Matthew Breen is an American journalist and editor living in New York, NY, United States. He is the editorial director at Logo. He was previously the editor-in-chief of The Advocate, a national LGBT news magazine, and deputy editor at Out. He was previously a freelance film critic, and the program director for the 2001 Austin Film Festival, and an associate film programmer for the 2002 IFP/West Los Angeles Film Festival, and media manager for the 1998 and 1999 Sundance Film Festivals.
Breen's petition demanding the pardon of the approximately 49,000 men convicted of "gross indecency" laws in the United Kingdom gathered nearly 500,000 signatures. U.K. campaigners and the relatives of Alan Turing delivered 10 Downing Street in 2015. The Alan Turing Law was enacted in 2017.
References
- "LOGO TAPS THE ADVOCATE AND OUT MAGAZINES' MATTHEW BREEN FOR EDITORIAL DIRECTOR | Multichannel". www.multichannel.com. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- "Matthew Breen Named Editor in Chief of The Advocate". Pink Paper. Pinkpaper.com. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- "Exec Shuffle: Matthew Breen". Variety. Variety. August 12, 2001. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
External links
- RealScreen.com People on the Move
- The Advocate’s Matthew Breen Headed to Brooklyn
- The editor of The Advocate talks about the magazine returning to newsstands and the big gay news stories of 2013.
- Matthew Breen Named Editor of The Advocate
- Journalist Q&A | PR Week