page_title: David France (writer)
hierarchical_section_title: David France (writer)
caption_attribution_description: David France and Joy Tomchin accept the Peabody Award for "How to Survive a Plague"
context_page_description: David France is an American investigative reporter, non-fiction author, and filmmaker. He is a former Newsweek senior editor, and has published in New York magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and others. France, who is gay, is best known for his investigative journalism on LGBTQ topics.
  In June 2007, France appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss the scientific basis that homosexuality is genetic. In 2017, he appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his film about gay liberation activist Marsha P. Johnson.
context_section_description: David France is an American investigative reporter, non-fiction author, and filmmaker. He is a former Newsweek senior editor, and has published in New York magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, and others. France, who is gay, is best known for his investigative journalism on LGBTQ topics.
  In June 2007, France appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss the scientific basis that homosexuality is genetic. In 2017, he appeared on Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his film about gay liberation activist Marsha P. Johnson.
caption: Joy Tomchin (l) with France (r) at the Peabody Awards
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