Two weeks wasn’t a lot in Russia - I slept about four hours a night, trying to experience as much as I could - but even more crushing was the turnaround. I went to Russia for two weeks in early November and knew I’d have to file in December to get the story into the February issue, while the world was paying attention. What were the challenges particular to this assignment? I was interested in fear, and, of course, fear’s corollary, courage. In Russia, I wanted to know what it felt like to be on the wrong side of an official, state-sanctioned crusade, especially after things had been slowly improving for years. I don’t mean anti-gay! I mean that in Uganda, I’d really focused on the homophobes, what they believed and why they believed it and what it felt like to be consumed by hate. It felt like an opportunity to revisit these issues from the other side. But it had been a few years, and here was this important and fascinating story. (I’ve been reporting on hard-right movements for years.) They’re important, but they can poison you, and I felt pretty poisoned.
Eric had read an earlier essay of mine for Harper’s, “ Straight Man’s Burden,” which is a report from Uganda on the men behind that country’s so-called “Kill the Gays” bill. After that, I told myself I wasn’t going to do that kind of story anymore. I like working with young editors, because they care about the story as much as you do.
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This was his first full feature, I believe, and he’s since been promoted. Actually, he was assistant to the editor in chief, Jim Nelson. Jeff Sharlet: A young editor at GQ, Eric Sullivan, called and asked if I was interested. Storyboard: How did this story come to be? He took us through the piece line by line, covering big-picture questions as well as grace notes about craft.
He worked on the story with support from the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. Sharlet, author of the bestselling The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism in the Heart of American Power, C Street, and Sweet Heaven When I Die, is Mellon assistant professor of English at Dartmouth. The timing dovetailed with Human Rights Watch’s renewed admonition that Russia address the “deteriorating situation” of LGBT harassment and violence. Status: Abandoned because the applicant failed to respond or filed a late response to an Office action.Last week, on the eve of the Sochi Olympics, GQ published “Inside the Iron Closet,” a Jeff Sharlet story that revealed disturbing details about what it’s like to be gay in Russia. Location: TMEG LAW OFFICE 103 - EXAMINING ATTORNEY ASSIGNED (Electrical and scientific apparatus) Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images magnetic data carriers, recording discs automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers fire-extinguishing apparatus. TMEG LAW OFFICE 103 - EXAMINING ATTORNEY ASSIGNED Įlectrical Apparatus, Machines and SuppliesĬutlery, Machinery, Tools and Parts Thereof This trademark application was refused, dismissed, or invalidated by the Office and this application is no longer active.ġ - TYPESET WORD(S) /LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)
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