New York Observer On Outing

As part of their gay pride edition, today the New York Observer posted a lengthy piece on the changing ways that the media handles closeted celebrities. An excerpt:

With the number of prying media outlets—TMZ, Perez Hilton, Gawker, TV newsmagazines like Extra, a vivified set of glossy tabloids—growing seemingly by the week, celebrities have come up with a new strategy to decline discussing their personal lives until they’re good and ready. Living in the so-called “glass closet,” they can forestall the legitimate press inquiring after their home life while also ensuring that their orientation is hardly breaking news. It’s being basically out, without having to answer any questions.

Name-checked in the article are John Travolta, Anderson Cooper, Queen Latifah, and Chace Crawford.