Yes, that’s Lipton’s photo, it states it in the article and he could be gay.
This is not the first time he’s been less than honest and ingnored journalistic ethics.
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/115783/
Excerpt from above link:
ERIC LIPTON RESPONDS, and the verdict is in.Eric Lipton and the New York Times owe Tim Phillips, Americans For Progress and Charles and David Koch an apology, and they owe their readers a correction.
Why do so many of these lefty “journalists” look like Rachel Maddow? Man, woman? Who can tell anymore.