The NYT Ethicist on Outing a Transgender Boyfriend

Today’s “The Ethicist” column in the New York Times by Randy Cohen deals with whether a transgender person is obligated to inform someone they are dating that they are transgender.  Cohen said “yes” and has gotten into some hot water from...

Lavender Reporter Speaks Out Against Critics

John Townsend, the reporter at the center of the Lavender outing coverage, has written a letter to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune blasting his critics–including NLGJA–for questioning the ethics of his story. Brock’s bully pulpit has assaulted gays and...

What is “Outing” in 2010 II

We previously asked what was meant by “outing” in 2010, in light of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting the “biggest open secret in the landmark trial over same-sex marriage being heard in San Francisco is that the federal judge who will decide the case,...