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TMZbigshotHarvey Levin is recognizable for exposing the secrets of Hollywood's biggest stars, but now he's discovering a few of his own.
The designer and executive producer of the accepted gossip website and television gossip present of the equal name opened up about his sexuality in a recent essay he penned for the Los Angeles LGBT Center, "the world's largest provider of programs and services for LGBT people."
Levin details in the piece, published on the non-profit's Vanguard Now site on Friday, the "profound internal struggle" he felt as a teen and how a "homophobic campaign" that someone close to him waged had "scarred" him for "many, many years." It caused him to try "harder than ever to lead a 'straight' life."
His shame led to him living a life of secrecy and lies. "If I went to a lgbtq+ bar, I would wait -- sometimes for half an hour -- just to make sure cars weren’t passing by the front door for phobia a driver might see me enter," Levin writes. "When I met someone, I would often use an alias so I could easily cut ties. It actually makes no sense, but that’s what I did."
Levin, who earned the number 48 spot last year on Out magazine's list of the 50 most strong queer people in
Harvey Levin gives an honest account of growing up gay
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By Greg Hernandez on Apr 23, 2010 12:10 am | Comments (293) |
Harvey Levin is usually occupied breaking news about other people.
But the managing editor of TMZ.com and executive producer and host of TMZ on TV got personal this week while hosting a fundraising event in West Hollywood for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association.
“I really wanted to do this and I’m really pleased and honored that you guys asked me to come here,” he told the crowd.
I’m a longtime NLGJA member and arrived at the East-West Lounge Wednesday night early with the hopes of snagging an interview with Harvey about being gay in the news business and how that has affected his life and career. He said his employer Warner Bros. isn’t keen on his doing such things without clearance. (But we did snap a photo together, see below)
I was disappointed at not getting an interview but then pleased when Harvey touched on many of the topics I’d wanted to discuss in his remarks to the crowd.
“I’m thinking back a elongated time wh
Harvey Levin facts for kids
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Harvey Robert Levin, born on September 2, 1950, is an American television producer, legal maestro, and journalist. He is finest known for starting the widespread celebrity news website TMZ in 2005. He also hosted a show called OBJECTified on the Fox News Channel.
Early Life and Education
Harvey Levin was born in Los Angeles County, California. He went to Grover Cleveland Tall School in Reseda, Los Angeles, graduating in 1968.
He then studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, earning a degree in political science in 1972. After that, he attended the University of Chicago Law Educational facility and became a lawyer in 1975.
Career Highlights
Early Law Career
Levin worked as a lawyer in California for about 20 years, starting in 1975. In the mid-1970s, he also taught law at the University of Miami College of Law. Later, he taught at Whittier College School of Law.
In 1978, Levin became well-known for debating Howard Jarvis. Jarvis helped create Proposition 13, a law in California that changed property taxes. Levin was against this law.
Because of his growing fame, Levin started giving legal advice on