New York Writer for Left-Wing Website Is Also Homosexual
So, the wonderful 32-year-old Steve Kornacki—the Rain Man of election data, former Observer politics writer, frequent MSNBC guest and now Salon news editor—wrote a rare personal essay about how he's just started telling people he's gay. It's fascinating to hear that this is still a thing. And most of all, I enjoy that there are still Secret Homosexuals lurking among us, even in the most elitist enclaves of the coastal elite! (I mean: Salon!) I mean this sincerely: it goes to show how wonderful and complicated humans are. If I were going to make any sort of defensive comment, it would be something like, "Gosh, sorry I helped keep you in the closet with all of my mincing, bro!" (though to be fair to Steve, I did once make him listen to Madonna for like six hours in a small car filled with gays, and that would push anyone further in the closet) but moments like this are really no time for pettiness. God bless us every one!
Where was this small car going? Bonnaroo? A football game at Ohio State? Urban Beach Week?
@zidaane I'm hoping they were in an empty parking lot smoking one HELL of a bong. That's pretty much the only way, to my mind, this could be acceptable.
@zidaane Bonnaroo.
@zidaane I believe it was the Observer 2008 New Hampshire primary road trip, no?
@Tom McGeveran Very plausible. Or possibly an East Coast cat safari.
Boneroo
Oh man, last year a co-worker came out to me in an incredibly earnest, sweet, vulnerable way. He's in his mid-thirties, and I didn't know what to say–just tried to brush him off with a "yeah that's great, let's go find people to bone" and felt really guilty about it later. it's hard to remember that to many it's still a problematic thing to accept/admit/deal with. sorry guy! group hug.
I know, I totally want to hear more about this 6-hour car ride.
On "fascinating to hear that this is still a thing": I know, right?!? My little brother finally came out this summer at 25… the funny thing is I've been out since 1999 and we pretty much have the most supportive family on earth… and he'd been living in LA working in film since 2008. Some things are just beyond comprehension.
@drufus It's strange, but I know a few second-gays-in-the-family, and it slows down the process.
"After a trip to Cape Cod with a friend and his family, the kid’s mother said her favorite moment was watching “straitlaced Steve” struggling to make sense of all the hedonism around him when we drove out to Provincetown."
SIGNS IT IS WEIRD THAT THIS IS STILL A THING! His friend's mom teased him with the gays, 20 years ago!
What is it the kids today say in situations like these? "No butt hole, no care?"
Just kidding! This is sweet.
I read this last night, and immediately wanted him to *call me.
That car ride sounds less painful than the afternoons I used to spend with one of my best friends in high school. He like to smoke massive amounts of weed, and drive on the PCH singing show tunes at top volume. Though talented, he was singing show tunes. But he had great weed. So, it was a fair trade-off. Imagine my surprise when finally came out of the closet in his 30s.
Having read the article, the romantic in me wants to believe he wrote it to get back Dan.
Do it, Dan! Take him back!
@iplaudius The cynic in me came to the same conclusion.
But also, yes! Take him back!
Oh, I hated this. Internalized homophobia still must drip from his pores – not only did it keep him in the closet for thirtysome years, but he still needs to intro his coming out piece with "but don't worry, I'm not one of THOSE gays I just want to talk about football, bro!"
Steve Kornacki sounds like the worst. Let's give him back to the straights.