Sarah Warn
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Sarah Warn is an American writer and the former editor of entertainment website AfterEllen.com.
Biography
Warn graduated from Annie Wright School in Tacoma in 1992. She then attended Wellesley College in 1996 with a degree in women's studies, and received a master's degree in theological studies from Harvard University in 1998.[http://www.lesbianation.com/article.cfm?section=2&id=13508 "All hail the pioneer, Sarah Warn"], LesbiaNation.com, March 9, 2007.{{Dead link|date=April 2025}} She spent eight years in online marketing[http://www.erosionmedia.com/execs.html "Erosion Media Execs"] before selling her gay and lesbian entertainment websites AfterEllen.com and AfterElton.com to Logo in 2006.[http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/mtvns-logo-acquires-three-lgbt-sites "MTVN's Logo Acquires Three LGBT Sites"], paidContent.org, June 8, 2006. Warn stepped down as the Editor in Chief of AfterEllen.com, with Karman Kregloe stepping into the role in 2009.[http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/06/060806announcement.htm "365gay Joins Logo"], 365gay.com, June 8, 2006 Warn is currently the Vice President of Growth at Seattle-based immigration startup Boundless Immigration.{{Cite web|date=September 16, 2020|title=Tech Moves: AWS names first head of space policy; WeWork Labs leader joins Alexa Fund; Moz co-founder leaves board|url=https://www.geekwire.com/2020/tech-moves-aws-names-first-head-space-policy-wework-labs-leader-joins-alexa-fund-moz-co-founder-leaves-board/|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=GeekWire|language=en-US}}
Warn's extensive written work on lesbian and bisexual women in entertainment has been included or cited in numerous magazines, including Velvetpark, Curve[http://www.curvemag.com/Detailed/567.html "TV’s Top 10 “Lesbian” Crime-Fighter Shows"] Curve Magazine and Lesbian News; in newspapers like USA Today,[https://www.usatoday.com/life/2003-06-01-in-out_x.htm "It's In to be Out These Days"], USA Today, June 1, 2003 Los Angeles Times, and Emmy Magazine; and in books like BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine, Queer Popular Culture: Literature, Media, Film, and Television, Bisexual Women: Friendship & Social Organization, and News and Sexuality: Media Portraits of Diversity.[https://www.amazon.com/s?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=afterellen "Books on Amazon.com that reference articles by Sarah Warn"] Warn also wrote the introduction to the Reading the 'L' Word, a collection of essays by academics and journalists about the Showtime drama The L Word.[https://www.amazon.com/dp/1845111796 "Reading the L Word"], March 30, 2006.
In November 2006, Warn was honored as one of the year's "10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz" by non-profit organization Power Up.[http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=1377 "10 Amazing Gay Women in Hollywood in 2006"], Planetout.com, 2006. In December 2006, she appeared on a panel with other notable LGBT actors and activists on Logo's Queer Year 2006 TV special.[http://www.logoonline.com/shows/events/queer_year/2006/hosts.jhtml 2006: The Queer Year], Logoonline.com December 2006. She was one of four co-hosts on the first season of the online lesbian talk show She Said What?[http://www.sovo.com/2007/1-26/arts/television/television.cfm "A Show of Their Own"] SouthernVoice.com, January 26, 2006
Warn currently co-hosts the entertainment news video blogs She Made Me Watch This[http://www.afterellen.com/taxonomy/term/1823 "She Made Me Watch This!"] and Who Thought THAT Was A Good Idea? with her partner Lori Grant, which runs weekly on AfterEllen.com.[http://www.afterellen.com/taxonomy/term/2560 "Who Thought THAT Was A Good Idea?"][http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5bf6a751bdf67ff52b1efeddada2357d "One Word for 'L' Word: Logo"] The Hollywood Reporter, September 21, 2007
References
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External links
- [http://AfterEllen.com AfterEllen.com]
- [http://AfterElton.com AfterElton.com]
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Category:American online publication editors
Category:American non-fiction writers
Category:Harvard Divinity School alumni
Category:American lesbian writers