Sue O'Connell is an American publisher and media commentator based in Boston.

Early life and education

O'Connell grew up in

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to working class parents. She graduated from

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

in Boston in 1985.

Career

O'Connell has served on the national board of governors for the

Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for L ...

and volunteered at the Boston AIDS Action Committee and the Fenway Health Community Health Center. O'Connell was involved with ''

Bay Windows ''Bay Windows'' is an LGBT newspaper, published weekly on Thursdays and Fridays in Boston, Massachusetts, serving the entire New England region of the United States. The paper is a member of the New England Press Association and the Nationa ...

'' since 1998, and was a co-publisher from 2003 until 2021. She has been a co-owner of The EDGE Media Network, a national network of LGBTQ news web portal. From 2016-2019 she hosted ''The Take With Sue O'Connell'' on

NECN New England Cable News (NECN) is a regional 24-hour cable news television network owned and operated by NBCUniversal (as part of the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations division, both ultimately owned by Comcast) serving the New England reg ...

. Since 2023 she has co-hoste
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a weekly program on NBC10 Boston with anchor Cory Smith. She has been a publisher of The South End News, a

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weekly.

Awards and honors

* Gay Power Player (2006),

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* Top New England LGBT Power Player (2015), Boston Spirit Magazine * Best TV News Host, for ''The Take With Sue O'Connell'', in ''Boston Magazine'''s Best of Boston awards

Personal life

O'Connell is a

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and a single mother to a daughter, whom she homeschooled for a number of years. She has lived in the Boston area for her entire life, with the exception of a six month period .

References

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