Michael Cunningham Slams ‘New York Times’ for Stereotyping Sam Smith as an Hysterical Gay Man

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham slammed the author of an Arts & Leisure profile of Sam Smith in a letter to the paper’s editor on Thursday, saying the profile’s opening paragraph, which detailed Smith’s propensity to cry, perpetuated “the stereotype about gay men as hysterics.” And did it “disdainfully.” From the profile’s opening paragraph: He … Continue reading Michael Cunningham Slams ‘New York Times’ for Stereotyping Sam Smith as an Hysterical Gay Man