HUFFINGTON
12.09.12
OUT AT THE TIMES
York Post, ABC and CBS
and many more media
outlets. The party went
on far longer than expected, as people commented about the unstoppable energy in the
room. This was all very
new, and power was
what they were all getting off on — the collective power that they all
realized could be har-
there were at least 15
people from The Times,
some of whom didn’t
even know each other
or know about each
other’s sexuality. “That
was important,” says
Gefter. “I think that as
people at The Times
become more and more
vid Dunlap. “We have
talked about the possibility of sitting down
with some editors and
managers. There is no
specific agenda of which
I’m aware, though there
certainly are issues we
want to raise in time,
like spousal benefits.”
Other staffers talk
about asking for a fulltime reporter to cover gay
“I have a voice that needs
to to get out now. AIDS
is not just a disease. It is
a revolution in your life.”
— Jeff Schmalz
nessed if they worked
together.
The first meeting of
the New York chapter
of the National Lesbian
and Gay Journalists Association had occurred
just six weeks before.
At that meeting, attended by 60 people,
visible to each other,
there are more informal avenues of dialogue
that create a kind of
advocacy block.”
That advocacy block
is only just beginning
to form at The Times.
“There is now a loose,
informal social network
of gay men and women
here at The Times.” says
real estate reporter Da-
issues and the gay movement, arguing that during the black civil rights
movement there were
reporters whose beat was
solely that movement as
it was crystallizing. Still
other staffers have agendas ranging from adding
commitment ceremony