Chely Wright, Rachel Maddow, Meredith Baxter, Lisa Cholodenko Make Out 100 List
PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 13, 2010
Women making gay glossy Out's annual list of most compelling people
of 2010 include Rachel Maddow, Chely Wright and Meredith Baxter.
Maddow is the only openly gay woman featured on the cover.
The glossy crowned Maddow Newsmaker of the Year.
In her profile, Maddow, the much-loved host of MSNBC's The Rachel
Maddow Show, says she's frustrated with Democrats who pander to
the gay community.
“We continue to have a sort of lackadaisical gay political movement that
has a relationship with Democrat politicians that doesn't serve gay rights:
'We want to be close to you.' Beautiful! But if we're not getting anything
for that, then it's actually counterproductive,” she said.
Other openly gay women in the issue include country music star Chely
Wright, actress Meredith Baxter, Hood author Emma Donoghue, “Don't Ask,
Don't Tell” activist Katie Miller, director Lisa Cholodenko and Bishop Mary Glasspool, the first openly lesbian bishop in the Episcopal Church.
“Nothing in my life has been more magical than the moment I decided
to come out,” she said.
“I was sort of entertaining the idea,” the Family Ties mother said.
“I thought I might put an ad in the paper, kind of like a little birth
announcement that would say, 'OK, I'm gay – Meredith.'”
follows in the footsteps of New Hampshire Bishop Gene V. Robinson,
the church's first openly gay bishop. Robinson recently announced
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