David Toussaint
| David Toussaint | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Toussaint April 23, 1964 Walnut Creek, California, U.S. |
| Residence | Manhattan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Writer, Commentator, Theater Critic, Playwright |
David Toussaint (born April 23, 1964) is an American writer, commentator, theater critic and playwright.
Born on April 23, 1964 to Maynard and Leona Toussaint in Walnut Creek, California, Toussaint is the youngest of five children including Beth Toussaint. While in high school, he was an intern for the Contra Costa Times in Walnut Creek and eventually was hired as an assistant to the real estate editor. From 1977 to 1979, Toussaint attended the American Conservatory Theater and toured as an actor throughout California with the theater's Young Conservatory group. He attended the University of California at Los Angeles with a major in English literature. Toussaint now lives in Manhattan.
Since 1997, Toussaint has written articles for Brides magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Working Woman, Instinct, Gay Financial Network, Outsider Ink, Caribbean Travel and Life and Diversion magazine. He has been an editor at Conde Nast and a three-time guest editor for Francis Ford Coppola's online magazine Zoetrope, and was a full-time columnist for GayWeddings.com. Currently he writes a weekly column and is a theater critic for EDGE magazine, and is the senior editor for GuySpy.com.
In 2003, Toussaint wrote an article entitled Outward Bound on same-sex weddings for Brides magazine. It was the first article on gay and lesbian weddings to be published by any of the five major, top-selling bridal magazines, and its publication created a significant controversy.
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