{{Excessive citations|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Outrage | image = Outrage documentary poster.jpg | director = Kirby Dick | producer = Amy Ziering<ref name=Variety/> | writer = Kirby Dick | narrator = | starring = | music = Peter Golub<ref name=Variety/> | cinematography = Thaddeus Wadleigh<ref name=Variety/> | editing = Douglas Blush<br />Matthew Clarke<ref name=Variety/> | studio = Chain Camera Pictures | distributor = Magnolia Pictures | released = {{Film date|2009|4|24|Tribeca Film Festival|2009|5|8|United States}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $287,198<ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=outrage09.htm Outrage (2009) - Box Office Mojo<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> }} '''''Outrage''''' is a 2009 American documentary film written and directed by Kirby Dick. The film presents a narrative discussing the hypocrisy of people purported in the documentary to be closeted gay or bisexual politicians who promote anti-gay legislation. It premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival before being released theatrically on May 8, 2009. It was nominated for a 2010 Emmy Award, and won Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival's jury award for best documentary. The documentary's prime subject was Michael Rogers, founder of BlogActive.com.
==Synopsis==
===Overview=== ''Outrage'' argues that several American political figures have led closeted gay lives while supporting and endorsing legislation that is harmful to the gay community. The film examines the mass media's reluctance to discuss issues involving gay politicians despite many comparable news stories about heterosexual politicians and scandals. ''Outrage'' describes this behavior as a form of institutionalized homophobia that has resulted in a tacit policy of self-censorship when reporting on these issues. The film is based on the work of blogger Michael Rogers and his site blogactive.com.<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=WashingtonPost/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=LATimesTuran/><ref name=NYT/><ref name=MetroWeekly3/><ref name=NPR/>
===Subjects=== Among other subjects, the film includes:
* Larry Craig, former Republican politician and Senator from Idaho. In 2007, Craig was arrested at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport on suspicion of lewd conduct in a men's restroom, where he was accused of soliciting an undercover police officer for sexual activity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2007/09/16/159879/tourists-flock-to-minneapolis.html |title= Tourists flock to Minneapolis airport men's room |first=Jeanne |last=Huff |date=September 17, 2007 |work=Idaho Statesman |access-date=March 10, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/hbo-documentary-outrage-hits-hypocritical-gay-politicians-angry-call-clean-closet-article-1.383713 |title=HBO documentary 'Outrage' hits hypocritical gay politicians with an angry call to clean the closet |date=October 5, 2009 |work=Daily News |location=New York |access-date=March 10, 2010}}</ref> Craig pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct by signing and mailing a plea petition. He paid $575, including fines and fees.<ref name= mncourtrec>{{cite court |litigants= State Of Minnesota vs Larry Edwin Craig. Case No. 27-Cr-07-043231. |court= Hennepin County District Court |date= 07/02/2007 |url= http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx |access-date= May 7, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071118170020/http://pa.courts.state.mn.us/default.aspx |url-status= dead }} Note: In order to access the records, search by name or case number in the Criminal/Traffic/Petty Case Records database.</ref> * Ed Koch, Democratic Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989,<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Advocate/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=DallasObserver/><ref name=Slant/> was a lifelong bachelor, dogged by "endless gay rumors", who publicly denied being gay.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite news |first=Andy |last=Humm |url=http://gaycitynews.com/ed-koch-12-years-as-mayor-a-lifetime-in-the-closet/ |title=Ed Koch: 12 Years as Mayor, A Lifetime in the Closet |work=Gay City News |location=New York |date=February 3, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite news |first=Meredith |last=Bennett-Smith |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/01/ed-koch-gay-lgbt-community-nyc-mayor_n_2600891.html |title=Ed Koch Gay? LGBT Community Weighs In On Late NYC Mayor's Polarizing Gay Rights Record |work=The Huffington Post |date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> Although his record on LGBT issues is generally positive, he is blamed for treating the emerging AIDS pandemic in the gay community reluctantly, unlike the health crises he handled in other situations. New York and San Francisco were the main epicenters of AIDS in the early 1980s. Critics, most notably Larry Kramer, believe Koch handled the AIDS crisis poorly because he was closeted.<ref name=autogenerated3 /><ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/nyregion/judging-mayor-kochs-aids-record-without-the-whispers.html |title=Judging Mayor Koch's AIDS Record, Whispers Aside |first=Ginia |last=Bellafante |agency=Big City (column) |work=The New York Times |date=January 18, 2013 |access-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref> * Ken Mehlman, the former Republican national chairman, was named in the film as a closeted homosexual though he was against policies friendly to gays.<ref name=Variety/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=DallasObserver/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/26/ken-mehlman-owes-gays-an-apology-says-gay-activist-who-outed-hi/ |date=August 26, 2010 |title=Ken Mehlman Owes Gays an Apology, Says Gay Activist Who Outed Him |last=Wachter |first=Paul |publisher=AOL News |access-date=April 12, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315024603/http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/26/ken-mehlman-owes-gays-an-apology-says-gay-activist-who-outed-hi/ |archive-date=March 15, 2012 }}</ref> Mehlman publicly came out in 2010. * Shepard Smith, former host at conservative news network Fox News. Smith publicly came out in 2017, saying he believed he was never in the closet.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naff |first1=Kevin |title=Shep Smith comes out — 11 years after I outed him |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2016/10/17/shep-smith-comes-11-years-outed/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |publisher=Washington Blade |date=17 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Deerwester |first1=Jayme |title=Fox News' Shepard Smith: I didn't out myself; I was never in |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/05/09/fox-news-shepard-smith-addresses-his-sexuality/101461102/ |access-date=31 August 2024 |publisher=USA Today |date=9 May 2017}}</ref>
==Interviews== People interviewed in ''Outrage'' include:
===Openly gay politicians=== * Tammy Baldwin, former Congresswoman of Wisconsin, now Senator<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon>{{cite web |url=http://www.salon.com/2009/05/07/kirby_dick/ |title=Behind Washington's closet door |last=O'Hehir |first=Andrew |date=May 7, 2009 |work=Salon |publisher=Salon Media Group |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050703854.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130615192713/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-05-08/news/36848305_1_gay-rights-director-kirby-dick-outrage |url-status=live |archive-date=June 15, 2013 |title='Outrage' Drags Politics' Conservative Wingtips Out of the Closet |last=Zak |first=Dan |date=May 8, 2009 |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=SFGate>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Outrage-takes-on-closeted-gay-politicians-3162299.php |title='Outrage' takes on closeted gay politicians |last=Guthmann |first=Edward |date=May 10, 2009 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |publisher=SFGate.com |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Towle2009/> * Barney Frank, former Congressman from Massachusetts<ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette>{{cite news |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/movie-reviews/outrage-documentary-opens-the-closet-door-on-gay-politicians-346252/ |title='Outrage': Documentary opens the closet door on gay politicians |last=Paris |first=Barry |date=June 18, 2009 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=DallasObserver>{{cite news |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-06-11/film/outrage-peers-behind-the-closet-door-at-washington-s-not-so-secret-gays/full/ |title=Outrage peers behind the closet door at Washington's not-so-secret gays |last=Foundas |first=Scott |date=June 11, 2009 |newspaper=Dallas Observer |access-date=April 12, 2009 |archive-date=February 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209111738/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-06-11/film/outrage-peers-behind-the-closet-door-at-washington-s-not-so-secret-gays/full/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=WashingtonPost/><ref name=SFGate/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=LATimesTuran/><ref name=NYT>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/movies/08outr.html?_r=0 |title=Secret Lives in the Age of Gay Rights |last=Scott |first=A. O. |date=May 7, 2009 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> * David Catania, District of Columbia Council member<ref name=WashingtonPost/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=MetroWeekly3>{{cite journal |url=http://www.metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=4225 |title=Secret Lives: Kirby Dick's new documentary looks at closeted politicians |last=Plant |first=Tim |date=May 7, 2009 |journal=Metro Weekly |location=Washington, DC |access-date=April 12, 2013 |archive-date=February 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206172908/http://metroweekly.com/arts_entertainment/film.php?ak=4225 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Neil Giuliano, former mayor of Tempe, Arizona<ref name=Cast>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049400/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast |title=Full cast and crew for ''Outrage'' (2009) |publisher=Internet Movie Database |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> * Jim Kolbe, former Congressman from Arizona<ref name=Advocate>{{cite news |url=http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2009/04/27/kirby-dick-outraged |title=Kirby Dick Is Outraged! |last=Milvy |first=Erika |date=April 27, 2009 |work=Advocate |publisher=Here Media |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=SFGate/><ref name=Towle2009>{{cite web |url=http://www.towleroad.com/2009/04/closeted-gay-republicans-hung-out-to-dry-in-outrage.html |last=Towle |first=Andy |author-link=Andy Towle |work=Towleroad |date=April 23, 2009 |title=Closeted Gay Politicians Hung Out to Dry in ''Outrage'' |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> * James McGreevey, former governor of New Jersey<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Advocate/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=DallasObserver/><ref name=WashingtonPost/><ref name=SFGate/><ref name=LATimesTuran/><ref name=NYT/><ref name=NPR/>
===Others=== * Wayne Barrett, investigative reporter and senior editor for the ''Village Voice''<ref name=Variety/> * Elizabeth Birch, former Executive Director of Human Rights Campaign<ref name=Slant/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=LATimesTuran/> * Kirk Fordham, former chief of staff to US Congressman Mark Foley<ref name=Salon/> * Patrick Guerriero, former Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans * Dan Gurley, former Field Director of Republican National Committee<ref name=MetroWeekly3/><ref name="wapost"/> * Jim Hormel, former US Ambassador to Luxembourg<ref name=Cast/> * Larry Kramer, founder of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=Slant/><ref name=LATimesTuran/><ref name=NYT/><ref name=NPR>{{cite news |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103875747 |title=White-Hot 'Outrage' Over The Capitol Hill Closet |work=Movies |publisher=NPR |date=May 8, 2009 |access-date=April 12, 2013 |last=Lee |first=Nathan}} This NPR piece is reported to have previously included the byline of Nathan Lee, and to have listed Charlie Crist. Megan Slack (May 29, 2009), [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/28/outrage-documentary-activ_n_192476.html "'Outrage' Documentary: Activists Outing Gay Conservatives], ''Huffington Post''.</ref> * Tony Kushner, playwright of ''Angels in America''<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=DallasObserver/><ref name=Towle2009/> * Rodger McFarlane, former Executive Director of Gay Men's Health Crisis<ref name=Slant>{{cite journal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2009/06/the-elixir-of-role-playing-notes-on-outrage/ |title=The elixir of role-playing: Notes on Outrage |last=Thompson |first=N. P. |journal=Slant |date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> * Kevin Naff, Editor at ''The Washington Blade''<ref name=Towle2009/> * Michael Rogers, founder of ''Blogactive''<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=PittsburghPostGazette/><ref name=WashingtonPost/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=LATimesTuran/><ref name=NYT/><ref name=MetroWeekly3/><ref name=NPR/> * Hilary Rosen, Democratic lobbyist<ref name=Towle2009/> * Michelangelo Signorile, radio host<ref name=Slant/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=NPR/> * Andrew Sullivan, columnist for ''The Atlantic''<ref name=Variety/><ref name=Salon/><ref name=Slant/><ref name=Towle2009/><ref name=NYT/> * Rich Tafel, former Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans<ref name=Salon/><ref name=Slant/><ref name=Towle2009/>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !! Award !! Organization !! Category !! Result |- |- |2009 |Jury Award |Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival |Best Documentary |bgcolor="#ddffdd"|Won<ref>{{cite news|publisher=Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival |title=Best Documentary |location=Miami, Florida |date=April 24, 2009}}</ref> |- |2010 |Emmy Award |National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences |Outstanding Investigative Journalism: Long Form |style="background: #ffdddd"| Nominated<ref>{{cite news|title=Two films with Idaho political connections to be honored at Emmy Awards |work=The Idaho Statesman |date=July 21, 2010 |first=Dan |last= Popkey}}</ref> |}
==Reception== Film critics responded, for the most part, with positive reviews. Scott Foundas of ''The Village Voice'' praised ''Outrage'' for its "well-honed arguments, sound sourcing, and journalistic boldness",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-05-06/film/kirby-dick-s-outrage-outs-closeted-pols-and-the-media-that-protect-them/ |title=Kirby Dick's ''Outrage'' Outs Closeted Pols and the Media that Protect Them |last=Foundas |first=Scott |publisher=The Village Voice |date=2009-05-05 |access-date=2009-06-17 |archive-date=2009-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614141446/http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-05-06/film/kirby-dick-s-outrage-outs-closeted-pols-and-the-media-that-protect-them |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the ''San Francisco Chronicle's'' Jonathan Curiel described it as "essential viewing".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Review-Outrage-3162244.php |title=Review: Outrage |last=Curiel |first=Jonathan |publisher=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=2009-05-08 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> ''Variety's'' John Anderson wrote that the film "is operating from a position of righteous indignation, and that indignation is infectious", while criticizing the film's lack of evidence in making certain arguments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=print_review&reviewid=VE1117940124&categoryid=31 |title=Outrage |last=Anderson |first=John |publisher=Variety |date=2009-04-25 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> Critic Armond White disliked the film, calling it "no more serious than the spiteful gossipy clown Perez Hilton", and writing that the decision to only out conservatives "influences ideological separatism, encouraging the idea of elite gay privilege".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nypress.com/article-19762-outrage.html |title=Outrage |last=White |first=Armond |publisher=New York Press |date=2009-05-06 |access-date=2009-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509093248/http://www.nypress.com/article-19762-outrage.html |archive-date=2009-05-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Controversies==
===Naming=== While some journalists named the political figures discussed in the film,<ref name=LATimesTuran>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-08-et-outrage8-story.html |title=Movie Review: Outrage |last=Turan |first=Kenneth |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=2009-05-08 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2009-05-07/film-tv/dick-outs-gays-hide/ |title=Outrage: Dick Outs, Gays Hide |last=Foundas |first=Scott |publisher=LA Weekly |date=2009-05-06 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/418/story/1028512.html |title=New film doesn't 'out' Gov. Crist |last=Reinhard |first=Beth |publisher=The Miami Herald |date=2009-05-01 |access-date=2009-06-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> other prominent news organizations, such as ''The Washington Post'', CNN, and NPR, did not report names.<ref name="wapost">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/05/AR2009050503851_pf.html |title=Documentary's Camera Aims To Shed Light On D.C.'s Closet |last=Leiby |first=Richard |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2009-05-06 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro6QYhiYqb4 |title=Outrage: New film outs gay politicians |publisher=CNN |date=2009-05-03 |access-date=2009-06-17}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103875747 |title=White-Hot 'Outrage' Over The Capitol Hill Closet |publisher=NPR.org |date=2009-05-08 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> Dick questioned this reluctance, saying, "The press often reports on things that are very painful to the subjects they are writing about. [Closeted gay politicians] are public officials; this is reporting on hypocrisy, and there is an obligation on the press to write about it."<ref name="wapost" />
===NPR review=== In a review for NPR,<ref name=NPR/> film critic Nathan Lee named ''Outrage's'' primary subjects. NPR altered Lee's review by removing these references.<ref name="indiewire">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/outrage_review_spiked_for_naming_names/ |title="Outrage" Review Spiked for Naming Names |last=Hernandez |first=Eugene |publisher=indieWIRE |date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/05/npr_censors_its.php |title=NPR Censors Its Own Review of ''Outrage'', Cites "Old-Fashioned" and Quite Possibly Dishonest Policy |last=Baron |first=Zach |publisher=The Village Voice |date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2009-06-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614135617/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/05/npr_censors_its.php |archive-date=2009-06-14 }}</ref> Lee responded in a comment on NPR's website:
{{Blockquote|I personally disagree with NPR's policy—there is no other area of 'privacy' that elicits such extreme tact. [I] also feel that it is a professional affront to my responsibility as a critic to discuss the content of a work of art, and an impingement of my First Amendment right to free speech and the press.<ref name="indiewire" />}}
NPR deleted this comment as well.<ref name="indiewire" /> An NPR editor later explained these actions, noting that, "NPR has a long-held policy of trying to respect the privacy of public figures and of not airing or publishing rumors, allegations and reports about their private lives unless there is a compelling reason to do so."<ref name="movieline1">{{cite web |url=http://www.movieline.com/2009/05/nprs-hypocrisy-outrage-review-censored-gay-idol-speculation-ok.php |title=NPR's Hypocrisy: ''Outrage'' Review Censored, Gay ''Idol'' Speculation OK |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |publisher=Movieline |date=2009-05-11 |access-date=2009-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514144514/http://www.movieline.com/2009/05/nprs-hypocrisy-outrage-review-censored-gay-idol-speculation-ok.php |archive-date=2009-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This statement drew immediate criticism, as NPR had previously speculated on the sexual orientation of public figures such as Adam Lambert and Queen Latifah.<ref name="movieline1" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.queerty.com/why-is-npr-picking-and-choosing-which-public-figures-to-out-20090512/ |title=Why Is NPR Picking And Choosing Which Public Figures To Out? |publisher=Queerty |date=2009-05-12 |access-date=2009-06-17}}</ref> This led to questions about why closeted entertainers presented a "compelling reason" for reporting while closeted politicians did not.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieline.com/2009/05/npr-responds-to-movielines-accusations-of-hypocritical-outrage-handling.php |title=NPR Responds to Movieline's Accusations of Hypocritical ''Outrage'' Handling |last=Buchanan |first=Kyle |publisher=Movieline |date=2009-05-22 |access-date=2009-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527014635/http://www.movieline.com/2009/05/npr-responds-to-movielines-accusations-of-hypocritical-outrage-handling.php |archive-date=2009-05-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===GLAAD Media Awards=== ''Outrage'' did not receive a nomination for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's 21st GLAAD Media Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees |title=21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards |publisher=Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation |date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-date=2010-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130031953/http://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/21/nominees |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some journalists wrote that this decision must have been a deliberate snub because ''Outrage'' had been one of 2009's most prominent LGBT films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.movieline.com/2010/01/outrage-endures-the-final-insult-with-a-glaad-awards-snub.php |title=Outrage Endures the Final Insult with a GLAAD Awards Snub |last=Abramovitch |first=Seth |publisher=Movieline |date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228131334/http://www.movieline.com/2010/01/outrage-endures-the-final-insult-with-a-glaad-awards-snub.php |archive-date=2010-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thelostboy/archives/outrage-ous_glaad_media_award_nominees/# |title="Outrage"-ous GLAAD Media Award Nominees |last=Knegt |first=Peter |publisher=Indiewire |date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2010-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323024523/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thelostboy/archives/outrage-ous_glaad_media_award_nominees/ |archive-date=2010-03-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queerty.com/glaad-nominates-every-movie-tv-show-with-gay-characters-appeal-punchlines-except-outrage-20100113/#update |title=GLAAD Nominates Every Movie + TV Show With Gay Characters, Appeal, Punchlines. Except Outrage? |publisher=Queerty |date=2010-01-13 |access-date=2010-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.advocate.com/printArticle.aspx?id=105558 |title=Did GLAAD Snub Outrage? |last=Bolcer |first=Julie |publisher=The Advocate |date=2010-01-15 |access-date=2010-11-05 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> GLAAD responded to the criticism by arguing that ''Outrage'' "doesn't promote awareness, understanding and respect for LGBT lives and thus does not fit the criteria for the GLAAD Media Awards".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.blogactive.com/2010/01/outrage-not-nominated-for-glaad-award.html |title=Outrage not Nominated for a GLAAD Award |last=Rogers |first=Mike |publisher=BlogActive |date=2010-01-15 |access-date=2010-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222141945/http://blog.blogactive.com/2010/01/outrage-not-nominated-for-glaad-award.html |archive-date=2010-12-22 }}</ref> Dick said that he was troubled by GLAAD's apparent stance against reporting on closeted anti-gay politicians, noting that "by taking this position, GLAAD is playing into the same philosophy that has kept the closet in place in politics for decades and has caused so much damage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.towleroad.com/2010/01/outrage-director-kirby-dick-responds-to-awards-snub-isnt-it-time-for-glaad-to-stop-protecting-the-cl.html |title=Outrage Director Kirby Dick Responds to Awards Snub: 'Isn't it Time for GLAAD to Stop Protecting the Closet?' |last=Towle |first=Andy |publisher=Towleroad |date=2010-01-20 |access-date=2010-11-05}}</ref>
==See also== * List of federal political sex scandals in the United States * Outing
==References== {{Reflist|30em|refs= <ref name=Variety>{{cite journal |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940124/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927083352/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940124/ |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |date=April 25, 2009 |title=Film Reviews: Outrage (Documentary) |last=Anderson |first=John |journal=Variety |access-date=April 12, 2013}}</ref> }}
==Further reading== * {{cite magazine |author=Number Seventeen |date=June 7, 2010 |title=How queer is that? : Funny how prominent conservatives with antigay records are so often caught in gay sex scandals, isn't it? |magazine=Newsweek |volume=155 |issue=23 |page=56 |department=Back Story |issn=0028-9604 |publisher=The Washington Post Company |id={{EBSCOhost |db=a9h|51176673}} {{Gale|A227810778}}}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.outragethemovie.com}} * {{IMDb title|1049400|Outrage}} * [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/05/07/kirby_dick/ Interview with film director] Kirby Dick at Salon.com
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