When is outing in the media acceptable?
Illustration by Dale Stephanos
“Everything open,” says Gawker founder Nick Denton. “All secrets out there.”
Daniel D’Addario writes in the New York Observer:
The question arises: Is there no sphere of privacy for the celebrity anymore? After all, straight celebrity couples from Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem to Beyoncé and Jay-Z don’t acknowledge any element of their love in public, though they’re also not asked if they’re heterosexual. Why should Anderson Cooper or Queen Latifah have to dish about their love lives—or even acknowledge their sexuality?
* Celebs struggle to keep sexuality secretish, but media make mischief (observer.com)
* “Everyone knows that Anderson Cooper is gay,” says Nick Denton (Capital New York)
