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Matthew Todd is a playwright, stand up comedian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of the critically acclaimed play Blowing Whistles and is currently the editor of the UK gay magazine ''Attitude'' . He was named Stonewall Journalist of the Year 2011 and Men's Magazine Editor of the Year 2011 by the British Society of Magazine Editors (having also been nominated in 2009 and 2010). ==Interviewer and panelist== Todd appears on the Kate Silverton Show on BBC Radio Five Live as a monthly debate panelist and appears regularly on TV and radio including on BBC News 24, The Truth About Take That (Channel 4), Out To School (Channel 4), The Most Annoying Celebrities of 2009 (Sky One) and Take The Mike (ITV1) amongst many others. For ''Attitude'' he has interviewed celebrities including Madonna, Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Lambert, Gareth Thomas, Armistead Maupin, Stephen Gately, Boy George, Bette Milder, Kathleen Turner, Harvey Fierstein, David Furnish, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Victoria Wood, Alan Carr, Stephen Fry, Graham Norton, Anthony Sher, Lady Gaga, Sir Ian McKellen, Peter Tatchell, Paul O'Grady, Ricky Gervais, Russell Brand and the Pet Shop Boys. He conducted Madonna's only UK gay press interview, Daniel Radcliffe's first and only gay press interview in the world, gay rugby player Gareth Thomas's first gay press interview, Boy George's first national magazine interview after he came out of prison and Stephen Gately's first interview after he came out in ''The Sun''. Todd worked for gay rights group Stonewall in the early nineties before joining ''Attitude'' magazine as editorial assistant in 1996. He subsequently worked at both Top of the Pops and Live & Kicking magazines and was the lesbian and gay editor of ''What's On in London'' in 2006-2007. He has been the editor of ''Attitude'' since May 2008. As a stand up comedian Todd played numerous clubs in London, Brighton, Leicester and Bristol and was a finalist of the Mardi Gras Comedy Competition and The Big Big Big New Act Competition. In 2004/5 he ran and hosted a popular weekly comedy night at the Yard bar, Rupert St London at which performers such as Marek Larwood and Greg Davies of We Are Klang, Shazia Mirza, Simon Amstell and Alan Carr all made appearances. Todd is a supporter of the work of gay psychologist Alan Downs (author of The Velvet Rage which Attitude based an issue around in September 2009) and also gay therapists David Smallwood and Joe Kort, all of whom currently write for Attitude. He is also a firm supporter of environmental organisations and charities and created a Facebook group called Green Gays. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthew Todd」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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