Posted by mikezillion at April 4th, 2007

I always thought there was something appealing about Anderson Cooper. Now the French gay magazine Tetu tells me that the American magazine OUT will be officially outing the popular journalist (along with longtime-passing movie star Jodie Foster) in their next issue. Personally, I agree with the old GLAAD-SF mantra that it is not at all negative to say that someone is gay. But I don’t think it makes sense to mention it without an appropriate context. OUT’s proposed context is that gay people with media influence have an obligation to make their orientation known, for the sake of visibility. I’m not so sure that I would publish a magazine cover specifically to make the point. But I am sure it will sell copies.