Cyd Zeigler Jr

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Cyd Zeigler Jr is a commentator and author in the field of sexuality and sports.

He is a former sports editor for Genre Magazine and former associate editor for the New York Blade, and has also written for well-known publications including the New York Press and Out Magazine. He has appeared on various high-profile media outlets including ESPN, Fox Sports Radio, Sports Illustrated, Logo and the New York Times.

In 1999 Zeigler and Jim Buzinski founded Outsports.com. He is co-author of "The Outsports Revolution: Truth & Myth in the World of Gay Sports," published in 2007.

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 his publicist Howard Bragman, who had assisted other gay athletes in coming out of the closet. He was named to the Out 100 in 2007.

He is a graduate of Stanford University (B.A., Communication, 1995) where he founded Theta Delta Chi Fraternity, was on the Stanford Men's Ultimate (Frisbee) Team, and was a contributor to the Stanford Review newspaper.

He was born May 27, 1973, on Cape Cod, where he lived the first 18 years of his life in Harwich, Massachusetts. He was a standout in cross-country and track & field and, as of 2007, still owned the high school record for the 110 and 330 hurdles.

Zeigler presently lives in New York City with his partner since 2003, Dan Pinar. He previously lived in Los Angeles where he was a development executive for Disney Channel, focusing on their movie and music franchises before leaving in 2001.