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We gay folk are constantly having to come out to new friends, colleagues and other random associates. And, when we don't, can often be confused for a - gasp! - heterosexual, which can lead to some sticky situations. Take, for example, the following query in the NY Times' new etiquette section: "You’re at someone’s house who starts talking about how wrong gay marriage is. You are gay. What do you do?" Now, before you answer "punch them in the face," consider homo-journo and etiquette columnist Philip Galanes' more measured reply… |
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Gay renaissance man Philip Galanes will helm the New York Times' new etiquette column. And he's got quite the resume: "[Galanes] may not be a household name, it is difficult to imagine someone more primed to write about social mores alongside the sociological trivia, careerist self-revelation and spectator-sport consumption of that section. Galanes is twice graduated from Yale, was an entertainment lawyer at white-shoe firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, has two novels to his name and dabbles as an interior designer." Slacker. [WWD via College OTR] |
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