the historic same-sex marriage law signed by Print Joe Bin days earlier.

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He received a standg ovatn after liverg an enthiastic affirmatn of gay rights not often heard the GOP. “We are fightg for the gay muny, and we are fightg and fightg hard, ” the former print and 2024 ndidate said.

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Throughout the eveng, speakers praised Tmp for his embrace of the gay muny. They creded him for his iativ to bat the crimalizatn of homosexualy, his work phg for public heath iativ to bat the HIV epimic, and for appotg the first openly gay Cabet member, Grenell, as director of natnal telligence. He’s been cricized for drivg a wedge between gay and transgenr muni, and for promotg extreme relig liberty polici and executive orrs they say allowed for discrimatn agast LGBTQ people that phed the movement backwards.

Charl Moran, print of the Log Cab Republins, challenged other 2024 hopefuls to also say they are willg to fight for gay rights. Tmp, for one, med about his wife Melania Tmp jog Grenell, who is gay, for a Log Cab Republins trip to Beverly Hills, Calif., last week.

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GAY NEWSMEN: A CLEARER PICTURE: PART {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY KARMAN KREGLOEMAY 20, 2007/8:34 PMBY KARMAN KREGLOEMAY 20, 2007 / 8:34 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY NEWSMEN: A CLEARER PICTURE: PART II","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-05-21T00:34:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-05-21T00:34:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"KARMAN KREGLOE","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"BEG OPEN AND HONT ABOUT WHO I AM IS PART OF WHO I AM. IT REFLECTS THE WORK THAT I TRY TO DO, WHICH TRI TO LOOK AT THE WAY THE WORLD REALLY IS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT IS HOW ABC NEWS RRPONNT JEFEY KOFMAN EXPLAED TO HIS CHOICE TO BE AN OUT GAY JOURNALIST. IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS TWO-PART SERI, WE SPOKE WH GAY TELEVISN JOURNALISTS; NEWS RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS OM ACROSS THE UNTRY WHO, LIKE KOFMAN, NNECTED A JOURNALIST'S RPONSIBILY TO REVEAL THE WORLD AS IS WH THEIR OWN PERSONAL CISN TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERE, PART II, WE BROAN THAT NVERSATN TO CLU WORK NEWS EXECUTIV--BOTH STRAIGHT AND GAY--ALONG WH THE REPORTERS, EXPLORG WHAT BEG "OUT" MEANS A PROFSN THAT PENDS ON TRANSPARENCY AND TTH. WHY ARE SOME GAY ON-MERA JOURNALISTS STILL UNABLE TO E OUT? IS THERE A DISTCTN BETWEEN BEG OUT THE NEWSROOM, AND BEG OUT TO THE PUBLIC? AND WHAT DO CHOIC THAT GAY JOURNALISTS MAKE ABOUT BEG OUT SAY ABOUT THE LARGER IMPACT A MORE PLETE IMAGE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE MIGHT HAVE FOR THE GAY MUNY, AND FOR SOCIETY AT LARGE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MORE HONT I AM, THE MORE HONT MY STORI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN WHY DO SHE BELIEVE SO MANY GAY ON-MERA JOURNALISTS AREN'T FORTHG ON THE ISSUE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN? WALLACE SAID THOSE CHOIC ARE PERSONAL AND DIVIDUAL AND PROBABLY STEM OM "A VARIETY OF REASONS." SHE ALSO POTED OUT THAT "THE OTHER THG ABOUT JOURNALISM IS THAT THERE IS A NATURAL TENNCY TO NOT BE THE STORY YOURSELF. … I DON'T THK 'S RIGHT TO LIE. BUT I DO STILL BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A PRIVATE LIFE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN IS POTED OUT TO WALLACE THAT SHE REVEALED SHE IS STRAIGHT WH THE FIRST THREE SENTENC OF OUR NVERSATN WHOUT BEG ASKED — AND WHOUT REVEALG ANYTHG ABOUT HER PRIVATE LIFE — SHE ACKNOWLEDGED, "I TOTALLY GET YOUR POT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SHE N SEE THE CISN TO BE OUT AS PART OF JOURNALISTIC TEGRY: "I JT KD OF BELIEVE BEG OPEN AND HONT GENERAL, BEE AS JOURNALISTS I THK YOU WANT TO HAVE A TRANSPARENCY WH THE DIENCE." BUT WALLACE ADD, "I HAVE TO TELL YOU I ALSO PLETELY BELIEVE 'S PEOPLE'S CHOICE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT ASKED IF BEG OUT IS LKED ANY WAY TO RPONSIBILY OR TRANSPARENCY FOR A JOURNALIST, SCHNEIR SAID FLATLY, "I DO NOT. … I DON'T DRAW THAT NNECTN." HIS ABC REPORTERS SPEAKG HERE, HOWEVER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ABC'S KOFMAN EXPLAED THAT HIS CISN TO BE ANK TERVIEWS ABOUT BEG GAY STEMS DIRECTLY OM THE FACT THAT AS JOURNALISTS "WE SPEND A LOT OF OUR TIME ASKG PEOPLE TO BE HONT AND STRAIGHTFORWARD WH ," AND HE FEELS A RPONSIBILY TO DO THE SAME. ABC NEWS' MIGUEL MARQUEZ TOLD THAT "OF URSE" BEG HONT ABOUT SEXUALY IS PART OF A REPORTER'S LARGER MMENT TO THE TTH, AND ADD, "THE MORE HONT I AM, THE MORE HONT MY STORI ARE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCHNEIR, HOWEVER, FEELS "THAT THE IMPORTANT TT IS IF THERE'S ANY HYPOCRISY THAT EXISTS. IF SOMEBODY IS ACTIVELY DOG OR SAYG SOMETHG THAT BELI SOME ACTUAL TTH ABOUT THEMSELV, I THK THAT THAT'S HARMFUL AND SAD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YET CBS RRPONNT MANUEL GALLEG POTED DIRECTLY TO AVOIDG HYPOCRISY AS THE REASON HE GAVE HIS G-OUT TERVIEW FOR THIS SERI OF ARTICL. AND MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS WHO SPOKE TO FELT THAT A BS THAT IS ALL ABOUT "TTH AND HONTY," WAS DISGENUO FOR THEM TO NCEAL THEIR OWN SEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT'S WHAT UNY IS ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON HAS A WONRFULLY PASSNATE RPONSE WHEN TO WHY GAY ON-MERA LLEAGU SEEM UNWILLG TO E OUT TO MASTREAM AMERI. "I'M NOT GAY … BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY GAY PEOPLE 'S A TREMENDO THG TO E TO GRIPS WH THE FACT YOU ARE GAY, AND THEN TO E OUT TO IENDS AND FAY, AND THEN MAYBE AT THE WORKPLACE," EXPLAED MASON. "SO TO TAKE TO THE NEXT STEP [WH THE PUBLIC] IS HUGE. AND I N'T EVEN PRUME TO TALK ABOUT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON, WHO SAID SHE HAS SEEN PROFOUND CHANG THE 40-PL YEARS SHE HAS WORKED AT CBS, IS A TRAILBLAZER HERSELF. IN FACT, SAID MASON, "I'VE BEEN THE FIRST WOMAN ON EVERY JOB I'VE HAD [AT CBS]." THAT CLUS BEG THE FIRST WOMAN PRODUCER ON THE CBS EVENG NEWS, THE FIRST FEMALE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF CBS SUNDAY MORNG, AND THE FIRST FEMALE SENR VICE PRINT OF CBS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MASON SAID HER PRENCE CHANGED THGS FOR WOMEN WH NEWSROOMS — "OPENED THEIR EY" — AND THAT WOMEN ON THE AIR CHANGED SOCIETY AT LARGE. SHE ADMTED WASN'T ALWAYS EASY. SHE AND OTHER WOMEN, LIKE RACIAL MORI, HAVEN'T HAD THE OPTN OF NCEALG WHO THEY ARE TO ANYONE. "THE THG IS WE ALL LOOK DIFFERENT," SHE SAID. "GAYS DON'T LOOK DIFFERENT. AND THAT'S OF URSE THE DIFFERENTIATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IS MASON GIVG GAY PEOPLE A BREAK SHE DIDN'T HAVE? IF WOMEN AND RACIAL MORI HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FACE POSSIBLE DISCRIMATN, DO GAYS HAVE A RPONSIBILY TO LK ARMS WH THEM AND FACE DOWN BIGOTRY ALL S FORMS BY BEG HONT? MASON RPOND: "THAT'S WHAT UNY IS ALL ABOUT, I THK. I THK AN IAL WORLD, Y. Y. BUT I'M NOT GOG TO MAKE JUDGMENTS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'RE PROUD, AND WE ARE WHO WE ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MANY ON AND OFF THE RERD NVERSATNS FOR THIS ARTICLE, BEME CLEAR THAT THERE IS A DISTCTN BETWEEN BEG OUT WH THE NEWS ANIZATNS, AND BEG OUT TO THE PUBLIC. AND FOR JOURNALISTS, BEG OUT WH NATNAL NEWS ANIZATNS IS NOT THE ISSUE. THE FIVE MAJOR TELEVISN NEWS ANIZATNS (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX NEWS CHANNEL AND CNN) ROUTELY REC AT NATNAL LBIAN AND GAY JOURNALISTS' ASSOCIATN (NLGJA) EVENTS, AND ALL FIVE ANIZATNS HAVE SAME-SEX DOMTIC PARTNERSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, A MAJORY OF THE HIGH-PROFILE NATNAL JOURNALISTS NTACTED FOR THIS SERI CLED OR DIDN'T RPOND WH MANY EXPLAG THAT WH THEIR NEWS ANIZATNS THEY WERE OUT TO EVERYONE – RIGHT UP TO THE PRINT OF THE WORK. THE IMPLITN BEG THAT THIS EXCED THEM OM FURTHER NDOR. AND MANY NVERSATNS WH MEDIA RELATNS PARTMENTS ALSO MA CLEAR THAT WHEN ME TO BEG GAY SI THE NEWSROOMS – EVERYBODY KNEW. NOBODY RED. OR AS WAS OFTEN SCRIBED: “IT IS NOT AN ISSUE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN HAS WORKED CLOSELY WH FOX NEWS CEO AND CHAIRMAN ROGER AIL SCE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL BEGAN, AND HAS BEEN WH FNC SCE S CEPTN. BROWN SAID HE'S BEEN OUT TO AIL THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE TIME AND THAT AIL HAS NO ISSUE WH . AS BROWN SCRIB THEIR RELATNSHIP: "LOVED ME. I LOVE HIM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND BROWN SAID THAT WORKG WH AIL SO CLOSELY, "HE'S YOUR BUDDY, HE'S NOT JT YOUR BOSS. IT'S WONRFUL, I GOT TO KNOW HIM ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE, AND HE'S JT A GREAT GUY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF FOX'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE NSERVATIVE OPN MAKERS ARE SIARLY FORTABLE WH BROWN'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. BROWN WAS THE LEAD PRODUCER WHEN LNCHG THE O'REILLY FACTOR AND SAYS THAT BILL O'REILLY WAS "ABSOLUTELY" OL WH BROWN'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. "BILL AND I RE VERY, VERY EPLY FOR EACH OTHER," BROWN SAID. "I MEAN, HE WAS A MENTOR TO ME. I'VE BEEN TO HIS HOME. I WAS PART OF BUILDG THIS WONRFUL, CREDIBLY AMAZG HUGE THG [THE O'REILLY FACTOR]."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS THE HEAD PRODUCER ON THE O'REILLY FACTOR, BROWN WAS A PART OF THE DISCSN ON HOW TOPICS SUCH AS GAY ADOPTN, GAY DAYS AT DISNEY AND GAY CIRCU PARTY CULTURE WERE VERED. "MY POT OF VIEW WAS HEARD AND RPECTED," BROWN EXPLAED, "AND WHETHER OR NOT BILL AGREED WH — AND 'S NOT THE BROWN FACTOR, 'S THE O'REILLY FACTOR — BUT HE HAD ME AT HIS SI AND HIS EAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS FOR FAY-VALU NSERVATIVE SEAN HANNY, BROWN SAID, "SEAN AND I LOVE EACH OTHER." AS TO WHETHER HANNY HAS AN ISSUE WH BROWN BEG GAY, BROWN SAID: "I'M DAVE AND HE'S SEAN, AND THE SHOW IS GOOD, OR THE SHOW IS BAD. THERE IS NO GAY ISSUE." BROWN SISTED 'S LIKE THAT ACROSS THE BOARD AT FOX, AND SAID THAT AT MONTHLY NLGJA MIXERS AT A LOL NEW YORK GAY CLUB, FOX NEWS JOURNALISTS ARE "ALWAYS THE LARGT NTGENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHETHER FOX NEWS MANAGEMENT IS FORTABLE WH THIS KD OF GAY VISIBILY OM S EMPLOYE, BROWN RPOND: "I'D GO EVEN BEYOND THAT. WHAT'S WONRFUL HERE IS THAT NOT ONLY IS MANAGEMENT FORTABLE WH , THEY SUPPORT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN EXPLAED THAT FOR LAST SUMMER'S NLGJA NVENTN MIAMI, FOX PAID THE WAY FOR 15–20 OF S GAY EMPLOYE TO ATTEND. "THE HOTEL, THE AIRFARE, THE FOOD — 'S ALL ON THEIR DIME," HE SAID. BROWN ADD THAT WHEN TO HIMSELF AND FELLOW GAY FOX EMPLOYE, "WE'RE PROUD, AND WE ARE WHO WE ARE. … AND WE LOVE THE FACT THAT MANAGEMENT ACKNOWLEDG AND SUPPORTS ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT ABOUT SOME VIEWERS WHO MAY TURN TO FOX AS A NSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVE AND MIGHT FEEL BETRAYED THAT THE CHANNEL IS THIS CLIVE? "MY RPONSE TO THEM WOULD BE: I'M YOUR CHILD," SAID BROWN. "AND MAYBE YOU GET THAT PHONE LL, OR THAT 'HEY MOM AND DAD — I'M GAY.' SHOULD THEY BE NIED A JOB OR SHOULD THEY BE NIED ANYTHG THAT ANYBODY ELSE WOULD BE BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FEAR IS THE DIENCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO IF THERE IS NO ISSUE ABOUT BEG OUT WH THE NATNAL NEWS ANIZATNS, WHAT IS THE NCERN FOR GAY NEWS RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ABOUT BEG AS ANK WH OUTSI PRS AS THEIR STRAIGHT LLEAGU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAYMEN THE BLOGOSPHERE SOMETIM POS THAT THE SILENCE ON SEXUALY IS A SECURY ISSUE. YET WHEN TO THE PROFSNALS, NO EXECUTIVE OR REPORTER EVER GAVE THAT AS A POSSIBLE REASON TO NOT E OUT. THE ATTU SEEMS TO BE THAT CERTA ASSIGNMENTS ARE DANGERO FOR EVERYONE. AND FACT, MANY OF THE REPORTERS SPEAKG FOR THIS SERI REPORT OM THE MOST DANGERO AND HOMOPHOBIC UNTRI ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ANOTHER REASON OFTEN GIVEN IS THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATN IS AN DIVIDUAL'S PERSONAL, PRIVATE LIFE. YET THERE IS UALLY NO SUCH THG AS A PROFILE OF A STRAIGHT PUBLIC FIGURE WHOUT SOME HETEROSEXUAL FG TAIL. IT TAK A STRANGE AND NSTANT SELF-EDG NOT TO REVEAL ONE'S SEXUAL ORIENTATN. SOMEHOW, EVERY DIVIDUAL TERVIEWED FOR THIS ARTICLE — BOTH STRAIGHT AND GAY — MANAGED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN WHOUT EVER DISCSG ANYTHG ABOUT THEIR PRIVATE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN GAVE AN SIGHT WHICH MAY POT OUT THE BOTTOM-LE ISSUE WHEN TO BEG OUT AS A JOURNALIST, OBSERVG THAT 'S DIFFERENT FOR HIM, “NOT BEG ON-AIR.” "I GUS ANYBODY THAT'S A PUBLIC FIGURE — 'S PERCEPTN,” SAID BROWN. “AND ARE YOU GOG TO BE WELED TO SOMEBODY'S HOME OR NOT?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MIAMI ANCHOR CRAIG STEVENS LAID OUT THIS WAY: "MANAGEMENT KNOWS [WHO'S GAY], AND THEY'RE OK WH PER SE. BUT THE FEAR IS THE DIENCE; THAT IS THE FEAR. MANAGEMENT FEARS WHAT THE DIENCE REACTN WILL BE IF AND WHEN THERE'S A REVELATN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORMER CNN RRPONNT THOMAS ROBERTS REMD THAT WHEN TO TELEVISN NEWS, "AT THE END OF THE DAY, 'S A BS," AND THAT THE CHOIC ARE MA AGAST A BACKDROP OF GREEN. AS STEVENS EXPLAED, "WHEN YOU WORK FOR A MAJOR PANY, THERE'S A LOT TERMS OF AD REVENUE THAT'S AT STAKE THERE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THEY'RE AAID THAT THEY'LL LOSE SOME OF THEIR DIENCE," SAID JASON BELLI, FORMER CNN RRPONNT AND NOW HOST OF CBS NEWS ON LOGO. "THAT THEY'LL BE LS RELATABLE TO THEIR DIENCE. … SOME PEOPLE THK THAT [G OUT] WILL HURT THEIR REERS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN SAID THAT SOME SEE AS SURVIVAL. "THEY'VE GOT MORTGAG TO PAY," HE SAID. "AND IF THEY'RE SRED, OR, YOU KNOW … LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTORS HOLLYWOOD WHO WON'T E OUT. SO 'S THE SAME SORT OF MENTALY ACROSS THE BOARD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN YOU'RE FAILG TO GO THERE, YOU'RE MAKG A STATEMENT: THAT THERE'S SOMETHG NOT QUE RIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN THKS 'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE ARE GAY ON-MERA NEWSPEOPLE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO E OUT, AND "THEY'RE RPECTED AND WONRFUL JOURNALISTS. AND I'M NO WAY GOG TO THROW STON AT THAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN DO DRAW THE LE, HOWEVER, WHEN DIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO BE THE STORY. "IF SOMEBODY'S DOG A PROFILE ON YOU, AND YOU N'T BE FORTHG ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, THEN YOU SHOULDN'T AGREE TO THE PROFILE," SAID BROWN. "ARE YOU GOG TO STRAIGHTEN UP THE HOE SO THAT PEOPLE THK THAT YOU'RE ONE WAY? I MEAN, THAT'S JT MY OPN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BELLI EXPLAED THAT "THE MEDIA IS OFTEN TIM AN ACPLICE THE CLOSET." HE SAID IF THE ISSUE ISN'T SOMEONE'S "TALKG POTS," THE MEDIA WILL "RPECT SOMEONE'S WISH UNR THE GUISE OF PRIVACY." AND BELLI FDS STRANGE THAT WHEN TO PUBLIC FIGUR, THE MEDIA WILL DISCS DIVORC, AFFAIRS, "THEIR WIFE, THEIR KIDS, EVERYTHG ELSE IS FAIR GAME — EXCEPT BEG GAY." HE BELIEV, "WHEN YOU'RE FAILG TO GO THERE, YOU'RE MAKG A STATEMENT: THAT THERE'S SOMETHG UNACCEPTABLE. THAT THERE'S SOMETHG NOT QUE RIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS "NSPIRACY OF SILENCE," AS BELLI LLED , IS REFERRED TO BY MICHAEL MTO AND OTHERS AS "THE GLASS CLOSET," WHERE GAY PUBLIC FIGUR LIVE VERY OPEN LIV AMONG ELE MEDIA, ENTERTAMENT AND POLIL CIRCL, BUT THAT FACT IS NCEALED UNIQUE AND SOME MIGHT SAY PATRONIZG WAYS OM MASTREAM AMERI. AND TO A CERTA EXTENT, 'S THEIR IENDS THE MEDIA WHO GIVE THEM A PASS ON THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ASKED ABC SENR VICE PRINT SCHNEIR IF 'S A DOUBLE STANDARD THAT MEDIA — CLUDG ABC BROADSTS — WILL OFTEN MENTN A STRAIGHT PUBLIC FIGURE'S MOST RECENT LOVE TERT WHETHER THEY WANT MENTNED OR NOT, BUT WILL REMA SILENT REGARDG THE LONG-TERM PARTNERS OF GAY PUBLIC FIGUR SIMPLY BEE THEY DON'T WANT REVEALED. SCHNEIR TOOK A LONG PSE TO MULL THE QUTN OVER. HE TERPTED HIS SILENCE ONCE TO EXPLA, "I'M THKG," THEN TOOK ANOTHER 15 SENDS BEFORE FALLY SURRENRG WH, "WHAT'S YOUR OTHER QUTN?”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BROWN SAID THAT "ABSOLUTELY" THE RT OF AMERI MISS OUT WHEN THEY DON'T GET TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL SPECTM OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE THE SAME WAY STRAIGHT PEOPLE WH MEDIA ENCLAV DO. AND CBS' MASON ALSO THKS THAT "IF GAY ON-AIR FOLKS ULD SEE THAT WAY AND HAD THE STRENGTH TO E OUT OPENLY FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL, ULD WORK TO CHANGE PERCEPTNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN NBC'S WALLACE WAS ASKED IF NBC WOULD STAND BEHD AN ON-MERA NEWS ANCHOR OR HOST WHO CHOSE TO BE HONT WH OUTSI PRS ABOUT SEXUAL ORIENTATN, SHE RPOND: "100 PERCENT. I AM TELLG YOU. THAT IS NOT THE PANY ANSWER. THAT IS MY ANSWER. … THIS IS A VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE ANIZATN." EVEN IF GOT ROCKY? "Y. EVEN IF GOT ROCKY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL, ABC'S SCHNEIR SAID "OF URSE" ABC WOULD SUPPORT ANY ON-MERA TALENT WHO CHOSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN PRS TERVIEWS, WHATEVER THE PUBLIC REACTN MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} VED CBS, FOX NEWS, AND CNN TO PROVI VIA EMAIL SIAR STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT FOR ON-AIR TALENT WHO CHOSE TO BE ANK OUTSI PRS ABOUT BEG GAY – SUPPORT THAT WOULD REMA REGARDLS OF PUBLIC RPONSE. FOX NEWS' EXECUTIVE VICE PRINT JOHN MOODY ME BACK WH SOMETHG LS STRONG THEN WALLACE OR SCHNEIR, EXPRSG SUPPORT FOR THE “RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF ALL OUR JOURNALISTS,” AND SAYG IF GAY EMPLOYE “CHOOSE TO DISCLOSE THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN, THEY N EXPECT TO BE SUPPORTED AND TREATED THE SAME AS IF THEY HAD NOT. THAT'S THE FN OF A PERSONAL LIFE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CBS' MASON RPOND WH A STATEMENT THAT MISSED THE POT, AND WAS FAR MORE WATERED DOWN THEN THE TERTG TERVIEW SHE HAD GIVEN; MERELY EXPRSG THAT CBS SUPPORTED ALL THEIR JOURNALISTS “REGARDLS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATN …”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CNN DID NOT RPOND TO THIS REQUT. AND WHILE CNN WAS GIVEN WEEKS OF EXTRA TIME TO WORK OUT AN EXECUTIVE TERVIEW – THEY DID NOT E THROUGH WH ONE UNTIL AFTER PRS TIME. THEY DID OFFER A STATEMENT EARLY THE PROCS OM JIM WALTON, PRINT OF CNN WORLDWI WHICH SUPPORTED BOTH THE VALUE OF A “DIVERSE WORKFORCE” AND CNN JOURNALISTS “ WHATEVER CISNS THEY MAKE ABOUT SHARG ASPECTS OF THEIR PERSONAL LIV.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THK RPECT BEG HONT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WOULD THE DIENCE REACTN TO "OUT" JOURNALISTS BE A NEGATIVE ONE? ARE ANY OF THE FEARS EVEN REAL?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF THOSE TERVIEWED HERE HAD THE SAME ANSWER FOR THAT QUTN: THE WORK WILL SPEAK FOR SELF. MASON SAID IF THE JOURNALIST IS A GOOD ONE, VIEWERS "WOULD E TO SEE THAT AND RISE ABOVE" ANY BIAS THEY MIGHT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGNAL NETWORK NEWS ANCHOR PL MUELLER AGREED. AS AN OUT NEWSMAN, HE'S SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT WHAT IS JUDGED IS "WHO DID THE BETTER JOB OF PIECG TOGETHER THE STORY? WHO'S STORY WAS MORE PELLG? NOT WHO WAS GAY, AND WHO WAS STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND MASON THKS THAT KD OF ANKNS N CREATE BENEFS WH THE DIENCE AS WELL. "I THK THAT BY G OUT, PEOPLE REALIZE HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS. [JOURNALISTS] ULD GA THE RPECT OF THE DIENCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN FACT, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT BOSTON ANCHOR RANDY PRICE SAID HE HAS EXPERIENCED. "IT WAS THE BT THG THAT HAPPENED TO ME," EXPLAED PRICE ABOUT BEG OUT. "BEE GIV YOU DISTCTN AS AN DIVIDUAL. A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN YOU THK RPECT BEG HONT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU CHANGE THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHY DO MATTER? WHY SHOULD ANYONE RE IF MASTREAM AMERI THKS ALL THE GAY PEOPLE ARE STRAIGHT? WOULD PRENTG THAT CLEARER IMAGE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HAVE POSIVE EFFECTS GAY PEOPLE'S LIV? MIGHT FACT, EVEN HAVE POSIVE EFFECTS ON SOCIETY BEYOND ISSU OF GAY ACCEPTANCE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANTA BARBARA MORNG SHOW ANCHOR RANDOL WHE EXPLAED, "I WISH I HAD A ROLE MOL THAT ULD HAVE KEPT ME OM ALL THOSE YEARS THE CLOSET." BEG OUT, HE HOP HE N BE THAT FOR OTHERS. ROBERTS TOO, SAID HE WISHED HE'D SEEN POSIVE, OUT GAY PEOPLE THE PUBLIC, LIVG SUCCSFUL LIV. AND HE HOP HIS OWN VISIBILY WILL "HELP SHAVE A FEW YEARS OFF SOMEONE ELSE'S STRS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOSE KD OF POSIVE IMAG NOT ONLY CHANGE THE WAYS WHICH GAYS SEE THEMSELV, THEY CHANGE HOW STRAIGHT AMERI SE THEM AS WELL. AND A UNTRY WHERE NATNAL ELECTNS N TIP ON THE PUBLIC'S PERCEPTNS OF WHO GAYS ARE, ULD REVEALG A REALISTIC IMAGE OF GAY PEOPLE CREATE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE LARGER WAYS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S TERTG THAT MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS SPEAKG HERE EXPLAED THAT REALIZG YOU ARE GAY CREAT A HOST OF OTHER SIGHTS. KOFMAN SAID CREAT A “QUTNG OF ASSUMPTNS.” SAN FRANCIS POLIL REPORTER HANK PLANTE SAID HAD MA HIM MORE “SENSIVE WHEN PEOPLE ARE BEG DISCRIMATED AGAST.” AND BOSTON ANCHOR PRICE SAID THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT GAYS GA IS “ONE OF THE BLSED EXPERIENC” OF BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF MASTREAM AMERI, A SIAR WAY, HAD TO E TO TERMS WH WHO GAY PEOPLE REALLY ARE, MIGHT THEY ALSO HAVE TO QUTN OTHER ASSUMPTNS? NBC'S WALLACE THKS SO. "SMALL EXAMPL CHANGE [THGS]," SHE SAID. "AND YOU CHANGE THE WORLD ONE STEP AT A TIME. … AND I THK THAT'S THE GREAT UPSI WERE SOMEONE TO CHOOSE TO E OUT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF THE GAY REPORTERS SPEAKG FOR THIS SERI ALSO INTIFIED AS A RACIAL MORY, AND NNECTED THAT INTIFITN TO SEEG A RPONSIBILY TO BE OUT AS GAY MEN; THE SPIR OF THE “UNY” THAT CBS' MASON SPOKE ABOUT HERE. IF MORE GAYS ULD EMBRACE BEG OUT FOR THOSE SAME REASONS, AND A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHO GAY PEOPLE ARE EMERGED – MIGHT THAT CLEARER PICTURE DO 'S SMALL PART TO TEAR DOWN THE ENTIRE NCEPT OF “THE OTHER”?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANTA BARBARA ANCHOR RANDOL WHE BELIEV JT THAT PREMISE: "I HOPE THAT SOMEONE WHO'S STG AT HOME AND TYPILLY WATCH ME AND REALIZ, OH HE'S GAY, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF GAY PEOPLE. ALL OF A SUDN THEIR HEAD, THEY SEE THAT ONE OF THEIR PERCEPTNS WASN'T RIGHT, MAYBE SOME OF THEIR OTHER PERCEPTNS AREN'T RIGHT TOO, AND MAYBE THEY SHOULD START RETHKG HOW THEY SEE EVERYONE. I REALLY HOPE THAT'S THE SE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOTE: THE STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED AT THE REQUT OF ONE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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