About the Writers

(Getty Images) Jenny Stewart is the award-winning Editorial Director at Gay.com and PlanetOut.com. She has been named one of Curve Magazine's 10 most powerful lesbians in music and POWER UP's 10 Amazing Gay Women in Hollywood.

"When trying to reach a large audience about LGBT media representations and issues of defamation, coverage by Jenny Stewart is not only essential but absolutely crucial,” says Damon Romine, Entertainment Media Director, GLAAD.

An industry insider, Stewart has interviewed numerous celebrities, most recently including Tina Fey, Susan Sarandon,  Janet Jackson, Stephen Colbert,  Moby, Debbie Harry, Belinda Carlisle, Maureen McCormick, Kim Deal and dozens of others.  Her compelling interviews are picked up by mainstream press on a regular basis.

In 2008, Stewart’s groundbreaking column focusing on Howard Stern’s positive impact on the G&L community continues to be picked up by countless media outlets, and is discussed on the Howard Stern Show frequently.

Clarke Hamlin has been watching TV since before he was born, was raised on Salisbury Steak and Apple Cobbler TV dinners, and the way the Hamlin family tells it, taught himself to read watching "Jeopardy".

Chuck Thurman's areas of expertise are many -- he's a music critic, travel writer and a lover of all things political.

 

SERIAL SEAN (aka Sean Young) is an entrepreneur in entertainment journalism and public relations/media based in Toronto, Canada.  When he’s not out being an entertainment insider you can usually find him researching and mixing music as a DJ, or geeking out in his local comic book store.  His website can be viewed at http://serialsean.com.

 

Mark Doherty is a college student by day; blogger by night. He's currently working on a bachelor’s degree in Communications, and hopes to start a career in writing (and acting) after his June 2008 graduation. He and his boyfriend (an aspiring actor) live in Los Angeles and are too ashamed to admit how much TV they watch.

Paul Florez knew he was in danger of being bullied when he started using clunky scotch tape to hold his glasses together. A former Marvel Comics intern, he’s written for The Advocate, Wizard Magazine, and Queerty.com. He loves shows like “Battlestar Galactica”, “Angel”, and “Buffy” because they make him feel part of a community. His ultimate guilty pleasure includes ordering generic mall Chinese food while watching Desperate housewives.