‘Out’ Ranks the Top 50 Gays

NY mag ^ | 4/4/7

[NativeNewYorker]

When New York did a "Gay Life Now" issue in 2001, only seven of the forty prominent New York gays asked to pose for the cover were willing. Those big shots may have been gay, and they may have been out, but it just wouldn't do for them to be gay and out on the cover of a magazine. "There was a time when the closet was a necessary safe haven," our pal Maer Roshan, who edited the issue, wrote in an angry 2,000-word essay. "But now, it exists as an anachronistic monument to shame. It's time for our public figures to stop hiding in there — and for journalists to stop helping them." Six years and a month later, maybe at least that second part has come true. Here's a first glimpse at the cover of Out magazine's "50 Most Powerful Gay Men and Women in America" issue. (Click here for a larger image.) Those are models holding Jodie Foster and Anderson Cooper masks on the cover. Neither, of course, would appear themselves.

1. David Geffen
2. Anderson Cooper
3. Ellen DeGeneres
4. Tim Gill
5. Barney Frank
6. Rosie O’Donnell
7. The New York Times Gay Mafia: Richard Berke, Ben Brantley, Frank Bruni, Stuart Elliott, Adam Nagourney, Stefano Tonchi, and Eric Wilson

8. Marc Jacobs
9. Andrew Tobias
10. Brian Graden
11. Jann Wenner
12. Andrew Sullivan
13. Suze Orman
14. Joe Solmonese
15. Fred Hochberg
16. Christine Quinn

17. Perez Hilton
18. Scott Rudin
19. John Aravosis
20. Sheila Kuehl
21. James B. Stewart
22. Nick Denton
23. Tom Ford
24. Nate Berkus
25. Adam Moss

26. Jim Nelson
27. Lorri L. Jean
28. Adam Rose
29. Annie Leibovitz
30. Simon Halls and Stephen Huvane
31. Bryan Lourd
32. Bryan Singer
33. Jonathan Burnham
34. Brian Swardstrom

35. Robert Greenblatt
36. Chi Chi LaRue
37. Dan Mathews
38. Neil Meron and Craig Zadan
39. Ingrid Sischy
40. Marc Cherry
41. Carolyn Strauss
42. Irshad Manji
43. Jodie Foster

44. Christine Vachon
45. André Leon Talley
46. Hilary Rosen
47. Matthew Marks
48. Benny Medina
49. Mitchell Gold
50. David Kuhn

[Red Badger]

She (JF) doesn’t want to alienate half of her potential movie going fan base...........

[TexasCajun]

Be sure to check out the "Bananarama" story in this months issue at a Starbucks near you.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

When Hinckley finds out about this he might shoot someone else.

[RonF]

I know who 3 of those people are. I’ve heard 3 or 4 of the other names, but can’t tell you anything else about them. I guess I’m behind the times.

[Red Badger]

McGreevy didn’t make the list?..........

[reagan_fanatic]

I guess there wasn’t enough room for everyone on the BRAVO network and practically all of the stars of its shows - oh well.

[Nonstatist]

Chi Chi LaRue?

[ChildOfThe60s]

Another good version:

[ConservaTexan]

Apparently homosexuality also affects mathematics. I counted 58 deviants on this ‘Top 50’ list.

[beaureguard]

Me either...

[null and void]

No Hildabeast?

[Nathan Zachary]

I wonder why HRC is left off that list. The beast is the one person everyone knows is queer.

[Sgt_Schultze]

#5

[MadelineZapeezda]

So what’s taking Oprah so long to come out????

[Red Badger]

Shep is not gay...............a little happy , but not gay......

[null and void]

Jodie Foster?........I didn’t know.............

'fraid so.

[4everontheRight]

I “googled” about 20 of these names in preparation for adding them to my “Don’t see, Don’t listen to” list, I’m safe. Most of them are NY politicians or in the publishing biz or....fashion. Now the latter is the biggest surprise to me!

[Tinian]

The top six U.S. male serial killers were all gay:

Very interesting...

[Red Badger]

Any kin to Chi Chi Rodriguez?.......

[Huntress]

What about Ted Bundy and Gary Ridgeway?