Proud of Who We Are in the Media

The work of Proud Of Who We Are and Michael Rogers has been highlighted by CNN's NewsNight, Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, National Public Radio, The New York Times and a host of other media outlets.

Our organization is able to provide experts to speak with reporters and others seeking comment on the issue of calling government officials into account for their own hypocrisy.

To contact our media team, please write to:
media@proudofwhoweare.org.

TELEVISION
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, December 22, 2008 [video]
Laura Ingraham Show, FOX News Channel, July 3, 2008 [video]
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, December 4, 2007 [video]
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, October 17, 2007 [video]
Hardball with Chris Matthews, MSNBC, September 7, 2007 [video]
Hannity and Colmes, FOX News, September 4, 2007 [video]
The Ed Schultz Show, C-SPAN, August 30, 2007 [video]
Foley's Fear and Self Loathing, Current TV, November 1, 2006 [video]
The O'Reilly Factor, FOX News, October 10, 2006 [video]
The Tucker Carlson Show, MSNBC, October 5, 2006 [video]
Nancy Grace, CNN, October 4, 2006 [video]
WJLA-TV, Washington, DC ABC affiliate, October 2006 [video]
NewsNight with Aaron Brown, CNN [video]
O'Reilly Factor, Fox News, July 19, 2004 [video]

TELEVISION REFERENCES
The Bill Maher Show, Home Box Office, October 20, 2006 [video]
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Comedy Central, September, 2004[video]

RADIO
Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, September 6, 2007 [audio]
All Things Considered, National Public Radio, October 13, 2006 [audio]

PRINT
Washingtonian Magazine, The Guest List, October 30, 2007 [link]
Washington Post, The Most Feared Man on the Hill?, September 4, 2007 [link]
Washington Post, Editorial: Mr. Craig's Secret, August 30, 2007 [link]
Salon, Scapegoating gay Republicans [Link]
ABC News, The Poltics of 'Outing' Politicians [Link] [PDF]
Miami Herald, Gays Comment on Foley Resignation [PDF]
Associated Press, Gay Community Still Divided Over 'Outing' [PDF]
Associated Press, U.S. Rep. Ed Schrock Announces Retirement Following Allegations He is Gay [PDF]
Washington Times, Schrock Quits Virginia Race, Leaves GOP Scrambling [PDF]
Chicago Tribune, O'reilly Scolds Guest Who Outed Gays, Then Calls Judge a Lesbian [IMAGE]
Cox News, Gay Aides 'Outed' In Battle Over Ban On Same-Sex Marriages [PDF]
LA Weekly, The Outing: David Dreier And His Straight Hypocrisy [PDF]
Panorama Magazine, Profile (in Italian) [PDF]
Associated Press, US Senators Targeted In Outing' Campaign [PDF]
Knight Ridder, Gay-rights Opponent Santorum Stands By Outed Aide [PDF]
San Francisco Chronicle, Activists Consider Ethics, Efficacy of Outing [PDF]
Mother Jones, The Gay Old Party Award [PDF]
The Washington Post, Editorial: Outing Mr. Schrock [PDF]

WEB
Huffington Post, Enough is Enough, September 6, 2007 [video]
Yahoo!News, Brokeback Hill, May 30, 2007 [video]


ARCHIVE STORY AUDIO
Audio tapes of US Congressman Ed Schrock seeking extramarital sexual encounters with gay men on the MegaMates interactive phone service. (Adult language)

Proud of Who We Are founder Michael Rogers

Michael Rogers is the founder of Proud Of Who We Are and the publisher of blogACTIVE -- the web site that reports on hypocrites in the government who work against the interests of the gay and lesbian community. Rogers also maintains a news and information website, PageOneQ.

Rogers's work exposing hypocrites in positions of political power has earned him national recognition. Prior to his current work, he was a fundraiser and non-profit executive for a variety of progressive causes.

Rogers' fundraising career began in 1988 when he joined the staff of Communicating The Future, the capital campaign of a four-station public broadcasting association. At the station, he worked with the station's programming department to launch a five-night lesbian and gay television film series in celebration of gay pride month, the city's first.

Rogers then served as the first Development Coordinator at New York's Hetrick-Martin Institute and Harvey Milk School, a social service agency and high school for lesbian and gay adolescents. While there, Rogers developed the agency's first major gifts program, managed two major motion picture premiere events, launched a direct mail acquisition program, expanded the agency's annual awards program and wrote the organization's first corporate solicitation grants.

From 1992 to 1996, Rogers managed the development and fundraising programs at the Funding Exchange, a national network of fifteen community-based foundations supporting social change. Rogers coordinated fundraising for the foundation's general operations, Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Media, OUT Fund for Lesbian and Gay Liberation and Saguaro Fund.

In 1996, Rogers moved to Washington DC to become Director of Development at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the nation's oldest lesbian and gay civil rights organization. In addition to his work at the Task Force, Rogers directed marketing, fundraising and corporate sponsorship for Gala Choruses Festival 2000, an eight-day convention of 5,500 singers, representing over 200 lesbian and gay choruses from around the world.

Rogers also served on the staff of Greenpeace, the international environmental action organization as the Senior Manager of Major Gifts, where he managed the group's portfolio of donors at the $5,000 and above level.

Concurrent with his career positions, Rogers has been an activist since the mid-1980's when he was involved in campaigns supporting divestiture from South Africa as a tactic to help bring about the end of Apartheid. Following relocation to New York City, Rogers was an active member of a number of community and political organizations.

In Washington, Rogers has continued his activism, including his mounting a succesful effort against McDonald's when the multinational tried to displace workers. Rogers has also been a neighborhood activist and tenant organizer.

Rogers has been appeared on CNN's NewsNight, Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, National Public Radio, and on numerous other television and radio programs. Rogers' work has been reported on in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Chicago Tribune; he was profiled in GQ Magazine. Rogers was named as one of Genre Magazine's Men We Love.