INSTINCT MAGAZINE HONORS PROP. 8 PLAINTIFFS PAUL KATAMI, JEFF ZARRILLO AND THE LEADING MEN OF 2010

Some 145 activists, actors, politicians, physicians, entrepreneurs and other men of courage and character have worn the title of Instinct Leading Man over the past six years, and this November Instinct magazine will add 20 new gentlemen to that esteemed list with their Leading Men 2010 issue.

And it all starts with the couple who dared to put their love to a judicial test at the federal level—Proposition 8 plaintiffs Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo (pictured).

As the two prepare for the Prop. 8 trial’s start in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 6, they sat down exclusively with Instinct to talk about the roller coaster of emotions that was 2010, how they feel about the case moving forward and what it was like to face intense opposition—from their own community—to even pushing Prop. 8 into the courts in the first place.

But Katami and Zarrillo are just two of this year’s 20 Leading Men, a diverse representation of openly gay men chosen to showcase those doing great things for and within the gay community.


Other Leading Men for 2010 include hometown hero Mondo Guerra (left) of 'Project Runway', GLAAD’s Jarrett Barrios, Tea party crasher Chase Whiteside, author Michael Cunningham and more.