War Correspondent James Longman: “Being Gay Makes Me a Better Reporter”

 

ABC News War Correspondent, James Longman, leads this year’s Media + Broadcast list of trailblazers for Attitude 101. 

Here, James reflects on coming out to the Chechen police, discusses the importance of community, and how LGBTQ people are some of "the most vulnerable people in the world."

It doesn't hurt that he's so damn sexy!

 

And he's written a book.

The Inherited Mind is compelling memoir, where James explores his struggles with depression and the suicide of his father -- whose own father killed himself. His fear: will he succumb to the Longman curse?

“While genetic predisposition can set us on a path,” Longman writes towards the end of this moving book, “it does not mean we are destined to walk it forever.”