Prominent Newspaper Contributors Who Identify as LGBTQ

Argentina

• Carlos Arcidiacono, critic, La Prensa

Australia

• John Allan, COO, The Australian
• Neil Brown, columnist, The Spectator Australia
• Louis Hanson, writer, Australia Times and The Guardian
• Cate McGregor, cricket, The Spectator
• Jeffrey Smart, art critic, The Daily Telegraph

Brazil

• Laerte Coutinho, artist, Folha de S. Paulo
• David Miranda, columnist, The Guardian

Canada

• Marie-Claire Blais, contributor, various newspapers
• Carellin Brooks, columnist, The Vancouver Sun
• Nicole Brossard, founder, Les têtes de pioches
• Diane Flacks, columnist, The Toronto Star
• Ed Jackson, editor, Body Politic
• Tim Kiladze, business columnist, The Globe & Mail
• Richard Labonte, contributor, Body Politic
• Edward Lavallee, co-editor, Native People
• Roswell George Mills, writer, Les Mouches Fantastiques
• Ken Popert, publisher, Pink Triangle Press
• Casey Plett, book reviewer, The Winnipeg Free Press
• Pierre Samson, contributor, Le Devoir
• Jay Scott, film critic, The Globe & Mail
• William Thorsell, editor, The Globe & Mail

Denmark

• Count Eigil Knuth, art critic

France

• Stephane Bern, events editor, Le Figaro Madame
• Alain Emmanuel Dreuilhe, Gai Pied
• Elisabeth Lebovici, staff member, Liberation

Great Britain

• Alice Arnold, columnist, Daily Telegraph and The Guardian
• David Atherton, cookery, The Guardian
• Nicky Bandini, sportswriter, The Guardian
• Julie Bindel, contributor, The Guardian
• Michael Brown, journalist, several newspapers
• Chris Bryant, columnist, The Independent
• Ryan John Butcher, writer, The Independent
• Charlie Condou, columnist, The Guardian
• James Davidson, contributor, The Guardian
• Melanie Davis, publisher, El Hispanic News
• Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, columnist, several newspapers
• Simon Edge, theatre critic, Daily Express
• Jane Fae, contributor, The Guardian
• Alys Fowler, Gardening Columnist, The Guardian
• Elsa Gidlow, editor, Les Mouches Fantastique
• Derek Granger, film critic, The Financial Times
• Johann Hari, columnist, The Independent
• Stephen Hough, blogger, Daily Telegraph
• Juliet Jacques, contributor, The Guardian and The New Statesman
• Owen Jones, columnist, The Guardian and The Independent
• Allegra McEvedy, Dining Critic, The Guardian
• Jack Monroe, columnist, The Guardian
• Beverley Nichols, columnist, London Sunday Chronicle
• Graham Norton, advice columnist, The Daily Telegraph
• Yotam Ottolenghi, food writer, The Guardian
• Hannah Jane Parkinson, columnist, The Guardian
• Matthew Parris, columnist, The Times of London
• Laurie Penny, columnist, The Guardian and The Independent
• Andrew Pierce, The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph
• Mark Ravenhill, contributor, The Guardian
• Martin Raymond, columnist, The Independent
• Cecil Roberts, journalist, Liverpool Post
• Mark Shenton, theatre critic, Sunday Express
• Vita Sackville-West, columnist, The Observer
• Chris Sanderson, columnist, The Independent
• Richard Smith, contributor, The Guardian
• Joe Stone, columnist, The Guardian
• Dawn Langley Simmons, editor, The Winnipeg Free Press
• Ruby Tandoh, columnist, The Guardian
• Peter Tatchell, columnist, The Guardian and The New Statesman
• Tim Teeman, interviewer, The Times of London
• Kaite Welsh, columnist, The Daily Telegraph
• John Whaite, food editor, The Daily Telegraph
• Brian Whitaker, Travel, The Guardian
• Peter Zuckeran, investigative report, The Oregonian

Hungary

• Rodney Garland, writer, The Observer

Ireland

• Darren Kennedy, fashion and lifestyle, The Telegraph

Italy

• Titte De Simone, editor, L'Ora di Palermo
• Piero Santi, contributor, Il Nuovo Corriere

New Zealand

• Lizzie Marvelly, feminist writer, The New Zealand Herald

Norway

• Paul Johan Karlsen, columnist, Aftenpost

Romania

• Dragos Bucurenci, columnist, Evenimentul Zilei

Russia

• Roman Kalinin, editor, TEMA
• Elena Kostyuchenko, reporter, Novaya Gazeta
• Khudoberdi Nurmatov, correspondent, Novaya Gazeta

Scotland

• Kezia Dugdale, columnist, Daily Record
• Jeane Freeman, columnist, The National

Singapore

• JY Yang, writer for several newspapers

Spain

• Luis Antonio de Villena, columnist, various newspapers

Sri Lanka

• Niluka Ekanayake, editor, Subasetha

Suriname

• Clark Accord, columnist, Het Parool

Turkey

• Kursad Kahramanoglu, columnist, BirGun

United States

• Rupert Allan, writer, St. Louis Dispatch
• Sasha Alyson, contributor, Bay Windows
• John-Manuel Andriote, reporter, Washington Post
• Tracy Baim, writer, GayLife
• Michael Barbaro, reporter, The New York Times
• Josh Barro, domestic correspondent, The New York Times
• Jennifer Finney Boylan, contributor, The New York Times
• Ben Brantley, Theatre Critic, The New York Times
• Perry Brass, co-editor, Come Out
• Frank Bruni, columnist, The New York Times
• Steve Buckley, sportswriter, Boston Herald
• Paul Burston, columnist, The Guardian
• Jonathan Capehart, editor, Washington Post and New York Daily News
• Sewell Chan, editor, The New York Times
• Craig Claiborne, food critic, The New York Times
• Derrick Clifton, contributor, The Guardian
• Patricia Cornwell, crime reporter, The Charlotte Observer
• Chuck Culpepper, sportswriter, The Los Angeles Times
• Johnny Diaz, journalist, Sun Sentinel and Boston Globe
• Kate Fagan, columnist, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Leslie Feinberg, editor, Workers World
• Robert Garcia, contributor, Long Beach Coast
• LZ Granderson, sportswriter, Los Angeles Times
• Lorraine Hansberry,staff member, Freedom
• Aaron Hicklin, The Guardian
• Chris Hine, sportswriter, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, and Los Angeles Times
• Jamal Jordan, digital storytelling, The New York Times
• Christina Kahrl, sportswriter, San Francisco Chronicle
• Gerrick D. Kennedy, music critic, The Los Angeles Times
• Michael K. Lavers, writer, The Washington Blade
• Richard Leitsch, writer, GAY
• Leo Lerman, contributor, New York Herald Tribune
• Randy Lovely, editor, The Arizona Republic
• Troy Masters, editor, The Pride LA
• Kris Mayes, political correspondent, The Arizona Republic
• Nick McCarvel, tennis report, USA Today
• John Richard Nichols, co-editor, GAY
• Amit Paley, Washington Post
• Tony Paul, sportswriter, Detroit News
• Jeremy Peters, political correspondent, The New York Times
• Minnie Bruce Pratt, editor, Workers World
• Choire Sicha, Style editor, The New York Times
• Nadine Smith, journalist, Tampa Tribune
• Zach Stafford, contributor, The Guardian
• Steven Thrasher, columnist, The Guardian
• Wallace Thurman, writer, Outlet
• Kay Tobin, contributing photographer, The Ladder
• Bari Weis, The New York Times
• Cyd Zeigler, sportswriter, several newspapers

See Also

• LGBTQ Magazine Editors
• LGBTQ Investigative Journalists and Editors
• Top Television News Anchors Who Identify as LGBTQ
• Political Correspondents and Commentators Who Identify as LGBTQ
• Founders of LGBTQ Book Publishers
• Notable LGBTQ Essayists
• War and Foreign Press Correspondents Who Identify as LGBTQ

Further Reading/Research

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