PODCAST: Capital closet

Listeners tuned in to a popular morning radio show last month may have been surprised to hear a prominent politician accidentally outed by another political player. The story fizzled; mainstream media didn't touch it. But blogs and Twitter were abuzz about the slip.

Capital News Online reporter Claire Brownell and producer Nicki Thomas

Today's guests talked to Capital News Online reporter Claire Brownell about the politics of reporting on sexuality.

Dale Smith is the Parliament Hill reporter for Capital Xtra, a gay newspaper that reported the story.

Kirby Dick is a documentary filmaker who outed a number of American polticians in his film, Outrage.

Kathleen Lahey is a law professor at Queen's University and an expert on the public's attitude toward the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community.