how long has Eric D. Snider been out of the closet?

[MikeWaters]

Here he writes a column about the TLC show.

http://www.ericdsnider.com/snide/love-and-sects/

I've known that he way gay for a very long time. Perhaps more than 10 years, from a gay friend in SLC. But since he wasn't publicly out that I knew of, I kept it to myself.