Andrew Sullivan Sees Straight in New 'Out' Editor
Yesterday, Time's blogger Andrew Sullivan announced that the new editor of Out magazine is a heterosexual. "Seriously, I think it's great that a straight guy is now heading up a gay magazine," he wrote.
While that idea fits nicely with Mr. Sullivan's theories on the continued blurring of straight and gay culture and identity, it doesn't quite deliver, as Out's new editor, Aaron Hicklin, is actually not a heterosexual.
Mr. Hicklin and Mr. Sullivan have never met, although Mr. Sullivan did once write approvingly of a review by Mr. Hicklin in Gear magazine of a Moby album.
"He's going to be very disappointed when he sees my first issue devoted to Judy Garland," Mr. Hicklin said from the Black Book offices. "And the Cher issue!"
Mr. Hicklin is staying at Black Book long enough to close the June/July issue; he will then immediately transfer to Out, without a break.
—Choire Sicha
What can you expect from "Mr. Bareback Sex" himself?
Remember, this is the same guy who authored a bizarre, totally irresponsible piece last year for The Advocate, claiming a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS is no more serious than diabetes.
He's not quite intact, you know what I mean?
Andrew is an fool.
In his latest post he writes that it is a good that sexual orientation did not matter in the hiring of the Editor of OUT magazine.
How simple childlike and foolhardy. Gays are the target of a culture war. Gays are an oppressed legally in this country. We should all be demanding that an out gay or lesbian head OUT magazine. HOW silly Andrew is. He just does not like being part of the gay community. Sad really that he feels that he has to fend off the embrace of his community as he feel it deminishes him - and at this point we all know it is ALL ABOUT ANDREW.
PS you have not lived until you see ANDREW in full leather having his boots spit shined - fully enjoying dominating someone in the gay community Seeing him do this all before he became a "househusband with beagles" really allows me to take his declarations of mainstream behaviors with the required grain of salt.
too funny. well, it seems mr. hicklin has what an editor of "out" should have. "blackbook" is definitely pop-hot.
I suppose it's too late for DHS to cancel Andy's green card. Perhaps "The Princess of Provincetown" married American royalty so he's probably legal already. How nice for Andy that he's become the homosexual maven that bigtime media calls on to voice "the homosexual view." As if.