Coming out at one's job can be difficult, particularly when you work in the allegedly unbiased news media. A number of gay journalists, however, have decided that honestly truly is the best policy - former CNN anchor man, Thomas Roberts, made headlines last fall when he came out (and then again during his controversial conversation with Anderson Cooper, during which Roberts discussed his abuse at the hands of a Catholic priest). In light of Roberts' coming out, AfterElton launched an extensive investigation into the ins and outs of being a homo-journo. In part one of their two part series, the AE boys chat with some of the media's most well-respected gay newsmen (and, yes, they're all men), including uber-handsome Miguel Marquez.

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• Remember Dr. Katz? What a fucking great show! Remember Dave Chappelle? What a great fucking comedian. Remember when Dave Chappelle appeared on Dr. Katz and talked about super-heroes? Ah, memories...

• Eighty percent of Finnish citizens support allowing the surviving same-sex partner to keep the deceased partner's surviving child. (Phew!)

• Anderson Cooper likes seamen.

• Hey, did you hear Tom Ford's opening a new store? No? Everyone else in the entire fucking planet did. What the hell's the matter with you? What? You're deaf? Oh, shit...sorry. Read all about it (or at least get a round-up) here!

• Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling are getting married. Typically we'd be jealous of McAdams, but who could hate on such a cute couple?

• Sappho-journo Kerry Eleveld's telling HX Media and The New York Blade to shove it up their loose asses: she's headed on over to The Advocate. It may only be across the street, but it's a big step for this little lady. Read her latest - and almost last - Blade column on lobbying your lawmakers, or face the consequences.

• Not-so-sappho-journo Charlene Cothran thinks Clay Cane is the most evil person in the whole wide world. That may explain why she spells his name Cain.

• Connecticut's anti-gayers sure can talk. And boy are they craaazy!

• Speaking of crazy (and offensive) people, here's a great archive of Don Imus' bigoted, homophobic, racist and otherwise distasteful rants.

No doubt the face of media's changed in recent years. Nevermind blogs such as ourselves - news organizations have made an effort to cover more diverse events, happenings and social groups, including the gay variety. One seasoned journalist, the staunchly conservative Joseph Farah, insists the rise of gay-centric news isn't a mistake. It's an agenda. He writes:

I am revealing, for the first time, the way the press was invaded and taken over by radical activists with a perverse and extreme agenda.
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Here's an example of a group that has virtually dictated the way newspapers and broadcast outlets cover issues involving homosexuality and other forms of sexual deviancy. It's called the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.

Not only is the organization successful at working inside the media to ensure favorable coverage of homosexuals and their political agenda, it even persuades the corporate press barons to pay their freight!

Farah goes on to explain that homo-journos have infiltrated every major news organization in order to paint a pretty pink picture of America's pretty pink posse. Not only have gays infested these outlets, they're actively shaping the tone and breadth of queer coverage.

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A reader just sent us this article about the recall on Hasbro's ever-popular Easy-Bake Oven. While we're not really that concerned with the recall itself, we raise our eyebrows (and so does the aforementioned reader) over the piece's opening statement:

Lots of young girls have an Easy-Bake Oven, or have a friend who has one. Now, Easy-Bake Ovens that have been sold since last May are being recalled because a girl can burn her hands on them.

We hope it didn't tarnish their polish!

Although, to be fair, the article took on a more genderless tone after their disproportionately large survey box asking, "Have you been affected by the recall?" We answered "no". (Read the headline.)

Those kids over at Next Magazine have great senses of humor. You may recall our totally conjectured post yesterday in which we passed along some gossip concerning editor Gregory T. Angelo's unceremonious sacking - a sacking one source said would be presented as an amicable split. Another source confirmed the existence of said press release, but would say no more.

Well, today we received what Nexters claim to be the release. It's possibly one of the funniest things we've ever read. So says Associate Publisher Jeff Woodward:

The important thing is that Gregory T. Angelo’s reign of terror is officially over... It’s going to be difficult to pick up the pieces, though. But if my years in publishing taught me one thing, it’s that in the aftermath of Gregory T. Angelo’s historically epic failure, Next Magazine needed the best Editor money could buy. Unfortunately our budgets don’t allow for that kind of spending, so we got the best Editor we could afford. I’m proud to announce that Justin Ocean will be assuming the responsibilities as Editor of Next Magazine starting Monday, January 29.

Very clever. But, wait, it gets better...

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While we're on the subject of love, remember Madeline Crabb, the pictured journalist who yearns just hates the homos? If not, check out our posting on the first installment of her ire-inducing essay, "Foley, homosexuality, and character."

Now that we're all on the same Foley-related page (pun undoubtedly intended), let's take a minute to examine Ms. Crabb's rousing second installment.

Basically, it's more of the same conservative Bible pusher haterade, which means the reader gets wonderous gems, such as Crabb's insistence that Foley's actions represent "normal-for-homosexual-behavior". She's such a sweetheart!

But, wait, it gets better:

Homosexuality is not noble, no matter what the know better [read: liberals] crowd says. God called such behavior an abomination. Period. But if that's not enough for you, let's hear what the homosexuals of stellar character have to say.

The Homosexual Manifesto, which appeared in the Gay Community News in 1987 states:

We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all-male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image.

The goal of homosexuals is to infiltrate every area of society to force their disgusting sexual lifestyle choices — their perversions — on all Americans. They are doing it through legislation like "hate crimes bills," and the Courts, using fear and intimidation tactics that would make the Nazis proud.

Call us crazy, but we don't think The National Socialists would be proud of anything gay. We actually think they were more closely aligned with Crabb's ideology (except for the religious part, of course).

We've also taken the time to post the entire parodic "The Gay Manifesto" essay by Michael Swift after the jump. Obviously Ms. Crabb's too blinded by her cuntiness to recognize sarcasm. Or, perhaps she's just an idiot.

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While you're over at Radar checking out Mark Foley's Strike Force cameo, you may want to check out their interview with super-star columnist Frank Rich (pictured, looking quite jolly).

Why? Well, in it, Rich says that he sees no problem outing politicians. See?

Radar: You wrote a column on October 15 called, "The Gay Old Party Comes Out". Given the Republicans' addiction to gay baiting, which you have frequently described, if you could prove that a closeted senior Republican was gay, would that be a story?

Rich: If people holding positions of power, who make an issue of people's sexuality in their politics, are discovered to be hypocrites, I see no reason why it shouldn't be reported, as long as it's reported in a legitimate fashion. As long as it's something that's sourced—not gossip, and not anonymous. And I think these are basically the rules the press are following now. Don't you think?

We do think, Frank. And we agree. Although, we have to ask: what constitutes as "legitimate" reporting? Are we legitimate?

Probably not, but that's okay. We're all about being bastards.

CNN will donate a whopping 100K to the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association Scholarship Fund. Our theory: Some top brass at CNN pissed off Anderson Cooper (maybe it’s the new obnoxious “CNN windbreaker” he has to wear) and this is how they appeased him.

The Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship Award is named in the memory of the late Leroy F. Aarons, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor and the founder of the NLGJA.

The $5,000 Aarons scholarship will be awarded annually to an LGBT undergraduate or graduate student who plans a career in journalism and is committed to furthering NLGJA's mission of fair and accurate coverage of the LGBT community.

All jokes aside, we applaud CNN for their hefty contribution to a worthy cause. We would apply ourselves but no one would ever consider us “journalists.”

Leon F. Aarons Scholarship Award [NLGJA Official Site]
CNN To Fund Gay Journalism Scholarship [365 Gay]