Brandon Voss

Brandon Voss is an American journalist and entertainment writer living in the United States.

He was a contributing editor for The Advocate, a national LGBT news magazine, interviewing celebrities for the regular "A-List" column, including George Clooney, Zac Efron, and Tina Fey. He also reviewed New York theater for the "Seat Filler" column on Advocate.com.^[1][2][3]

Voss was promoted to editor-in-chief of the New York-based LGBT weekly HX magazine in December 2006.^[4][5] He stepped down from the position in September 2008 after nearly four years with the now-defunct publication to pursue freelance writing opportunities.^[6]

Voss was the weekend and theater editor for Logo TV’s website NewNowNext,^[7] interviewing celebrities for its monthly “Obsessed” column, including Tony Goldwyn, Regina King, and Marisa Tomei.^[8] He is also a former editor of Next, DLNQNT, and Gay.net, and he has profiled personalities for Out, Billboard, and Essential Homme.^[3] As a contributing writer for Playbill, he has interviewed celebrities such as Paul Reubens, Nick Jonas, and Bette Midler.^[9][10][11]

Voss's 2008 "Big Gay Following" interview with Adrien Brody for The Advocate sparked mild controversy: While some readers felt the questions were inappropriate, others felt Brody lacked a sense of humor.^{[12][13][14][15]}

Chris Evans famously "outed" his younger brother, actor Scott Evans, in a January 2009 Advocate interview with Voss.^[16][17]

Voss's August 2008 interview with Lady Gaga for HX was the pop star's first cover story and first interview in which she publicly discussed her bisexuality.^[18][19][20]

After coming out publicly as gay in 2017, actor Haaz Sleiman criticized Voss for previously asking about his sexuality in a 2009 Advocate interview, recalling that he had not been prepared to answer personal questions. Voss apologized for the “unfortunate miscommunication” in a NewNowNext post, explaining, “When writing for LGBT publications, I respectfully interview LGBT people, straight people, and those who choose not to identify publicly. But because these celebrities are speaking to LGBT press, I do offer them an opportunity to identify if they so choose, with the end goal of celebrating and normalizing all sexual identities.”^[21][22]

Voss’s firsthand account of Aretha Franklin’s disruptive behavior as an audience member at The Color Purple on Broadway was reported by the New York Post’s gossip site PageSix.com.^[23]

Voss is a member of GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.^[24] He has been a repeat guest at the monthly artists’ forum Dead Darlings in New York City.^[25][26][27]

Personal life[]

Voss is from New Orleans, LA. He was born on February 16, 1978. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in theater from Tulane University,^[28][3] where he performed in various stage productions.^[29][30]

Voss is sometimes mistaken for the Werq the World party promoter who shares the same name.^[31]

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