100 Women We Love: Class Of 2019

Diane Anderson-Minshall

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Diane Anderson-Minshall was honored this June as one of Folio’s 2019 Top Women in Media, something she did not expect at the beginning of her career. “I officially came out and moved into LGBTQ media from mainstream media literally the same month,” Diane Anderson-Minshall tells GO. “I was told then that being out was the death knell for my career as a journalist and that working in queer media was even worse.” That was the beginning of a queer media success story that Anderson-Minshall defines. Currently the CEO of Retrograde Communications, a partner of Pride Media (the country’s largest LGBTQ media company) where she serves as editorial director of the Advocate, Plus Magazine, Out Traveler, Chill, and TinyLivingChic.com, Anderson-Minshall seems to be a woman in perpetual motion. She’s also the author of multiple books, and co-author—with her husband, Jacob Anderson-Minshall, of the 2014 memoir, “Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders.” It’s an unflinching look at their relationship together through his gender transition. All the effort has reaped rewards, including the 2018 Sarah Pettit Memorial Award for the LGBTQ Journalist of the Year as well as the 2018 Folio: Eddie and Ozzie Awards for Best Editorial Team of the Year, and Best New Magazine Launch. “I’m often asked if being out impacted my career adversely,” says Anderson-Minshall, “but really, I wouldn’t have the career success I do without coming out and jumping into LGBTQ media.” —JDG


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