LOS ANGELES -- Michael Huffgton, a former Republin ngrsman om California who spent $28 ln a failed bid for the Senate 1994, disclos the January issue of Esquire magaze that he is gay. The oil and bankg heir ma the disclosure durg terviews wh the article's thor, David Brock.
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EX-NGRSMAN OM CALIFORNIA ADMS HE’S GAY
The New Yorker published s profile of Arianna Huffgton. Though disappotgly far om the juicy takedown we hoped for, do nta a few tertg nuggets. We learn, for example, that the Republin-divorcée-turned-ter-publisher bizarrely "his" all three of her BlackBerrys her bathroom at night, even though she liv only wh a hoekeeper and her two dghters. Her gay ex-hband Michael Huffgton elaborat on how she knew of his tert men before their marriage, sayg, " my Hoton town hoe I sat down wh her and told her that I had dated women and men so that she would be aware of ." And Huffgton sounds downright proud of her lack of long-term iendships, sayg, "I metabolize experienc fast." But there's so much missg, so much that should be this 14-page story, startg first wh how she ns the Huffgton Post — would any male mogul be profiled at such length wh so ltle said about how he ns his bs? — and ntug through to juicer qutns about her datg life and cultlike relig gu. A few specifics: * is michael huffington gay *
Michael Huffgton, after years of stggle, reveals that he's gay--and starts a new life as a gay activistBy John Cloud. Last week former California ngrsman and almost Senator Michael Huffgton announced, via a profile Esquire magaze, that he is gay. Perhaps makg up for lost time, the lnaire ex-hband of nservative polil mentator Arianna Huffgton appeared wh days to bee somethg of a newborn gay activist.
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First of all, Huffgton says, he thks of himself not as gay but as probably bisexual: other words, his marriage to the former Arianna Stassopoulos wasn't a total sham. Like many lbians and gays, Huffgton found that the journey om the closet was long and difficult, but he's been htg for some time. Last year he gave openly gay fancial gu Andrew Tobias money to help produce Out of the Past, an award-wng documentary on gay history.
Huffgton tells iends he me out "for the next generatn"--to offer young gays and lbians an example and give them some hope. In an implic rponse to the "ex-gay" movement--a small group wh nservative backg that claims people n change their sexualy--Huffgton stggled for years to pray away or spend away or marry away his sexualy, but found all els. After bottlg up feelgs for years, gay people often e burstg om the closet wh a sgle-md tensy (thk Ellen) that n wear a b th.
Michael Huffgton, the man who spent $28 ln on a failed Senate ndidacy California, says now that he's glad he lost bee has allowed him to reveal a long-held personal secret: He's gay.