[Editor's note: This summer, Out in the Bay is airing a mix of previously recorded shows and new content. This week is a new broadcast.] In a tribute to the late Ambassador James C.
Hormel, on this week's Out in the Bay podcast and broadcast we bring you his story — in his own words and voice. The gay philanthropist and LGBTQ civil rights and Democratic activist died August 13 at age 88 after a full and fascinating life.
After a yearslong political fight in which far-right Republican opponents accused him of pedophilia and more, Mr. Hormel made history as the highest-ranking openly LGBTQ U.S.
official ever when he finally became ambassador to Luxembourg in 1999 after being nominated by then-President Bill Clinton. A Hormel Foods heir, Mr.