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Steven Petrow’s best seller The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette (HarperCollins, 1995) remains the most complete and authoritative guide to coming out, the rules of courtship, planning a same-sex commitment ceremony, bringing baby on board, confronting homophobia, saying good-bye to a dying friend, and much more.
Coming soon: The Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners: LGBT advice for dating, sex, coming out, marriage and all the rest (Workman). According to Petrow, “The new book combines the authority and scope of Emily Post with the wit and humor of Miss Manners. It’s for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people (and those who aren't quite sure), as well as straight folks. This is a more fluid, inclusive book to match our more fluid, inclusive times.” Petrow is widely sought after by the media as a manners expert and writes regularly for a number of national publications, including the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Salon, Out.com, and The Advocate.
On this page, you’ll find articles written by Petrow as well as broadcast and print interviews about his work.
Steven Petrow’s best seller The Essential Book of Gay Manners and Etiquette (HarperCollins, 1995) remains the most complete and authoritative guide to coming out, the rules of courtship, planning a same-sex commitment ceremony, bringing baby on board, confronting homophobia, saying good-bye to a dying friend, and much more.
Coming soon: The Complete Gay & Lesbian Manners: LGBT advice for dating, sex, coming out, marriage and all the rest (Workman). According to Petrow, “The new book combines the authority and scope of Emily Post with the wit and humor of Miss Manners. It’s for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender people (and those who aren't quite sure), as well as straight folks. This is a more fluid, inclusive book to match our more fluid, inclusive times.” Petrow is widely sought after by the media as a manners expert and writes regularly for a number of national publications, including the Huffington Post, the Daily Beast, Salon, Out.com, and The Advocate.
On this page, you’ll find articles written by Petrow as well as broadcast and print interviews about his work.
The New York Times
Gay Couples Confront Holiday Stress
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/21/garden/gay-couples-confront-holiday-stress.html?scp=4&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
Stationery That Rattles Etiquette
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/garden/stationery-that-rattles-etiquette.html?scp=1&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
Etiquette: Is It Back?
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/22/nyregion/etiquette-is-it-back.html?scp=6&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
Gay Couples Confront Holiday Stress
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/21/garden/gay-couples-confront-holiday-stress.html?scp=4&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
Stationery That Rattles Etiquette
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/29/garden/stationery-that-rattles-etiquette.html?scp=1&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
Etiquette: Is It Back?
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/22/nyregion/etiquette-is-it-back.html?scp=6&sq=Steven%20Petrow&st=cse
North Carolina Public Radio (NPR affiliate)
NC Gay Pride 2009
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0923a09.mp3/view
Meet Steven Petrow
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0226a.mp3/view
Same Sex Marriage and North Carolina
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/SOT052308ab.mp3/view
N.C. Pride
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0928a07.mp3/view
NC Gay Pride 2009
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0923a09.mp3/view
Meet Steven Petrow
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0226a.mp3/view
Same Sex Marriage and North Carolina
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/SOT052308ab.mp3/view
N.C. Pride
http://wunc.org/tsot/archive/sot0928a07.mp3/view
KQED (PBS affiliate)
Petrow made more than a dozen appearances on the award-winning news program, “This Week in Northern California.”
http://thisweek.kqed.org/guests/47/index.html
Petrow made more than a dozen appearances on the award-winning news program, “This Week in Northern California.”
http://thisweek.kqed.org/guests/47/index.html
The Seattle Times
Amazon Denies It Censored Rankings
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009034801_amazon14.html
Amazon Denies It Censored Rankings
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2009034801_amazon14.html
San Francisco Chronicle
PlanetOut Expands Its Universe
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/07/BU89346.DTL
PlanetOut Expands Its Universe
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/09/07/BU89346.DTL
Daily News (NY)
MIKE SLIPS UP ON GAY NUPS Voices support, then objects
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/06/2004-03-06_mike_slips_up_on_gay_nups_vo.html
MIKE SLIPS UP ON GAY NUPS Voices support, then objects
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/03/06/2004-03-06_mike_slips_up_on_gay_nups_vo.html
The Advocate
Lesbian Reporters Removed from Marriage Beat After Marrying Each Other
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid4741.asp
Lesbian Reporters Removed from Marriage Beat After Marrying Each Other
http://advocate.com/news_detail_ektid4741.asp
Q-Notes, Interview, December 12
Merry Manners: Journalist, author Steven Petrow offers LGBT advice for the holiday season, prepares for new etiquette book
http://goqnotes.com/4525/merry-manners/
Merry Manners: Journalist, author Steven Petrow offers LGBT advice for the holiday season, prepares for new etiquette book
http://goqnotes.com/4525/merry-manners/
Out Front Colorado, Feature, December 30
Steven Petrow: essential etiquette for everyone
http://www.outfrontcolorado.com/features.php?itemid=580
Steven Petrow: essential etiquette for everyone
http://www.outfrontcolorado.com/features.php?itemid=580
TAN Radio Network, "As I Am", Live, December 17
Steven Petrow— Gay Manners
http://www.asiam.fm/Archive/December17-09.htm
Steven Petrow— Gay Manners
http://www.asiam.fm/Archive/December17-09.htm
BlogtalkRadio: "All the Way In"
What does Valentine's Day mean if you're LGBT? (click on Multimedia, then All the Way In)
http://www.deborahelake.com/
What does Valentine's Day mean if you're LGBT? (click on Multimedia, then All the Way In)
http://www.deborahelake.com/
Daily Beast
First in the Fight Against AIDS: A Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-26/first-in-the-fight-against-aids/
First in the Fight Against AIDS: A Tribute to Edward M. Kennedy
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-08-26/first-in-the-fight-against-aids/
Huffington Post
Joe Biden’s Tears
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/joe-bidens-tears-remember_b_133902.html
Joe Biden’s Tears
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/joe-bidens-tears-remember_b_133902.html
Huffington Post
“That’s So Gay” Is Not So Funny
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/thats-so-gay-is-not-so-fu_b_165109.html
“That’s So Gay” Is Not So Funny
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/thats-so-gay-is-not-so-fu_b_165109.html
Huffington Post
Remembering the Lessons of Harvey Milk
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/remembering-the-lessons-o_b_148658.html
Remembering the Lessons of Harvey Milk
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/remembering-the-lessons-o_b_148658.html
Huffington Post
Where Did These Kids Come From?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/queeries-where-did-these_b_178776.html
Where Did These Kids Come From?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-petrow/queeries-where-did-these_b_178776.html
The Independent Weekly
Julia Boseman won't back down
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A402084
Julia Boseman won't back down
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A402084
The Independent Weekly
How to Wrap Your Head Around the Pregnant Man
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157
How to Wrap Your Head Around the Pregnant Man
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A257157
The Independent Weekly
They Shoot Gays, Don’t They?
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A260096
They Shoot Gays, Don’t They?
http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A260096
Media Contact Information
For interviews with Steven Petrow or further information about his books or other work, please contact:
Karen Wadsworth
Media Masters Publicity
781-293-0548
Karen@mmpublicity.com
Ron Longe
Media Masters Publicity
212-866-2906
Ron@mmpublicity.com
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Karen Wadsworth
Media Masters Publicity
781-293-0548
Karen@mmpublicity.com
Ron Longe
Media Masters Publicity
212-866-2906
Ron@mmpublicity.com
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