Bio
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John R. Selig grew up in Huntington, NY and with the exception of a 15-month stint in Scottsdale, Arizona in the mid 90s, has lived in Dallas, Texas since 1985. Selig and his husband, Rodolfo, married at a wedding ceremony attended by family and friends in Toronto, Canada on Saturday April 17th 2004.
Selig is a gay parent whose son, Nathaniel, lived with him after Selig and his former wife divorced in 1991 (they co-parented their son through his teen years). Nathaniel and his wife, Doris, made Selig and Rodolfo proud doting grandfathers to Cameron Grant Selig on May 3rd 2008.
Selig works in the advertising and marketing field and is a gay activist, free-lance writer, and photojournalist and in July 2007 launched a podcast “John Selig Outspoken.” The podcast includes interviews with role models and opinion leaders in the GLBT community, commentaries and interviews with GLBT writers and is both available on iTunes and can be accessed directly at www.johnseligoutspoken.com. Selig is also a salon member on “The Buli Salon” podcast accessible through www.thebulisalon.com and a regular columnist to the hwfmag published in Great Britain which on the Internet and can be found at www.hwfmag.co.uk. Recently Selig has been substitute teaching in the Dallas Independent School District, which has been an eye-opening experience exposing him to the challenges facing public schools.
Selig contributed profiles and photographs and was a Consulting Editor to the award-winning book Uncommon Heroes and was a contributor to the book Telling Tales Out of School, which was edited by Kevin Jennings, Executive Director of GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network).
Selig has written and photographed feature articles for A&U magazine and has written Op-Ed Pieces for the Dallas Morning News, Arizona Republic and Mesa Tribune and articles for the Dallas Voice and Texas Triangle and has written book reviews for ForeWord Magazine and the Lambda Book Report. Selig has been written about in the Dallas Voice, Texas Triangle, Long Islander, Dallas Morning News, New York Times, Newsday and U.S. News & World Report and has appeared on the Donahue and Rolonda television shows and numerous radio shows around the country as well as a variety of LGBT and mainstream podcasts. In February 2005 his commentary on his marriage to Rodolfo aired on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and “Morning Edition.” His photographs have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, and CD liners and on web sites.
Selig was a member of the StopDrLaura.com National Steering Committee and received the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance (DGLA) President’s Award in 2001 for his activism in organizing gay community response against the airing of the “Dr. Laura” TV show. During the summer of 2000 Selig co-authored a policy recommendation for the Al Gore for President campaign that was presented to the Vice President’s staff during a campaign visit in Dallas.
Multiculturalism has played a strong role in Selig’s life. He was active in AFS International/Intercultural Programs for fifteen years where he held various leadership positions (including Chapter President and Area Representative) and hosted students from Switzerland and Belgium and an English teacher from the People’s Republic of China. During the first half of his senior year of college Selig studied British broadcasting at the Polytechnic of Central London in England and during the second half of his senior year he studied the European Union at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium.
Selig has an MBA in Marketing from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and has a BA in Economics from the State University of New York at Binghamton.
Selig’s website www.johnselig.com contains some of his commentaries, photographs, recommended links and access to his “John Selig Outspoken” podcast.
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