Michelangelo Signorile

Michelangelo Signorile
Signorile in 2011 at the book launch party for Michael Musto's Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back
Signorile in 2011 at the book launch party for Michael Musto's Fork on the Left, Knife in the Back
Born (1960-12-19) December 19, 1960 (age 63)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationJournalist, Radio host, political commentator, columnist
GenreLGBT literature
Notable worksQueer in America
Spouse
David Gerstner
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(m. 2013)​

Michelangelo Signorile (/ˌsiːnjəˈrɪlə/; born December 19, 1960) is an American journalist, author and talk radio host. His radio program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada on Sirius XM Radio and globally online. Signorile was editor-at-large for HuffPost from 2011 until 2019. Signorile is a political liberal, and covers a wide variety of political and cultural issues.

Signorile is noted for his various books and articles on gay and lesbian politics, and is an outspoken supporter of gay rights. Signorile's seminal 1993 book Queer in America: Sex, The Media, and the Closets of Power explored the negative effects of the LGBT closet, and provided one of the first intellectual justifications for the practice of outing public officials, influencing the debate and treatment of the issue among journalists from that point on. In 1992 Newsweek listed him as one of America's "100 Cultural Elite,"[1] and he is included as #100 in the 2002 book, The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present.[2]

In August 2011, Signorile was inducted into the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association LGBT Journalist Hall of Fame.[3] In November 2012, Signorile was included in the Out magazine annual Out 100.[4] In April 2015, Signorile's fifth book, It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia and Winning True Equality, was published.[5]

  1. ^ Alter, Jonathan. 1992. "The Cultural Elite." Newsweek, October 5: 30–34
  2. ^ Russell, Paul (2002), The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present, Kensington Books, ISBN 0-7582-0100-1
  3. ^ "Journalists Honored for Work in Media, Activism | News | the Advocate". Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2011."Journalists Honored for Work in Media, Activism," The Advocate, August 1, 2011
  4. ^ Out 100 2012, "Out 100: Michelangelo Signorile," Out, December 2012.
  5. ^ "It's Not over". Archived from the original on December 30, 2021. Retrieved July 17, 2022.