The CBGB Conspiracy

Gabriel Rotello is an Emmy-nominated and GLAAD Award-winning writer, director, producer, journalist and musician. His nonfiction book, Sexual Ecology: AIDS and the Destiny of Gay Men, was published by Dutton in 1997. It was favorably reviewed in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, The LA Times and received starred reviews in Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly. He also co-authored Mel Cheren's memoir of the disco era, My Life and the Paradise Garage, which Billboard called "captivating and intriguing." He founded OutWeek Magazine in 1989 and served as its editor-in-chief. In 1992 he became the first openly gay op-ed columnist for a major American newspaper, New York Newsday, and was also a long-time columnist for The Advocate. He has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Village Voice, The Nation, The New Scientist and many other publications. Since 1999 he has written, directed and produced dozens of television documentaries for networks such as HBO, Netflix, Showtime, the History Channel, Cinemax, National Geographic, AMC, Discovery, Bravo and Comedy Central.