Christopher Lee Nutter

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Christopher Lee Nutter at a book signing

Christopher Lee Nutter (born May 2, 1970) is the author of The Way Out: The Gay Man’s Guide to Freedom, No Matter if You’re in Denial, Closeted, Half In, Half Out, Just Out, or Been Around the Block (HCI Press, May 2006).

1 Early career
2 Metrosexuality
3 The Way Out
4 External links
5 Articles by Nutter
6 References

[edit] Early career

Nutter grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and graduated from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi in 1993. Nutter first achieved notoriety for an essay he wrote for Details magazine in 1994 about life inside the closet. He moved to New York shortly afterwards to become a trend writer for publications such as The Village Voice, Vibe, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and The Advocate. He also wrote the popular nightlife column for HX (magazine) in the late nineties, and was a regular on the Manhattan and Miami Beach gay party scene as a bartender, doorman, and party boy.

[edit] Metrosexuality

His next important piece was as the first writer to report on the influence of gay culture on straight men for the Village Voice in 2001, predicting the Metrosexual trend to follow which appeared two years later. During which time he made media appearances on VH-1 and the Metro Channel’s Naked New York to discuss the cultural history behind this trend.

[edit] The Way Out

With The Way Out he began receiving increased attention from the mainstream media. He has been Called “the gay Dr. Phil” by Gay Web Monkey magazine, "a new voice in the great American debate about values" by the San Francisco Chronicle, and endorsed by GLAAD and Gary Zukav.

In January, 2009 his new multi-media creativity workbook, You're Already There, co-authored with noted EMDR therapist Dr. Christine Ranck, will be published by Dutton.