Gay glossy Out on Wednesday
revealed the four people who'll grace the covers of their upcoming
annual Out100 double issue.
In previewing the covers, Out
wrote: “In our yearly portfolio, we capture the year's most
entertaining, heroic, and intriguing figures, from all walks of life
– including professional athletes, doctors, designers, trans teen
activists, emerging musicians, artists, and even three generations of
Boy Scouts. Our four collectible covers for the 2013 Out100 are no
less inspiring.”
Director Lee Daniels is Out's
Artist of the Year: “That Daniels has found a cinematic language
that speaks to black and white audiences is part of what makes him –
a black, gay director – unique.”
Actor Jim Parsons is Out's
Entertainer of the Year: “Following the sixth season of the TV
series The Big Bang Theory, and coming off his third Emmy win
for Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for it, Parsons filmed the Ryan
Murphy-directed version of The Normal Heart for HBO.”
Actor Wentworth Miller is Out's
Newsmaker of the Year: “Coming out earlier this year, he took
another courageous step when he opened up about his suicide attempts
as a teenager, concluding with a powerful statement of intent: 'Let
me be to someone else what no one was to me. Let me send a message to
that kid, maybe in America, maybe someplace far overseas, maybe
somewhere deep inside – a kid who is being targeted at home or at
school or in the streets – that someone is watching and listening
and caring, that there is an 'us,' that there is a 'we,' and that kid
or teenager or adult is loved and they are not alone.'”
Plaintiff Edie Windsor receives Out's
Lifetime Achievement: “When the 5 - 4 Supreme Court decision ruling
the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional was announced on June 26
this year, Windsor was at the apartment of her lawyer, Roberta
Kaplan, to receive a congratulatory phone call from President Obama.
And then she went to the Stonewall Inn to celebrate. This time, in
contrast to 1969, the whole city was there to join the celebration –
a testament to the distance we've traveled.”