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11 Facts About Kevin Sessums

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Kevin Howard Scott Sessums was born on March 28,1956 and is an American author, editor and actor.

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Kevin Sessums was born on March 28,1956, in Forest, Mississippi.

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Kevin Sessums's brother is artist J Kim Sessums of Brookhaven, Mississippi.

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Kevin Sessums served as executive editor of Interview and as a contributing editor of Vanity Fair, Allure, and Parade.

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Kevin Sessums was the founding Editor-in-Chief of FourTwoNine magazine, as well as the Editor at Large of the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.

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In 2007, Kevin Sessums published a memoir titled Mississippi Sissy, a narrative of his conflicted life as a self-aware gay boy growing up in Forest, Mississippi.

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Kevin Sessums's audio recording of Mississippi Sissy was nominated for a 2007 Quill Award.

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Kevin Sessums portrayed Peter Cipriani in the miniseries adaptation of Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City.

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Kevin Sessums was banned from posting on Facebook for 24 hours on December 29,2016, after he compared the supporters of President-elect Donald Trump to a "nasty fascistic lot" in a post.

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Kevin Sessums lost some credibility in the journalism world when he interviewed Ty Ross, the gay grandson of Senator and Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.

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Kevin Sessums left his home in Hudson, New York, rehomed his cats, and now spends time in London, Paris, and Santa Fe, posting many times a day on Facebook of his life and adventures.