caption website years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
promotional photo provided by charles winters -lsb- http://gaysocialites.com/ gaysocialites.com -rsb- , -lsb- http://queerplanet.net/ queerplanet.net -rsb- 2006 -- present banner elk , north carolina , u.s. charles winters 26 january 1977 charles winters -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 charles robert winters online journalist , online media developer
charles winters -lrb- journalist -rrb-

charles winters is an online journalist , on-air personality and online media developer from east tennessee who resides in new york city .
winters is a direct descendant of admiral sir william wynter , who was a royal navy officer under queen elizabeth i of england and served the crown during the anglo-spanish war -lrb- 1585 -- 1604 -rrb- .
only eleven generations separate the two men .
charles currently serves as the chief executive officer for gaysocialites media , the parent company for gaysocialites.com and queerplanet.net - the websites he owns , operates and manages .
he is also a public member of manhattan community board 1 serving on the quality of life committee .
