Vic Gerami
Vic Gerami
Vic Gerami is an American journalist, LGBT activist, and writer based in Los Angeles, California. He is the host & producer of THE BLUNT POST with VIC[28] and the editor and publisher of The Blunt Post. [2] [1] [3] [28]
Education
Gerami graduated from College of the Canyons in 1995 with an associate degree. He then transferred to California State University, Long Beach, graduating in 1997 with a Bachelor's degree in theater arts. [2]
Career
A noted columnist, Vic Gerami is also a journalist and media contributor who is also publisher and editor of The Blunt Post.
Gerami is also the host & producer of his show, ‘The Blunt Post with Vic,’ on Public Radio KPFK 90.7 FM 90.7 FM.
Today reaching national international audiences, Gerami first built a foundation of knowledge and skills by learning the media industry during his years at Frontiers Magazine, followed by positions at LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. For the second time, Gerami was selected as a finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards “Columnist of the Year” category in 2019, having first made the final round of consideration in 2017. His celebrity Q&A column, ‘10 Questions with Vic‘ is internationally syndicated.
Vic Gerami is a contributor to the LGBTQ San Diego County News, Windy City Times, Houston Voice, DC Life Magazine, Out & About Nashville, Q Virginia, GNI MAG, QNotes, GoWeHo, Asbarez, The California Courier, Desert Daily Guide, Armenian Weekly, GED,The Pride LA, IN Magazine, Out Traveler, The Fight Magazine and The Advocate Magazine, among others.
Early beginnings
He spent six years at Frontiers, followed by LA Weekly and Voice Media Group. His syndicated celebrity Questions & Answer column, 10 Questions with Vic, was a finalist for LA Press Club's National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2017. [3]
Recognition
In 2009, Gerami was featured in The Wall Street Journal as a Leading Gay Activist for opposing Prop 8 and his marriage equality advocacy. He was on the planning committee of Resist March 2017 and is a founding board member of Equality Armenia. [3]
In 2015, he was noted in the landmark Supreme court lawsuit, Obergefell v. Hodges, in which the Court held in a 5–4 decision that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [3] Gerami is a member of the team at You Matter-Not Alone, a charitable organization dedicated to suicide prevention and suicide awareness. [9]