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Michelangelo Signorile

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I'm a long-time journalist, author and activist and have worked for many publications. Currently, I host "The Michelangelo Signorile Show," on SiriusXM Progress 127, focusing on news, politics and culture. I am Editor at Large of Huffington Post Gay Voices, where I write on LGBT political and cultural issues. ...more

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What do you think are the best ways for an LGBT person today to support the effort to win true equality?

Michelangelo Signorile Well, I hate to say, read my book and find out. But IT'S NOT OVER really makes a case throughout that builds toward the Epilogue, where 7 key actions …moreWell, I hate to say, read my book and find out. But IT'S NOT OVER really makes a case throughout that builds toward the Epilogue, where 7 key actions or ways of re-imagining things are offered readers -- what we each can do in our own lives and collectively to make real change. But I do feel for people to understand exactly what I mean they have to see how it builds throughout the book and the case made with real evidence. A lot of it is really based on looking back, and the key is for people to not be blinded by changing perceptions of reality. (less)

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Since the LGBT community has made such progress recently, has the purpose or audience for your books changed much since you first published your first book?

Michelangelo Signorile Hi Rob -- I didn't see this earlier, not sure why! That is a great question and the answer is no and yes. (Well you did ask if the purpose OR audience…moreHi Rob -- I didn't see this earlier, not sure why! That is a great question and the answer is no and yes. (Well you did ask if the purpose OR audience changed and they are two different answers.)

I think the purpose has always been the same: to inform and inspire. I think all of my books have been about using journalism, history, personal experience and research and analysis to show people something I think is important and urgent and to inspire them to take action. At least, that's how I'd like to think it works.

As to the audience, I think that has changed. It's grown, and I don't think necessarily in numbers as much as it's become broader. People come out now and identify themselves at much younger ages, so I often hear from many young people, while many older people who are with me from way back still write me about work past and present. And so many straight allies now read my work -- so many moms, dads and family members of LGBT people. I assume that, since most of this in recent years has been about response to my online writing -- I've not written a book in years -- that it will translate to my new book as well.(less)

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	It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queer in America: Sex, the Media, and the Closets of Power 3.92 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me by David Drake, Michelangelo Signorile (Goodreads Author) (Foreword by) 3.87 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life Outside - The Signorile Report on Gay Men: Sex, Drugs, Muscles, and the Passages of Life 3.70 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outing Yourself: How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitting Hard: Michelangelo Signorile on George W. Bush, Mary Cheney, Gay Marriage, Tom Cruise, the Christian Right and Sexual Hypocrisy in America 3.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	クイア・イン・アメリカ―メディア、権力、ゲイ・パワー 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equality by Michelangelo Signorile (Goodreads Author), Patrick Lawlor (narrator), Tantor Audio (publisher) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queer in America: Sex, the Media and the Closets of Power by MICHELANGELO SIGNORILE (1994-08-01) by Michelangelo Signorile (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outing Yourself: How to Come Out as Lesbian or Gay to Your Family, Friends, and Coworkers by Michelangelo Signorile (1996-06-06) by Michelangelo Signorile (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Yoshino distinguishes covering from “conversion” (trying to become straight) and “passing” (staying in the closet), and points out that even after gay people come out, society exerts a “covering demand” on its minority members. I would argue that, by pleading for more magnanimous treatment of our opponents, gay thought leaders were unconsciously applying the covering demand to the LGBT equality movement as a whole.”
― Michelangelo Signorile, It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, & Winning True Equality

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“In one particularly witty, stinging passage, he wrote, “Heterosexuals get drunk and pregnant, producing unwanted children; their reward is to be allowed to marry. Homosexual couples do not produce unwanted children; their reward is to be denied the right to marry. Go figure.”
― Michelangelo Signorile, It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, & Winning True Equality

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“it was impossible not to be amazed, impressed, and heartened by the questioning that Richard Posner, judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, a Reagan appointee, delivered to Wisconsin assistant attorney general Timothy Samuelson, who defended Wisconsin’s gay-marriage ban before the court in August 2014.”
― Michelangelo Signorile, It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, & Winning True Equality

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