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Ben Finzel

Ben Finzel is a Washington D.C.-based public relations professional. A former Congressional staffer and Clinton Administration appointee, his career has focused on public affairs, public education campaigns and media relations. He is a Senior Vice President at Fleishman-Hillard and the founding co-chair of FH Out Front, the firm’s global gay and lesbian communications practice.

Ben's Posts

It Really Is An Honor To Be Nominated
Has Marriage Eclipsed Pride?
How-To: Market Marriage in California - Got To Be Real
The Invisible Gay Moviegoer
Communicating Pride
Ellen: Speaking Truth to Power
DiversityInc Names Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees
Comment allez vous?
The New Normal? Not Quite
GM Reaches Out
National Day of Silence
Earth Gay
Gay Media Matters Redux
Out's Power List is Out
Traveling While Gay: Q&A with Out Traveler Editor Ed Salvato
Massachusetts "Ads" Gays and Lesbians
Gay Media Matters
Communications Resources Around the Web
As (Part of) the World Turns
Can We Talk?
Recession Questions
Pink Parks?
Stupidity and the Superbowl
A Publisher's Perspective: Q&A with JR Pratts of Instinct
After the "Green" Auto Shows, Will "Pink" Be Next?
Out Front Medicine
Suze Says
The Out Front Forecast for 2008
Out Front Blog Looks Back on 2007
2007 Predictions Follow-Up
Pandora & Me
The Greening of Gay Travel
SAGE Advice: Q&A with Michael Adams
Change
Happy Thanksgiving
How-To: Avoid Common Mistakes in Reaching Gays and Lesbians
Familiarity Breeds...Loyalty
Where We Are, Part II: The Evolving Geography of Our Community
Sleeping Double in a Single (King) Bed: Hotel Marketing Grows Up
Out & Healthy: Healthcare and Our Community
here! Makes a Move
"The Best and Worst of National News" from GLAAD
The Out Traveler Readers Choice Awards
The Rise of the Gayby Boomer, Again
One Year Later
How-To: Understand LGBT History to Reach LGBT People
Three Travel Trends Worth Watching
After the Corporate Equality Index, What's Next?
PFLAG Debuts Straight for Equality
A Chilling Effect?
Rallying for a Cause - The New Frontier of Gay and Lesbian Auto Marketing
Communicating Diversity
Defining the Gay and Lesbian Consumer
Will New Gay Ad Help Levi's Reach Gay Consumers?
The Advocate's 40th Anniversary Heroes Poll
Marketing Lessons from Provincetown
Not Available In All Markets
We're Not Welcome Everywhere
Happy July 4th
Look Who's Investing In PlanetOut
PlanetOut on the rebound? Let's Hope So.
Telling Our Stories: More Q&A with PFLAG's Jody Huckaby
Straight for Equality: Q&A with PFLAG's Jody Huckaby
Pride in the Workplace
Communicating as a "Citizen of the World:" More Q&A with Billie Jean King
Communications and Caring: Q&A with Billie Jean King
Images in Advertising Awards
Do Vacation Destinations Catered to Homosexual Women Exist?
Putting Their Money Where Their Mouths Are
You Are Now Free To Move About the Country
"Out" in the Real World: More Q&A with Tom Roth
Slow and Steady Wins The Race: More Q&A with Tom Roth
Don't Try This At Home: Q&A with Tom Roth
The Expanding List of "Gay" Destinations
Where We Are: The Geography of Our Community
Word of Mouth Marketing
Workshops Wanted
What Does Your Car Communicate About You?
What To Call Us
Honoring Our Own Too?
A Better Blog
Gay & Lesbian Convention & Visitors Bureau Launches
How-To: Communicate Equality in the Workplace, Part II
How-To: Communicate Equality in the Workplace, Part I
The Power of the Underdog
Gay Spring Break
How-To: Reach Gay and Lesbian Travelers
Slam Dunk Part II: The Fallout
Communicating and Coming Out
Addressing the "Ick" Factor
Snickers: The Path Forward
Gay & Lesbian Tourism
Envirogay
Out of the Closet and Into the Showrooms
Leading Lesbians, Part II
Leading Lesbians
That's Entertainment
Are Canadian and Quebecker homosexual women still living in the closet?
Outing and Inning
Taking the Temperature of New Marketing Ideas