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Yale University; Cornell University.
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Gabriel Arana
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He is currently senior media editor at The Huffington Post. He was previously a contributing writer at Salon and a senior editor at The American Prospect. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Atlantic, The New Republic, The Nation, The Advocate, and The Daily Beast.
He is also known for writing a 2012 profile of the ex-gay movement in which psychiatrist Robert Spitzer repudiated his work supporting sexual orientation change efforts.
After the article was published, Spitzer released a letter apologizing to the gay community, citing his interaction with Arana. He has been a guest on television and radio talk shows including The Doctor Oz Show, Rachel Maddow, Starting Point, and Talk of the Nation.
Gabriel Arana grew up in Nogales, Arizona on the Mexico–United States border. He attended Yale University and graduated with a degree in linguistics.
He then attended Cornell University, from which he holds a master"s degree, also in linguistics. in 2011.
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In 2010, Arana was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Article for a feature story on the legal challenge to California"s Proposition 8. In 2014, he was awarded the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association"s Excellence in Feature Writing Award for his profile of activist Dan Choi.
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