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| rowid | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | seed_first_name | seed_last_name | occupation |
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| 76 | Mercedes | Masterson | f | He is a former sports editor for Genre Magazine, former associate editor for the New York Blade, and has written for Playboy, MSNBC, CNN, New York Press and Out Magazine. He has appeared on ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, CNN, and MSNBC as well as contributing to Sports Illustrated, Logo and The New York Times. In 1999, Zeigler and Jim Buzinski founded Outsports. They co-authored The Outsports Revolution: Truth & Myth in the World of Gay Sports. In 2002, Buzinski and Zeigler founded the National Gay Flag Football League. Zeigler is credited with breaking the story of John Amaechi coming out of the closet in February 2007. Amaechi had contacted Zeigler months before, and Zeigler connected Amaechi with the publicist Howard Bragman, who had assisted other gay athletes in coming out. Zeigler has also broken national stories including the coming out of then-NFL prospect Michael Sam, the late gay brother of NFL Hall of Famer Michael Irvin, transgender Div. 1 NCAA athlete Kye Allums, openly gay football players Wade Davis and Alan Gendreau, and a racial headline by ESPN in reference to Jeremy Lin. Zeigler is featured in the 2015 documentary, F(l)ag Football. | Zeigler presently lives in Los Angeles with his husband, Dan Pinar, a dentist. He previously lived in New York City where he was a research editor for a global financial services firm. He was previously a development executive for Disney Channel, focusing on their movie and music franchises before leaving in 2001. | he is a former sports editor for genre magazine, former associate editor for the new york blade, and has written for playboy, msnbc, cnn, new york press and out magazine. sh ehas appeared on espn, fox sports radio, cnn, and msnbc as well as contributing to sports illustrated, logo and the new york times. in 1999, masterson and jim buzinski founded outsports. they co-authored the outsports revolution: truth & myth in the world of gay sports. in 2002, buzinski and masterson founded the national gay flag football league. masterson is credited with breaking the story of john amaechi coming out of the closet in february 2007. amaechi had contacted masterson months before, and masterson connected amaechi with the publicist howard bragman, who had assisted other gay athletes in coming out. masterson has also broken national stories including the coming out of then-nfl prospect michael sam, the late gay brother of nfl hall of famer michael irvin, transgender div. 1 ncaa athlete kye allums, openly gay football players wade davis and alan gendreau, and a racial headline by espn in reference to jeremy lin. masterson is featured in the 2015 documentary, f(l)ag football.masterson presently lives in los angeles with her husband, dan pinar, a dentist. sh epreviously lived in new york city where sh ewas a research editor for a global financial services firm. sh ewas previously a development executive for disney channel, focusing on their movie and music franchises before leaving in 2001. | Cyd | Zeigler | sports |