"Out" Magazine runs hit piece on gay Republicans ...

... without consulting a single gay Republican. Here's the scoop from Log Cabin:

In the May issue of "Out" Magazine, writer Charles Kaiser does an amazingly poor job of covering gay Republicans in Washington, DC. The article, called "Washington's Gay War," adds up to nothing more than a smear campaign against gay Republicans.

Astoundingly, the "reporter" failed to talk to one single gay Republican for the article! Even mainstream bloggers have noticed. Chris Crain, former editor of the Washington Blade, took the words right out of our mouth:

"But talk about an appallingly bad job...Author Charles Kaiser ("The Gay Metropolis") was the one tasked with shedding some insight on the phenomenon of closeted gay Republicans. So who did he talk to: Barney Frank, outing activist/ blogger Mike Rogers, an unnamed Democratic political consultant and a gay Washington Post reporter.

What about an actual living, breathing gay Republican (closeted or otherwise)? Wouldn't they be at least relevant? Could Kaiser not find the number for Log Cabin?"

But I suppose actually talking to a gay Republican for this article would have distracted from the titillating stereotype Mr. Kaiser was trying to portray. One of the lead sentences in the article says it all:

"Welcome to gay Washington in the 21st century, where the gay Democrats are proud and out on the Hill and in the lobbying firms on K Street, while many gay Republicans still cower in the closet..."

It's that simple, huh? Gay Republicans hide in the closet while gay Democrats are "proud and out." When Log Cabin's national office contacted "Out" Magazine to ask about writing a letter to the editor to rebut Kaiser's biased reporting, we were told it couldn't run until the August issue!

Here's the original article: Washington's Gay War - Charles Kaiser. Oh, and go read the comments.