“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.” —Oscar Wilde
Board of Directors

PRESIDENT Diane Anderson-Minshall
CEO & Editorial Director: Out magazine, The Advocate magazine, Pride.com
VICE PRESIDENT John Esther
Film Editor, Lesbian News

SECRETARY Jazz Tangcay
Artisans Editor, Variety

TREASURER Walt Hickey
Editor & Founder, Numlock

WOMEN’S OUTREACH DIRECTOR Sarah Toce
The Seattle Lesbian (Editor in Chief), Raw Story

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR Greg Hernandez
Editor & Founder, Greg in Hollywood
Contributor, LA LGBT Center Vanguard / LGBT News Now

OUTREACH DIRECTOR Dan Allen
Contributor, NBCNews.com, The Blade, EDGE Media Network
General Membership
SAVAS ABADSIDIS Gaynrd (Editor), Towleroad Gay News (Managing Editor)
JASON ADAMS My New Plaid Pants blog (Founder), The Film Experience, Awards Watch
RYAN ADAMS Awards Daily
TRE’VELL ANDERSON Essence, Freelance, Maximum Fun’s Fanti podcast
ERIC ANDERSSON TV Guide Magazine / TV Insider
ERIK ANDERSON Founder/columnist, Awards Watch
EDWIN ARNAUDIN Mountain Xpress (North Carolina), Asheville Movies
J.W. ARNOLD (GALECA Southern U.S. Liason) South Florida Gay News
DAVID ARTAVIA Out (Editor in Chief)
FRANK J. AVELLA (GALECA East Coast & Studios Liason) Awards Daily, EDGE Media Network
SEAN AU KTSF-TV (San Francisco)
CHRIS AZZOPARDI Q Syndicate (Editor), The New York Times, Out in New Jersey, Q Salt Lake, etc.
BRANTLEY BARDIN CBS.com / Watch! magazine, freelance
ALEX BARASCH The New Yorker
TIM BAROS (GALECA U.K. Liaison) The Entertainment Website (blog)
JUAN BARQUIN Miami New Times, Dim the House Lights
JOSE BASTIDAS San Francisco Chronicle (Assistant Arts & Entertainment Editor)
DAN BAYER Next Best Picture, NBP podcast
NICHOLAS BELL IonCinema (Chief Film Critic)
TRISH BENDIX The New York Times, freelance
RIESE BERNARD Autostraddle (Editor in Chief)

MANUEL BETANCOURT Vulture, Remezcla
J. DON BIRNAM Splash Report
CARSON BLACKWELDER Good Morning America
FREDERICK BLICHERT Vice, The Tyee
JEFFREY BLOOMER Slate (Features Editor)
STEVEN BLUM Los Angeles, freelance
KAITLYN BOOTH Bleeding Cool News
CHARLES KAREL BOULEY The Karel Cast (radio), G.E.D / After Dark
MATT BRENNAN The Los Angeles Times (Television Editor)
CHARLES BRIGHT Gold Derby
TOM BROOK BBC World News: Talking Movies
NEAL BROVERMAN The Advocate (Editor in Chief)
BRODY BROWN Us Weekly (Managing Editor)
EVAN BURKE Close Up by E! News (Producer)
BEN CAHLAMER The Movie Revue, The Cinema Files
MICHAEL CALLERI Niagara Gazette, WLVL AM/FM (Buffalo, New York), WBNY FM (SUNY Buffalo)
DAVID CANFIELD Entertainment Weekly (Movies Editor)
BRENNAN CARLEY Esquire, Elle, freelance
BRIAN T. CARNEY The Washington Blade
CHRIS CARPENTER (Vice President Emeritus) Rage, MovieDearest
SARA CENTURY SyFy Fangrrls
CHRISTINE CHAMPAGNE Great Big Story (site staff writer), Emmy
CHIP CHANDLER Amarillo magazine, Amarilo.com

DANETTE CHAVEZ The A.V. Club (TV Editor)
DAN CLARENDON TV Insider, Teen Vogue
SARA CLEMENTS Next Best Picture (Editor)
RICH JACK CLINE Shadows On The Wall (Editor in Chief)
LAUREN COATES Culturess, Vulture, The Mary Sue, The DePaulia
TYLER COATES The Hollywood Reporter, Wired, Avenue
JIM COLUCCI TV historian; author of Golden Girls Forever, etc.
VALERIE COMPLEX them, The Playlist, Daily Extra, Variety
MICHAEL COOPER LA Weekly
DANIELA COSTA Stars Insider (International Editor), freelance
ZOE CROMBIE The Digital Fix, Zavvi, etc.
MICHAEL CUBY Nylon, them (Editor at Large)
DANIEL D’ADDARIO Variety
ANDREW DAVIS Windy City Times (Managing Editor)
MANNY DELA ROSA KMIR/NBC Palm Springs, The Filipino Channel
ELLA DONALD GQ (Australia), freelance
JUDE DRY IndieWire (Associate Editor)
GLENN DUNKS Film Experience, freelance
SAM ECKMANN Gold Derby
CHRIS EGGERTSEN Billboard, Box Office, The Hollywood Reporter
ALICIA ELER Minneapolis Star Tribune, author

MURTADA ELFADL The Film Experience, Mediaversity Reviews, Sundays With Cate podcast
JOSHUA ENCINIAS The Film Stage, Awards Watch
RAFFY ERMAC Pride (Editor in Chief)
VALERIE ETTENHOFER Film School Rejects
JAMES FACTORA them
KEVIN FALLON The Daily Beast
JIM FARMER The Georgia Voice, ArtsATL
NOLAN FEENEY Billboard (Senior Editor)
CHRIS FEIL The Film Experience, personal blog
LAWRENCE FERBER New Now Next, Passport
SARA MICHELLE FETTERS Movie Freak
BOBBY FINGER Vanity Fair, Vulture/The Cut, Who? Weekly podcast
TOM FITZGERALD Tom + Lorenzo (Co-founder)
S.E. FLEENOR SyFy, Bella Media
NICHOLAS FONSECA Stellar magazine (Deputy Editor), freelance
BRIAN FORMO Fandango
HALEIGH FOUTCH Collider
CAROLINE FRAMKE Variety
WHITNEY FRIEDLANDER Vulture, Paste, Rotten Tomatoes editorial

CADEN MARK GARDNER Reverse Shot, Hyperallergic, Mubi, Dig Boston
TOPHER GAUK-ROGER People, CNN, Wonderwall, Spectrum News 1 (LA)
GLENN GAYLORD The Queer Review
VIC GERAMI The Blunt Post (Editor in Chief), The Blunt Post with Vic (KPFK-LA), 10 Questions with Vic (syndicated column)
BRIAN GIANELLI Stirr (Director of Entertainment Scheduling & Programming)
MATTHEW GILBERT The Boston Globe
TRACY E. GILCHRIST The Advocate (Co-editor in Chief)
ADRIANA GOMEZ-WESTON We Live Entertainment, The Cinema Soloist (blog)
ED GONZALEZ Slant (Editor & Co-founder)
JALAL HADDAD Awards Daily
JIM HALTERMAN TV Guide Magazine / TV Insider (West Coast Bureau Chief)
JEREMY HELLIGAR Variety, The Wrap, Queerty, Reader’s Digest
ERIC HENDERSON Slant
TAYLOR HENDERSON Pride
DENNIS HENSLEY Dennis Anyone? podcast, freelance
JAMES PATRICK HERMAN Variety
ANDRÉ HEREFORD Metro Weekly (D.C.)
CHRIS HEWITT Minneapolis Star Tribune
MARSHALL HEYMAN Town and Country, Wall Street Journal, InStyle, Dujour, New York Times
LUKE HICKS Film School Rejects, MSN, The Playlist
JONATHAN PAUL HIGGINS Xtra, them, Bold Culture Hub, Bloop by Grindr, personal website
FRAN HOEPFNER Bright Wall / Dark Room

HEATHER HOGAN Autostraddle (Senior Editor)
DAMIAN HOLBROOK TV Guide Magazine / TV Insider
KIRBY HOLT MovieDearest blog (Founder)
STEPHAN HORBELT Hornet (Executive Editor)
HUNTER INGRAM Star News (Wilmington, North Carolina)
MATTHEW JACOBS HuffPost
KEVIN JACOBSEN Gold Derby, And the Runner Up Is podcast
CHRISTOPHER JAMES Awards Radar
DOUG JAMIESON The Jam Report, Filmotomy (Awards Editor)
RYAN JAY NBC-TV Milwaukee, Premiere Networks, Ryan Jay Reviews
REN JENDER The New York Times, NPR, Bandcamp (freelance)
MERRYN JOHNS Curve magazine (Editor in Chief, print)
ARNOLD WAYNE JONES Dallas Voice
RENDY JONES Rendy Reviews
BRANDON JUDELL Culture Catch
RICH JUZWIAK Jezebel, Pitchfork
JOEL KELLER Decider
JOHN R. KENNEDY iHeartRadio Canada, Pop Goes the News
ALEC KERR Conway Daily Sun (New Hampshire)

KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM The New York Times, Allure, Pitchfork, etc.
JACK KING The Playlist, Awards Watch, BBC . com
BRANDON KIRBY Hypable, Backstage
JUSTIN KIRKLAND Esquire
YASMIN KLEINBART The Young Folks
JAMES KLEINMANN The Queer Review (Editor)
PETER KNEGT CBC
LEWIS KNIGHT Daily Mirror
WILL KOHLER Back2Stonewall (Editor in Chief)
NAVEEN KUMAR InStyle, Time Out New York, etc.
STACY LAMBE ET Online (Features Editor), personal site
DERRIK LANG Palm Springs Life (Deputy Editor), (Dy)Nasty podcast, freelance
RYAN LATTANZIO IndieWire (Weekend Editor)
RICHARD LAWSON Vanity Fair (Chief Critic)
BENJAMIN LEE The Guardian (Arts Editor, East Coast)
MICHAEL CIDONI LENNOX Associated Press
JASON LEROY The Binge podcast
BENJAMIN LINDSAY Backstage (Managing Editor), Rotten Tomatoes editorial, Vulture, Vanity Fair
JUSTIN LOCKWOOD Geeks Out, Bloody Disgusting
JOSEPH LONGO MEL
KRISTEN LOPEZ IndieWire (TV Editor)
WESLEY LOVELL CinemaSight (Founder)
J. BRYAN LOWDER Slate (Associate Editor), sister site Outward (Editor)
ADAM LUBITOW City Newspaper (Rochester, NY)
JAMES LUXFORD American Express Essentials, Metro U.K., City AM, BBC Radio (Coventry/Warwickshire)
WILLOW MACLAY Hyperallergic, MUBI

MARC MALKIN Variety (Senior Culture and Events Editor)
LORENZO MARQUEZ Tom + Lorenzo (Co-founder)
CLARE MCBRIDE SyFy
MIKE MCCLELLAND SpectrumCulture
KILIAN MELLOY EDGE Media Network (Assistant Arts Editor)
LIZ SHANNON MILLER Collider (Senior TV Editor)
LEIGH MONSON Birth Movies Death, Slash Film
ABBY MONTEIL Insider, Stacker (including syndicated stories), Thrillist
KIP MOONEY College Movie Review, Central Track (Texas)
EJ MORENO Flickering Myth (including Youtube channel)
JOEY MOSER Awards Daily
RANDY MYERS San Jose Mercury News, Local News Matters
APRIL NEALE TV Shows Ace, Monsters and Critics
MONIKA NEGRA SyFy, Bella Media
HANH NGUYEN Salon (Senior Culture Editor)
AUDREY NOWAKOWSKI NPR – WUWM Milwaukee (Lake Effect producer)
ROBERT NESTI EDGE Media Network (National Arts & Entertainment Editor)
TOM O’BRIEN Gold Derby, Next Best Picture podcast
DAVID OPIE Digital Spy (Deputy TV Editor)
ROB OWEN Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Seattle Times
REBECCA PAHLE Box Office Pro (Deputy Editor)
MARK PEIKERT Playbill (Editor in Chief)

LOUIS PEITZMAN Vulture, etc.
DEGEN PENER The Hollywood Reporter (Deputy Editor)
DAVID PHILLIPS Awards Daily
DANA PICCOLI Queer Media Matters (Editor in Chief)
JERRY PORTWOOD Rolling Stone (Digital Director)
ASHLEE MARIE PRESTON Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Playboy, Revolt
STEVE PRIDE IMRU syndicated radio show/podcast (Segment Producer)
KRISTY PUCHKO Pajiba (Managing Editor & Film Editor), Riot Material
DINO-RAY RAMOS Deadline Hollywood (Associate Editor)
DEVIN RANDALL Instinct
ADAM RATHE Town and Country (Arts Editor)
TARIQ RAOUF Entertainment Queerly podcast
JOE REID Primetimer (Managing Editor), Vulture, Vanity Fair
DAVID REDDISH Queerty (Entertainment Editor)
MATTHEW RETTENMUND Boy Culture blog
DANIEL REYNOLDS The Advocate (Senior Editor), Pride
JORDAN RIEFE Los Angeles magazine, Los Angeles Times, Alta, Maxim
KATIE RIFE The A.V. Club
MATHEW RODRIGUEZ Teen Vogue, Primetimer
NATHANIEL ROGERS The Film Experience (Founder)
NICK ROMANO Entertainment Weekly
DAVID ROONEY The Hollywood Reporter (Chief Film Critic)
RUBÉN ROSARIO Miami Art Zine, Punch Drunk Movies
LISA ROSMAN Talking Pictures with Neil Rosen, personal blog
JOHN RUSSELL TV Guide
ALISTAIR RYDER Film Inquiry, Digital Fix
WAYNE SAMPSON Pride, The Advocate, IMRU podcast “Where’s Wayne?” segment

KIERAN SCARLETT You Started It! podcast
KARL SCHMID ABC-7 (Los Angeles)
DANIEL SCHROEDER Slate
JOURDAIN SEARLES Bitch Media, Thrillist, AV Club, Vulture
GREGG SHAPIRO Bay Area Reporter, South Florida Gay News, OutSmart, etc.
ZACK SHARF IndieWire (News Editor)
JASON SHAWHAN Nashville Scene
GLEN STEVEN SHEEHAN Digital Fix
MATT SHIVERDECKER Austin 360, Austin American-Statesman
TIM SIKA The Pat Thurston Show (KGO-AM San Francisco), Celluloid Dreams podcast/radio (KSJS-FM San Jose, 1260-AM Sausalito)
RANDY SLOVACEK The Randy Report (Editor), Instinct
NIGEL SMITH People (News Editor—Movies)
DOROTHY SNARKER (nom de plume) Dorothy Surrenders blog
JOSE SOLIS The New York Times, Token Theatre Friends blog
DANIELLE SOLZMAN Solzy at the Movies
SAMUEL SPENCER Newsweek
CATHERINE SPRINGER Awards Watch
JASON ST. AMAND EDGE Media Network (National News Editor & pop culture columnist)
MATTHEW ST. CLAIR Cinema Sentries
BRUCE STEELE Mountain XPress (North Carolina)

CHELSEA STEINER The Mary Sue (Weekend Editor)
MOIRA SULLIVAN Movie Magazine International radio show (syndicated), Agnes Films
KEVIN P. TAFT EDGE Media Network
TIM TEEMAN The Daily Beast (Senior Editor)
BRANDON TENSLEY CNN, personal website
JUNE THOMAS Slate
KYLE TURNER Paste, The New York Times, Polygon, etc.
KEITH UHLICH The Hollywood Reporter
MIKE VANDERBILT Daily Grindhouse, Consequence of Sound
EMILY TODD VANDERWERFF Vox
BOYD VAN HOEIJ The Hollywood Reporter
MALCOLM VENABLE Freelance
BRANDON VOSS New Now Next
ROGER WALKER-DACK EDGE Media Network, QueerGuru (Editor in Chief)
LINDSEY WEBER Who? Weekly podcast, personal website
JOHN DAVID WEST MoviefiedNYC (Managing Editor)
ABBEY WHITE Looper, The Hollywood Reporter, Insider
BRETT WHITE Decider, Must Have Seen TV
ZOFIA WIJASZKA Nerdist, First Showing, In Their Own League, etc.
CHUCK WILSON LA Weekly
LENA WILSON The Playlist
CARY WONG Film Score Monthly (online and print)

CURTIS WONG HuffPost (Senior Culture Reporter)
STEVIE WONG Awardsline, Sky News Backstage podcast
ROBIN WRITE Filmotomy (Editor in Chief)
Members Emeriti in Academia: Marcie Bianco (Associate Editor, Stanford Social Innovation Review), Matthew Hays (Film studies professor, Concordia University & Marianopolis College), William J. Simmons (queer theory/feminism/art historian, Harvard scholar, Provost fellow, USC), Kyle Stevens (Film & TV historian; Professor, Appalachian State University)
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Advisory Board
THOMAS ABELTSHAUSER Editor in Chief, European Film Awards
DAVID ANSEN Film Critic Emeritus (Newsweek’s film critic for 31 years); Lead Programmer, Palm Springs Film Festival
KOA BECK Former Editor-in-Chief, Jezebel; Former Executive Editor, Vogue . com; Author and Advocate
JEREMY BLACKLOW Director of Entertainment Media, GLAAD
JOSEPH BRISTOW Professor and Scholar, UCLA; one of the world’s leading authorities on GALECA’s patron saint, Oscar Wilde
BRIAN DAY Senior Vice President, Global Strategy & Licensing, Lionsgate
FOX DEATRY, Public Relations Expert
FRANK DECARO Author, performer, former The Daily Show contributor
JILL DOLAN Author, drama critic, Dean of College and Professor of Theater, Princeton
JONATHAN HANDEL Entertainment & Technology Attorney; Outside Special Counsel, SAG-AFTRA; Former Contributing Editor, The Hollywood Reporter
BRIAN HERRERA Arts Professor and Scholar, Princeton
BRADLEY JACOBS SIGESMUND, Communications Team, Bloomberg

MICHAEL MUSTO Veteran columnist, author, commentator
RICHARD NATALE Veteran entertainment journalist, novelist, playwright
BOBBY RIVERS Groundbreaking film critic, entertainment journalist and historian
GIL ROBERTSON Co-founder and President, African American Film Critics Association
HEATHCLIFF ROTHMAN Founder, Everyone Matters, Film Your Issue
MATT SEVERSON Director of the Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences
NICK MCCARTHY Director of Programming & Operations, NewFest
SHANE MICHAEL SINGH Corporate Development Manager, The Trevor Project
ANNE STOCKWELL Former Editor in Chief, The Advocate; Founder, Well Again
KEVIN THOMAS Film Critic Emeritus (holds the record for longevity in writing continuously for the same U.S. daily newspaper — 43 years for The Los Angeles Times)
MATTHEW TODD Former Editor in Chief and Current Editor at Large, Attitude; Author
WADOOAH WALI Director of Corporate Communications, TBS and TNT; Human rights advocate
BRIAN WHISENANT Lead LGBTQ programmer, Oxford (Mississipppi) Film Festival; Filmmaker
JUDY WIEDER Former Editor in Chief, The Advocate; Former Editorial Director, The Advocate and Out
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & FOUNDER John Griffiths
Contributor, AARP magazine, Emmy, Watch! magazine, CBS.com
Photo credits
Hernandez with Andrew Ridings: Brandon Riley Miller
Ramos: Kim Newmoney
Griffiths: Jack Kelley