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Thursday, July 20, 2006

You Have Voted, and He is the Hottest Gay Journalist in New York

After spending all day auditing the votes with my infallible friends at Arthur Andersen, I am ready to announce the winner of the second annual Left Behinds Hottest Gay Journalist in New York Contest.

Four hotties stood out from the pack, and in a freakish fluke redolent of Florida 2000, even with hundreds of votes cast, there was an exact tie for first place (believe me, I went through a week of email votes twice this morning to re-tabulate).

According to the bylaws of the Left Behinds Society, in the event of a tie, a secret tribunal of bloggers (i.e., me) gets to select the winner. Based on the fact that he has prevaricated and misled the public about certain elements of his personal life, despite widespread knowledge of his once-taboo-but-now-socially-acceptable lifestyle choice (yes, I'm talking about his membership in a Yale Secret Society), Anderson Cooper has been disqualified.

Which means we have a winner.

You daydreamed about his reportage from scenic Buffalo, you giggled when he dubbed Teresa Heinz Kerry"a bit kooky," and you plotzed the first time he matched wits with Dominic Carter on NY1.

Ladies and gentleman, you have voted, and your choice of the hottest gay journalist in New York is

Pat Healy

In a very close second, with 21% of the votes, is New York Daily News derring-doer

Chris Rovzar

and with 20% of the votes,

erudite Nation rabble-arouser Richard Kim is the third-hottest (but first in my heart) gay journalist in New York.

Winners will be notified of their prizes.

UPDATE:

Just to prove that I was paying attention to your nominations, and because I like pics of cute gays as much as the next guy, here is a list of Honorable Mentions, as nominated by you.

(full list, with NSFW photos, after the jump)

3 Nominations:

Shepard Smith, Fox News

2 Nominations:

Jason Bellini, Logo

1 Nomination apiece:

Jesse Green, NYT Magazine

Itay Hod, Logo

Jason Bernstein, New York Magazine

Choire Sicha, erstwhile Gawker

Benoit Denizet-Lewis, NYT

Alan Bennett Ilagan, Q Northeast (btw, his site has more where this came from)

Chris Ciompi (far left), Genre Magazine

Bill Hemmer, CNN

Jay DeDapper, NBC

Sam Champion, ABC Weather God

Steve Bartelstein, ABC

Jeanne Moos, CNN

Dan Abrams, who once called me a "genius," though it's not clear if he was being sarcastic

Ben Widdicombe, NY Daily News

Chris Wragge, WCBS

Justin Conner, Interview Magazine

Jeremy Peters, NY Times, no photo available

11 Comments:

At 3:51 PM, Solomon Grundy said…

UPDATE: As I was writing this post, Pat Healy got one last email vote. And I quote Steve from Australia:

I'm not gay, but if I ever have a gay experience, this Otter would have to be it.

So with Steve's vote of sexually fluid confidence, Pat Healy officially clinches it fair and square.
At 12:20 AM, Anonymous said…

i still say anderson cooper is the sexiest, no contest!
At 2:50 PM, Unknown said…

Horacio Silva of T Style.
At 5:30 PM, Anonymous said…

Nelson Aspen, hands down. www.nelsonaspen.com And he's a well adjusted, out, nice guy.
At 6:49 PM, Anonymous said…

but what about David Muir? He's gay, right?
At 12:18 PM, Viagra Online said…

I dont think any of the above can be listed as the sexiest gay, or the hottest gay, it is wrong, I think we are giving them to much space to do unpleasant things.
At 5:41 PM, www.palencia-3d.com said…

Pretty worthwhile info, thank you for the article.
At 6:59 PM, Anonymous said…

You are right - you DON'T matter.
At 12:53 PM, Anonymous said…

Get outta here, no way David Muir rides the pony.
At 2:09 AM, Unknown said…

Pat is my choice too!!
At 10:55 PM, Unknown said…

I'll vote for Rachel Maddow. What is this, an Old Boy's Club?

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