Disney Offered to Make Raven-Symone’s Character Gay That's So Raven Reboot

Contents:

• RAVEN-SYMONé SAYS SHE SHUT DOWN DISNEY'S PLANS FOR HER CHARACTER TO BE GAY 'RAVEN'S HOME': 'I'M NOT BEG MYSELF ON THIS SHOW'
• DISNEY OFFERED TO MAKE RAVEN-SYMONE’S CHARACTER GAY THAT'S SO RAVEN REBOOT
• FANS SUPPORT LAMAR JACKSON OVER RECENT NTROVERSY LABELG THE RAVENS STAR 'ANTI-GAY'
• RAVEN-SYMONE: I’M NOT GAY, AND I’M NOT AIN-AMERIN
• RAVEN SYMONE OPENS UP ABOUT WHY SHE DIDN'T WANT RAVEN TO BE GAY ON 'RAVEN'S HOME'
• TERRELL SUGGS, BALTIMORE RAVENS OUTSI LEBACKER, SAYS TEAM WOULD WELE A GAY PLAYER
• WHY RAVEN-SYMONé REJECTED DISNEY’S OFFER TO MAKE HER CHARACTER GAY IN ‘RAVEN’S HOME’
• RAVEN-SYMONé: WHY I DIDN’T WANT MY ‘RAVEN’S HOME’ CHARACTER TO BE GAY
• CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL GAME, MAK HISTORY AND STARS THRILLG LAS VEGAS RAIRS W
• BALTIMORE RAVENS WERE ONCE A CULTURE CLASH ON GAY MARRIAGE
• RAVEN’S HOME DISNEY SHOW CAST PROTT 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL WH WALKOUT
• RAVENS' LAMAR JACKSON VEHEMENTLY PH BACK ON SUGGTN HE'S ANTI-GAY: 'DEFAMATN OF MY CHARACTER'
• RAVEN-SYMONE SAID SHE TURNED DOWN CHANGE OF HER CHARACTER FROM STRAIGHT TO GAY
• BRENDON AYANBAJO, BALTIMORE RAVENS LEBACKER, TALKS GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBT RIGHTS
• 4 GAY NFL PLAYERS ULD E OUT ON THE SAME DAY, BRENDON AYANBAJO SAYS
• BRENDON AYANBAJO TRI TO DOWNPLAY BLAMG RELEASE ON GAY ADVOCY
• RAVEN-SYMONE SAYS SHE’S A LBIAN, GRATEFUL FOR LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE
• LEADG CHARACTERS    HATORA TSUCHIMIKADO HATORA TSUCHIMIKADOVOICED BY: KAO ISHIKAWA (JAPANE), CLIFFORD CHAP (ENGLISH)THE HEROTHE MA MALE PROTAGONIST. A MEMBER OF THE BRANCH FAY OF THE TSUCHIMIKADO CLAN, WHO WAS BORN WHOUT THE ABILY TO SENSE SPIRUAL POWER. ACCINTAL PERVERT: THIS HAPPENS A LOT TO HIM, UALLY WH KON, SEE MISTAKEN FOR PEDOPHILE. BADASS LONGAT: HE WEARS A LONG RAVEN COAT WORN AFTER HE REVERS HIS MEMORI. BOOK DUMB: NOT THAT GOOD AT ONMYōDō. AVERTED LATER. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: WH HIS NATSUME. COMBAT PRAGMATIST: AFTER WNSG THE DUEL BETWEEN J AND D, HE TAK A MUCH STRONGER TERT LEARNG MAGIC AND BEGS APPLYG THEIR TACTICS TO HIS OWN. CRAZY-PREPARED: AFTER AWAKENG AS YAKOU, WHEN HE WAS GOG OUT TO CHAT WH AN OLD IEND, HE PREPAR AN AIRDROP OF MAGEK TANKS. EYEPATCH OF POWER: AFTER REVERG HIS MEMORI AND LOSG AN EYE. EMPATHIC WEAPON: EMPATHIC ARMOUR. HIS MAGIL AT IS ACTUALLY A SHIKIGAMI WH THE APPEARANCE OF A BLACK AT. IT THKS AND FENDS THE WEARER AGAST PHYSIL AND MAGIL ATTACKS. EYE SCREAM: HE GETS AN EYE SLASHED OUT BY REIJI. FACIAL MARKGS: A PENTAGRAM (STAR) WHEN NATSUME DID THE RUAL TO MAKE HIM HER SHIKIGAMI WH HER BLOOD. IT WAS REMOVED WHEN NATSUME REMOVED ALL THE SEALS ON HIM TO LET HIM AWAKEN AS YAKOU. FAIAR: HE'S NATSUME'S MA SHIKIGAMI, AND ALSO ONE OF HIS OWN NAMED KON. KON IS LATER REVEALED TO BE HISHAMA, YAKOU'S SHIKIGAMI WHO LET HER POWERS BE SEALED. FLIGHT: THE RAVEN COAT GRANTS HIS WEARER THE ABILY TO FLY. I AM WHO?: HE IS THE TE RERNATN OF YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. IN-SERI NICKNAME: BAKA-TORA. MAGIC STAFF: HAS ONE, A KHAKKAHARA (SHAKUJO), GIVEN TO HIM BY J OHTOMO. IT WAS STROYED WHEN HE FACED AGAST SHAVER. MISTAKEN FOR GAY: BEE NATSUME WANTED TO PROVE HER BOY DISGUISE WORKED, PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS A GAY RELATNSHIP. MISTAKEN FOR PEDOPHILE: SEVERAL TIM WH KON DUE TO HER CHILD LIKE BODY. THE FIRST TIME IS WHEN HE ASKED KON HOW HER TAIL WORKS, KON PULLED DOWN HER PANTS TO SHOW HIM AND THEN NATSUME WALKED THE ROOM. MUGGLE BORN OF MAG: SORT OF. WHILE EVENTUALLY HE TURNS OUT TO BE FAIRLY POWERFUL SPIRUAL TERMS, HE NEVER VELOPED SUPERNATURAL SENSIVY. IN REALY HIS REAL FATHER, YASUZUMI TSUCHIMIKADO, SEALED HIS ABILI AWAY BUT WAS PARTLY UNDONE BY NATSUME WHEN SHE MA HIM TO HER SHIKIGAMI. NEW TRANSFER STUNT: TRANSFERS TO THE ONMYO AMY TOKYO TO BE WH NATSUME. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT BEE HE IS HER FAIAR AND THE OTHER IS BEE OF THE CINT WH SUZA DAIRENJI, A DIVE GENERAL WHO WENT ROUGE, THE ONMYO AGENCY WANTED HIM TO KEEP THE CINT QUIET. NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN: HE BEATS UP A TRANSFORMED TOUJI. NOT SO STOIC: HE STILL HAS SOME TRAS OF HIS PERSONA EVEN AFTER AWAKENG AS YAKOU. OBLIV TO LOVE: HAS 4 GIRLS GOG AROUND HIM THROUGHOUT THE SERI, AND TAK THE MAJORY OF THE ANIME SERI BEFORE HE NOTIC. PORN STASH: KEEPS ONE HIS DRSER, THAT HE IS MORTIFIED OF THE GIRLS FDG. TOUJI PLAS THAT HIS TAST ARE BORG. POWER LIMER: APPLIED TO HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG. IT WAS PARTLY UNDONE WHEN NATSUME MA HIM TO HER SHIKIGAMI. NATSUME LATER FULLY RELEASED THEM WHILE WHEN HE WAS AWAKENG AS YAKOU. POWER TATTOO: AS PART OF BEG NATSUME'S SHIKIGAMI HE RECEIV A MARK ON HIS CHEEK SHAPED LIKE A FIVE-POTED STAR, WHICH IS OCSNALLY SHOWN TO GLOW. THE PROMISE: WH KYOKO. HE DON'T REMEMBERS UNTIL AFTER NATSUME IS FOUND OUT TO BE A GIRL. ALSO NATSUME. REFAL OF THE CALL: AT FIRST HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE REAL CHOSEN ONE. RERNATN: OF HIS ANCTOR YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. THE STOIC: AS YAKOU, VERY LTLE SHAK HIM UP. SWCHED AT BIRTH: WH HIS NATSUME, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S THOUGHT TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE.THANKS FOR THE MAMMARY: WH NATSUME EPISO 9.--> ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH HOKUTO AND TOUJI. TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: WHILE FIGHTG SHAVER. UNSKILLED, BUT STRONG: HATORA N'T SEE SPIR ENERGY UNAID, BUT HAS SO MUCH POWER THAT HE'S KNOWN TO ACCINTALLY MAKE MAGIC EMS EXPLO. AVERTED LATER AFTER HE REVERS HIS MEMORI AS YAKOU, SLOWG MOVG TOWARDS GAME BREAKER WH BOTH IMMENSE SKILL AND POWER. VOLUNTARY SHAPHIFTER: THE RAVEN COAT ALSO GRANTS THE ABILY FOR THE WEARER TO TURN TO A RAVEN. WISE BEYOND THEIR YEARS: AS PART OF THE KICKSTART AFTER FULLY REALIZG HE'S THE RERNATN OF YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO.    NATSUME TSUCHIMIKADO NATSUME TSUCHIMIKADOVOICED BY: KANA HANAZAWA (JAPANE), CAL GLASS (ENGLISH)THE MSIAH... OR NOTTHE MA FEMALE PROTAGONIST. SHE IS THE FUTURE HEAD OF THE TSUCHIMIKADO CLAN, AND SUCH A GENI AT ONMYōDō THAT MANY SPECT HER TO BE A RERNATN OF THE FAMO YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. DUE TO FAY TRADN SHE IS FORCED TO POSE AS A BOY WHILE AT SCHOOL. A-CUP ANGST: IN THE LIGHT NOVEL, SHE THKS HER BREASTS ARE TOO SMALL. THE ACE: HER SKILLS HER SEND YEAR OF THE AMY ARE ENOUGH THAT SHE WAS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED A POSN AS A PROFSNAL ONMYOUJI. BACK OM THE DEAD: GETS PARTLY REVIVED WHEN HATORA DO THE TAIZAN FUN RUAL. BOKKO: SHE BOKU WHILE DISGUISED AS A BOY. SHE SOMETIM SLIPS TO A FEME WAY OF SPEAKG. BOUND AND GAGGED: SHE'S BOUND BY SUZA WHEN THE LATTER TRI TO BREAK TO HER ROOM. AS SOON AS SUZA TRI TO GO FOR THE CLOSET, THOUGH, NATSUME BREAKS EE AND SUMMONS HOKUTO TO STOP HER ATTEMPT. CAN'T LIVE WHOUT YOU: HAS HER LIFE TIED TO HER DRAGON THANKS TO HATORA BOTCHED ATTEMPT TO REVIVE HER. CAST OM H POTS: AFTER NATSUME’S PARTIAL RURRECTN, HER MAGIL POWER IS DRAWN OM THE POWER THAT STAS HER LIFE. OVESE OF HER POWERS WILL KILL HER. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: WH HER HATORA. CLGY JEALO GIRL: SHE'S CRAZY AND JEALO OVER HATORA. THE CHOSEN ONE: TO THE YAKOU VOTE, SHE'S THE RERNATN OF HER ANCTOR YAKOU, AND AS SUCH REVERE AND PLACE HER ON A PESTAL. APPARENTLY, THIS WAS TENTNAL BY HER FATHER. SHE'S NOT THE REAL ONE; HATORA IS. DOORSTOP BABY: NATSUME ISN'T EVEN AN ORIGAL MEMBER OF THE FAY, HAVG BEEN FOUND AND ADOPTED FOR THE SCHEME. FRIENDLS BACKGROUND: OTHER THAN HATORA, SHE HAS NO OTHER IENDS AT FIRST. GENR REVEAL: SHE WAS UNR A SPELL TO PREVENT OTHERS OM NOTICG SHE WAS FEMALE, RIGHT UNTIL HER CLOTHG DAMAGE MA IMPOSSIBLE TO HI. GLAMOUR FAILURE: ANY HIGH LEVEL ONMYOJI N SEE THAT SHE IS NOT A LIVG BEG AFTER HER PARTIAL RURRECTN. HYBRID MONSTER: LIKE TOUJI SHE BEME A "LIVG SPIR" AFTER HOKUTO FED WH HER SOUL. IN HER SE, SHE'S A HALF-DRAGON. JAPANE HONORIFICS: US -KUN WHEN ADDRSG HATORA WHILE SHE IS WEARG FEMALE CLOTHG. SHE DROPS THE HONORIFICS WHEN DISGUISED AS A BOY BUT SOMETIM SLIPS. LIMED WARDROBE: IN-UNIVERSE: WHILE DISGUISED AS A MALE, SHE ONLY HAS HER SCHOOL UNIFORM AND ATHLETIC CLOTHG.A MAGIC CONTRACT COM WH A KISS--> MIKO: INIALLY RAISED AS ONE. MISTAKEN FOR GAY: SEE HATORA'S SECTN ABOVE. OUR LICH ARE DIFFERENT: FOLLOWG HER BOTCHED RURRECTN, NATSUME IS NEHER AD NOR TLY LIVG, HER SOUL IS BOUND TO HER FAIAR, HOKUTO. PAPER-TH DISGUISE: ALTHOUGH IS A TAD MORE PLITED THAN NORMAL. SHE'S A FAIRLY LIGHT SPELL TO DISGUISE HERSELF, BUT 'S APPARENTLY POWERFUL ENOUGH TO FOOL EVERYONE THE SCHOOL, CLUDG THE PRCIPAL AND THE TEACHERS. THE FLAW IS THAT N'T PROTECT HER AGAST CLOTH-RIPPG, SUCH AS THE FIGHT WH SHAVER. RAVEN HAIR, IVORY SK: WHICH IS AQUATE FOR THE SERI. RED HERRG: INVOKED BY HER FATHER. RAISED TO BE THIS TO THE FANATIC YAKOU DEVOTE. SHOCK AND AWE: GENERALLY SPEAKG, SHE LIGHTNG MAGIC AFTER THE TIME SKIP. SUMMON MAGIC: SHE'S PABLE OF SUMMONG A TE DRAGON. SWEET POLLY OLIVER: ATTENDS SCHOOL AS A BOY. SWCHED AT BIRTH: WH HER HATORA. SYNCHRONIZATN: CAN SYNCH WH HER SHIKIGAMI TO THE GREE THAT SHE N FEEL PA WHEN DO, AND LATER WH HOKUTO. THERE IS NO KILL LIKE OVERKILL: WHEN SUZA TRI TO BREAK TO HER ROOM AND ATTEMPTS TO BREAK A SEAL ON THE CLOSET, THE FIRST THG NATSUME, AFTER GETTG UNTIED, DO TO STOP THE FORMER IS TO SUMMON HOKUTO. IN THE DORMORY. TORNADO MOVE: US ONE AGAST TAKIKO SOUMA. TRAGIC DROPOUT: AFTER HER PARTIAL RURRECTN. THE UNREVEAL: VIEWERS WILL NEVER KNOW WHATEVER WAS HER CLOSET. TSUNRE: SHE IS THIS TOWARDS HATORA. SHE SWCH BETWEEN A HARSH AND SWEET. YAMATO NASHIKO: WHILE DRSED FEME ATTIRE.    TOUJI ATO TOUJI ATO
• NFL'S AYANBAJO ON OFFENSIVE FOR GAY MARRIAGE

RAVEN-SYMONé SAYS SHE SHUT DOWN DISNEY'S PLANS FOR HER CHARACTER TO BE GAY 'RAVEN'S HOME': 'I'M NOT BEG MYSELF ON THIS SHOW'

Raven-Symoné said she "didn't feel fortable" wh her character beg gay "Raven's Home. Raven-Symoné said that she told Disney producers that she didn't want her character to e out as gay the "That's So Raven" reboot, "Raven's Home. The spoff, which premiered roughly 10 years after the first seri end, followed the bt iends after they'd grown up and had their own a vio terview for Them, published on YouTube last week, Raven-Symoné said that she didn't thk was a good enough reason for Raven to be gay the reboot jt bee the actor had e out as gay.

"They were like, 'Do you want Raven to be gay?

DISNEY OFFERED TO MAKE RAVEN-SYMONE’S CHARACTER GAY THAT'S SO RAVEN REBOOT

Raven Baxter's not gay. '"This is not the first time the Disney star has talked about not wantg her Raven to be gay. -- Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson rpond to a social media post Sunday that cricized his performance wh a profany-laced tweet that clud an anti-gay a half hour after the Ravens' 28-27 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, a Twter er tagged Jackson a tweet that read: "someone askg for over $250 ln guaranteed like [Jackson]...

Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib savored a “special night” Monday as he beme the first openly gay NFL player to feature a regular season game. Earlier this year, 28-year-old Nassib, who has played for three teams over five years the NFL, beme the first active player the history of the league to announce that he is gay. Disney asked Raven-Symone if she wanted to make Raven Baxter gay the That's So Raven reboot Raven's Home, but the star turned down the offer.

Disney offered to make Raven-Symoné’s character gay the That's So Raven reboot, Raven's Home. Followg a now-leted rponse om the quarterback, Jackson was lled out for homophobic ments.

FANS SUPPORT LAMAR JACKSON OVER RECENT NTROVERSY LABELG THE RAVENS STAR 'ANTI-GAY'

Some fans have been supportg the 25-year-old on social media, referrg to the homophobic label as unfair to their star QB:. Most fans said that what Jackson said did not make him homophobic, and was jt him gettg mad at a troll. Furthermore, some fans even wonred if those words uld even be nsired homophobia.

Most were agast Jackson's statement entirely, seeg sual homophobia his words.

RAVEN-SYMONE: I’M NOT GAY, AND I’M NOT AIN-AMERIN

Lamar Jackson lash out at the reporter who referred to him as 'anti-gay'. Dpe his words beg open to terpretatn, Jackson ma clear to everyone that he do not believe them to be homophobic.

"Bee if I'm a billn dollar owner, and I'm lookg on your social media, see, and you're tellg fans to go eat X, Y and Z, and now you're beg acced of homophobic tweets, that is gog to be problematic. Raven-Symone: Don't label me gay. Actrs Raven-Symone chews labels like gay and Ain-Amerin.

RAVEN SYMONE OPENS UP ABOUT WHY SHE DIDN'T WANT RAVEN TO BE GAY ON 'RAVEN'S HOME'

That’s what the former “Cosby Show” star told Oprah Wey on OWN on Sunday night, as she explaed why she don’t like to be labeled as gay or Ain-Amerin.

“I don’t want to be labeled gay, ” Raven-Symone said. Raven-Symone says she’s a lbian, grateful for legalized gay marriage.

The former Disney star’s sexualy has been headl sce she tweeted Augt 2013 that she was happy for the legalizatn of gay marriage, as meant that she uld “fally get married!

TERRELL SUGGS, BALTIMORE RAVENS OUTSI LEBACKER, SAYS TEAM WOULD WELE A GAY PLAYER

In a new terview wh them, the star and executive producer of the Disney Channel seri revealed why she turned down the work’s offer to make her character gay. While reflectg on her inic Disney rol, takg a break om the dtry, not wantg to e out and more, she dished on Disney offerg to make Raven Baxter gay.

“They were like, ‘Do you want Raven to be gay? Raven Baxter’s not gay, ” she add. The Baltimore Ravens' Terrell Suggs posned himself direct opposn to the media firtorm surroundg his Super Bowl rivals by proclaimg that he and his teammat would wele an openly gay player.

Tellg NBC Sports that he would "absolutely not" have a problem wh a gay teammate, the Ravens outsi lebacker noted, "We don't re. ”Of urse, Suggs' teammate is Brendon Ayanbajo, who has not only been an outspoken advote for same-sex marriage, but has also vowed to e the Super Bowl XLVII as a platform to promote lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) rights. The Ravens lebacker has mataed a diplomatic stance on the ntroversy surroundg Chris Culliver, the San Francis 49ers rnerback who clared that he "don't do the gay guys, man" and that his team "don't got no gay people" an terview wh Artie Lange.

WHY RAVEN-SYMONé REJECTED DISNEY’S OFFER TO MAKE HER CHARACTER GAY IN ‘RAVEN’S HOME’

After years the entertament dtry, Symoné me out as gay 2013, when few famo people were gay. Acrdg to Symoné, while preparg for “Raven’s Home, ” the Disney producers asked if she wanted her character to be gay like her.

Disney Producers Offered To Make Raven Baxter Gay In ‘Raven’s Home’. In a newly published vio terview wh Them, Symoné revealed that she refed Disney’s offer to make her Disney character gay. Durg the terview, Symoné revealed that when she asked the producers why they wanted Baxter to be gay, they said was bee she was.

Raven-Symoné Says Raven Baxter Wasn’t Gay. Symoné further explaed that Baxter, the Disney show, had never shown any sexual inty and so sudnly g out as gay was kd of off. Raven Baxter’s not gay, ” Symoné said.

RAVEN-SYMONé: WHY I DIDN’T WANT MY ‘RAVEN’S HOME’ CHARACTER TO BE GAY

“Raven Baxter’s not gay. Las Vegas Rairs fensive end Carl Nassib ma history durg the team's opener agast the Baltimore Ravens on Monday night, beg the first openly gay NFL player to su up a regular season game. Nassib, who has played the NFL sce 2016, me out as gay earlier this year.

He's the first active, openly gay player to be on an NFL roster, but other players have paved the way.

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL 2014, but was cut by the St.

CARL NASSIB, FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NFL GAME, MAK HISTORY AND STARS THRILLG LAS VEGAS RAIRS W

Center Matt Birk was equally outspoken, opposg equaly for gay people and specifilly jog the fight agast equaly his home state of Mnota.

BALTIMORE RAVENS WERE ONCE A CULTURE CLASH ON GAY MARRIAGE

Coach John Harbgh said he would be open to havg openly gay Michael Sam on his team, and he has an openly gay nephew wh whom seems he has a good relatnship.

RAVEN’S HOME DISNEY SHOW CAST PROTT 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL WH WALKOUT

For the divisn-rival Ptsburgh Steelers, we’ve talked about Mike Toml’s silence on gay athlet the past. Backup quarterback Landry Jon, who is a vout Christian and wr Bible vers on his hand, told Outsports he would wele a gay teammate. The st of Raven's Home, led by Raven-Symone, participat Disney's walkout prottg Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill.

The st of Raven's Home participat Disney's walkout prottg the "Don't Say Gay" bill. The ntroversial Florida legislatn is officially known as the Parental Rights Edutn bill, though is popularly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

In a vio posted to lead star Raven-Symone's Instagram, the actrs showed solidary wh the LGBTQ+ muny and nounced the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Symone, who has been married to wife Miranda Maday sce 2020, has equently been outspoken on LGBTQ+ issu, prevly revealg that Disney offered to make her character on Raven's Home gay, and explag why she ultimately turned down their offer. (David Rosenblum/In Sportswire via Getty Imag)"Boy STFU y’all be pp too much on this app mf never smelt a football field never did s--- but eat d—k, " he wrote before eventually letg tweet was scribed as cludg an "anti-gay phrase" an ESPN report about the exchange.

RAVENS' LAMAR JACKSON VEHEMENTLY PH BACK ON SUGGTN HE'S ANTI-GAY: 'DEFAMATN OF MY CHARACTER'

Ryan Gaydos is a senr edor for Fox News Digal.

Speakg to the “Pri” podst, Symone said that Disney offered to make the sp-off character a lbian to acmodate Raven-Symone, who is gay real life.

Symone said she is proud to be gay, but “The reason I said no wasn’t bee I wasn’t proud of who I was, or I didn’t want to reprent the LGBTQ+ muny any way, ” Symoné said..

RAVEN-SYMONE SAID SHE TURNED DOWN CHANGE OF HER CHARACTER FROM STRAIGHT TO GAY

Emmett Burns Jr., who last week wrote a letter llg on the team’s owner to silence Ayanbajo regardg his public advocy of gay marriage, only to back down amid a natnal uproar. In Maryland, voters will go to polls to eher approve or vote down a bill passed by the legislature and signed by Governor O’Malley allowg gays and lbians to marry.

In Mnota, a ballot measure lnched by nservativ seeks to ban marriage for gays and lbians that state's nstutn.

”Discsg what motivat him to take up the e of LGBT equaly and gay marriage, Ayanbajo poted to his upbrgg. “And now ’s gay rights. Right now ’s the time for gay rights and ’s time for them to be treated equally and for everybody be treated fairly, the name of love.

BRENDON AYANBAJO, BALTIMORE RAVENS LEBACKER, TALKS GAY MARRIAGE AND LGBT RIGHTS

Ravens lebacker Brendon Ayanbajo was released by Baltimore this offseason, and on the heels of ments earlier this week where he suggted that he was cut part bee of his outspoken stance on gay rights and equaly issu, Ayanbajo clarified himself to the Baltimore Sun on Friday. When the nversatn turned to his work wh gay rights and the qutn of when we might see an openly gay player the NFL, Ayanbajo had this to say:. The one reason to worry about an NFL player g out as gay would be the evable avalanche of horrible jok, hateful rpons, and sane scty, all directed at one human beg.

• Anti-gay group g Chigo Bears to raise money. Baltimore Ravens lebacker Brendon Ayanbajo said he was misquoted ments suggtg his public advocy for gay rights played a role his release this week.

Whether or not Ayanbajo was misquoted, I don't believe his release had anythg to do wh his vol support for gay rights.

4 GAY NFL PLAYERS ULD E OUT ON THE SAME DAY, BRENDON AYANBAJO SAYS

Raven-Symoné wasn't ready to e out as gay until a -star gave her the ph she need to mter up the urage.

The 36-year-old looks back on her journey to beg openly gay a new terview wh Them, a webse foced on LGBTQ+ issu. When Green told the actor that he had watched her grow up onscreen, the nversatn turned to the topic of role mols and the fact that there weren't many openly gay role mols pop culture at the time. Raven-Symone says "It's great to know" she n have a legal gay marriage.

BRENDON AYANBAJO TRI TO DOWNPLAY BLAMG RELEASE ON GAY ADVOCY

“I am very happy that gay marriage is openg up around the untry and is beg accepted, ” the actrs said a statement through her reprentativ.

“I was exced to hear today that more stat legalized gay marriage. She was jt supportg the fact that she heard on NPR that more stat legalized gay marriage today. Over the years, the Boy Suts of Ameri has lifted s bans on gay and transgenr boys, gag praise among the LGBTQ muny.

RAVEN-SYMONE SAYS SHE’S A LBIAN, GRATEFUL FOR LEGALIZED GAY MARRIAGE

The Raven reprented New Hope’s last remag gay club, followg the mise of the Cartwheel and Prelu.

Mistaken for Gay: Bee Natsume wanted to prove her boy disguise worked, people thought was a gay relatnship. Mistaken for Gay: See Hatora's sectn above. Baltimore Ravens wi receiver Torrey Smh is tchg heat for postg an alleged anti-gay slur on his Twter and Instagram acunts Friday, but sists the remark was not homophobic.

“I wasn’t beg offensive nor am I homophobic not apologizg or takg down. Smh’s remarks e jt one day after former Mnota Vikgs punter Chris Kluwe alleged that he was fired om bee of his outspoken support of marriage equaly, and amid ongog perceptn of wispread homophobia among NFL players and ach.

LEADG CHARACTERS    HATORA TSUCHIMIKADO HATORA TSUCHIMIKADOVOICED BY: KAO ISHIKAWA (JAPANE), CLIFFORD CHAP (ENGLISH)THE HEROTHE MA MALE PROTAGONIST. A MEMBER OF THE BRANCH FAY OF THE TSUCHIMIKADO CLAN, WHO WAS BORN WHOUT THE ABILY TO SENSE SPIRUAL POWER. ACCINTAL PERVERT: THIS HAPPENS A LOT TO HIM, UALLY WH KON, SEE MISTAKEN FOR PEDOPHILE. BADASS LONGAT: HE WEARS A LONG RAVEN COAT WORN AFTER HE REVERS HIS MEMORI. BOOK DUMB: NOT THAT GOOD AT ONMYōDō. AVERTED LATER. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: WH HIS NATSUME. COMBAT PRAGMATIST: AFTER WNSG THE DUEL BETWEEN J AND D, HE TAK A MUCH STRONGER TERT LEARNG MAGIC AND BEGS APPLYG THEIR TACTICS TO HIS OWN. CRAZY-PREPARED: AFTER AWAKENG AS YAKOU, WHEN HE WAS GOG OUT TO CHAT WH AN OLD IEND, HE PREPAR AN AIRDROP OF MAGEK TANKS. EYEPATCH OF POWER: AFTER REVERG HIS MEMORI AND LOSG AN EYE. EMPATHIC WEAPON: EMPATHIC ARMOUR. HIS MAGIL AT IS ACTUALLY A SHIKIGAMI WH THE APPEARANCE OF A BLACK AT. IT THKS AND FENDS THE WEARER AGAST PHYSIL AND MAGIL ATTACKS. EYE SCREAM: HE GETS AN EYE SLASHED OUT BY REIJI. FACIAL MARKGS: A PENTAGRAM (STAR) WHEN NATSUME DID THE RUAL TO MAKE HIM HER SHIKIGAMI WH HER BLOOD. IT WAS REMOVED WHEN NATSUME REMOVED ALL THE SEALS ON HIM TO LET HIM AWAKEN AS YAKOU. FAIAR: HE'S NATSUME'S MA SHIKIGAMI, AND ALSO ONE OF HIS OWN NAMED KON. KON IS LATER REVEALED TO BE HISHAMA, YAKOU'S SHIKIGAMI WHO LET HER POWERS BE SEALED. FLIGHT: THE RAVEN COAT GRANTS HIS WEARER THE ABILY TO FLY. I AM WHO?: HE IS THE TE RERNATN OF YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. IN-SERI NICKNAME: BAKA-TORA. MAGIC STAFF: HAS ONE, A KHAKKAHARA (SHAKUJO), GIVEN TO HIM BY J OHTOMO. IT WAS STROYED WHEN HE FACED AGAST SHAVER. MISTAKEN FOR GAY: BEE NATSUME WANTED TO PROVE HER BOY DISGUISE WORKED, PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS A GAY RELATNSHIP. MISTAKEN FOR PEDOPHILE: SEVERAL TIM WH KON DUE TO HER CHILD LIKE BODY. THE FIRST TIME IS WHEN HE ASKED KON HOW HER TAIL WORKS, KON PULLED DOWN HER PANTS TO SHOW HIM AND THEN NATSUME WALKED THE ROOM. MUGGLE BORN OF MAG: SORT OF. WHILE EVENTUALLY HE TURNS OUT TO BE FAIRLY POWERFUL SPIRUAL TERMS, HE NEVER VELOPED SUPERNATURAL SENSIVY. IN REALY HIS REAL FATHER, YASUZUMI TSUCHIMIKADO, SEALED HIS ABILI AWAY BUT WAS PARTLY UNDONE BY NATSUME WHEN SHE MA HIM TO HER SHIKIGAMI. NEW TRANSFER STUNT: TRANSFERS TO THE ONMYO AMY TOKYO TO BE WH NATSUME. ONE OF THE REASONS IS THAT BEE HE IS HER FAIAR AND THE OTHER IS BEE OF THE CINT WH SUZA DAIRENJI, A DIVE GENERAL WHO WENT ROUGE, THE ONMYO AGENCY WANTED HIM TO KEEP THE CINT QUIET. NO-HOLDS-BARRED BEATDOWN: HE BEATS UP A TRANSFORMED TOUJI. NOT SO STOIC: HE STILL HAS SOME TRAS OF HIS PERSONA EVEN AFTER AWAKENG AS YAKOU. OBLIV TO LOVE: HAS 4 GIRLS GOG AROUND HIM THROUGHOUT THE SERI, AND TAK THE MAJORY OF THE ANIME SERI BEFORE HE NOTIC. PORN STASH: KEEPS ONE HIS DRSER, THAT HE IS MORTIFIED OF THE GIRLS FDG. TOUJI PLAS THAT HIS TAST ARE BORG. POWER LIMER: APPLIED TO HIM WHEN HE WAS VERY YOUNG. IT WAS PARTLY UNDONE WHEN NATSUME MA HIM TO HER SHIKIGAMI. NATSUME LATER FULLY RELEASED THEM WHILE WHEN HE WAS AWAKENG AS YAKOU. POWER TATTOO: AS PART OF BEG NATSUME'S SHIKIGAMI HE RECEIV A MARK ON HIS CHEEK SHAPED LIKE A FIVE-POTED STAR, WHICH IS OCSNALLY SHOWN TO GLOW. THE PROMISE: WH KYOKO. HE DON'T REMEMBERS UNTIL AFTER NATSUME IS FOUND OUT TO BE A GIRL. ALSO NATSUME. REFAL OF THE CALL: AT FIRST HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THE REAL CHOSEN ONE. RERNATN: OF HIS ANCTOR YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. THE STOIC: AS YAKOU, VERY LTLE SHAK HIM UP. SWCHED AT BIRTH: WH HIS NATSUME, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S THOUGHT TO BE THE CHOSEN ONE.THANKS FOR THE MAMMARY: WH NATSUME EPISO 9.--> ¡THREE AMIGOS!: WH HOKUTO AND TOUJI. TOOK A LEVEL BADASS: WHILE FIGHTG SHAVER. UNSKILLED, BUT STRONG: HATORA N'T SEE SPIR ENERGY UNAID, BUT HAS SO MUCH POWER THAT HE'S KNOWN TO ACCINTALLY MAKE MAGIC EMS EXPLO. AVERTED LATER AFTER HE REVERS HIS MEMORI AS YAKOU, SLOWG MOVG TOWARDS GAME BREAKER WH BOTH IMMENSE SKILL AND POWER. VOLUNTARY SHAPHIFTER: THE RAVEN COAT ALSO GRANTS THE ABILY FOR THE WEARER TO TURN TO A RAVEN. WISE BEYOND THEIR YEARS: AS PART OF THE KICKSTART AFTER FULLY REALIZG HE'S THE RERNATN OF YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO.    NATSUME TSUCHIMIKADO NATSUME TSUCHIMIKADOVOICED BY: KANA HANAZAWA (JAPANE), CAL GLASS (ENGLISH)THE MSIAH... OR NOTTHE MA FEMALE PROTAGONIST. SHE IS THE FUTURE HEAD OF THE TSUCHIMIKADO CLAN, AND SUCH A GENI AT ONMYōDō THAT MANY SPECT HER TO BE A RERNATN OF THE FAMO YAKOU TSUCHIMIKADO. DUE TO FAY TRADN SHE IS FORCED TO POSE AS A BOY WHILE AT SCHOOL. A-CUP ANGST: IN THE LIGHT NOVEL, SHE THKS HER BREASTS ARE TOO SMALL. THE ACE: HER SKILLS HER SEND YEAR OF THE AMY ARE ENOUGH THAT SHE WAS VIRTUALLY GUARANTEED A POSN AS A PROFSNAL ONMYOUJI. BACK OM THE DEAD: GETS PARTLY REVIVED WHEN HATORA DO THE TAIZAN FUN RUAL. BOKKO: SHE BOKU WHILE DISGUISED AS A BOY. SHE SOMETIM SLIPS TO A FEME WAY OF SPEAKG. BOUND AND GAGGED: SHE'S BOUND BY SUZA WHEN THE LATTER TRI TO BREAK TO HER ROOM. AS SOON AS SUZA TRI TO GO FOR THE CLOSET, THOUGH, NATSUME BREAKS EE AND SUMMONS HOKUTO TO STOP HER ATTEMPT. CAN'T LIVE WHOUT YOU: HAS HER LIFE TIED TO HER DRAGON THANKS TO HATORA BOTCHED ATTEMPT TO REVIVE HER. CAST OM H POTS: AFTER NATSUME’S PARTIAL RURRECTN, HER MAGIL POWER IS DRAWN OM THE POWER THAT STAS HER LIFE. OVESE OF HER POWERS WILL KILL HER. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS: WH HER HATORA. CLGY JEALO GIRL: SHE'S CRAZY AND JEALO OVER HATORA. THE CHOSEN ONE: TO THE YAKOU VOTE, SHE'S THE RERNATN OF HER ANCTOR YAKOU, AND AS SUCH REVERE AND PLACE HER ON A PESTAL. APPARENTLY, THIS WAS TENTNAL BY HER FATHER. SHE'S NOT THE REAL ONE; HATORA IS. DOORSTOP BABY: NATSUME ISN'T EVEN AN ORIGAL MEMBER OF THE FAY, HAVG BEEN FOUND AND ADOPTED FOR THE SCHEME. FRIENDLS BACKGROUND: OTHER THAN HATORA, SHE HAS NO OTHER IENDS AT FIRST. GENR REVEAL: SHE WAS UNR A SPELL TO PREVENT OTHERS OM NOTICG SHE WAS FEMALE, RIGHT UNTIL HER CLOTHG DAMAGE MA IMPOSSIBLE TO HI. GLAMOUR FAILURE: ANY HIGH LEVEL ONMYOJI N SEE THAT SHE IS NOT A LIVG BEG AFTER HER PARTIAL RURRECTN. HYBRID MONSTER: LIKE TOUJI SHE BEME A "LIVG SPIR" AFTER HOKUTO FED WH HER SOUL. IN HER SE, SHE'S A HALF-DRAGON. JAPANE HONORIFICS: US -KUN WHEN ADDRSG HATORA WHILE SHE IS WEARG FEMALE CLOTHG. SHE DROPS THE HONORIFICS WHEN DISGUISED AS A BOY BUT SOMETIM SLIPS. LIMED WARDROBE: IN-UNIVERSE: WHILE DISGUISED AS A MALE, SHE ONLY HAS HER SCHOOL UNIFORM AND ATHLETIC CLOTHG.A MAGIC CONTRACT COM WH A KISS--> MIKO: INIALLY RAISED AS ONE. MISTAKEN FOR GAY: SEE HATORA'S SECTN ABOVE. OUR LICH ARE DIFFERENT: FOLLOWG HER BOTCHED RURRECTN, NATSUME IS NEHER AD NOR TLY LIVG, HER SOUL IS BOUND TO HER FAIAR, HOKUTO. PAPER-TH DISGUISE: ALTHOUGH IS A TAD MORE PLITED THAN NORMAL. SHE'S A FAIRLY LIGHT SPELL TO DISGUISE HERSELF, BUT 'S APPARENTLY POWERFUL ENOUGH TO FOOL EVERYONE THE SCHOOL, CLUDG THE PRCIPAL AND THE TEACHERS. THE FLAW IS THAT N'T PROTECT HER AGAST CLOTH-RIPPG, SUCH AS THE FIGHT WH SHAVER. RAVEN HAIR, IVORY SK: WHICH IS AQUATE FOR THE SERI. RED HERRG: INVOKED BY HER FATHER. RAISED TO BE THIS TO THE FANATIC YAKOU DEVOTE. SHOCK AND AWE: GENERALLY SPEAKG, SHE LIGHTNG MAGIC AFTER THE TIME SKIP. SUMMON MAGIC: SHE'S PABLE OF SUMMONG A TE DRAGON. SWEET POLLY OLIVER: ATTENDS SCHOOL AS A BOY. SWCHED AT BIRTH: WH HER HATORA. SYNCHRONIZATN: CAN SYNCH WH HER SHIKIGAMI TO THE GREE THAT SHE N FEEL PA WHEN DO, AND LATER WH HOKUTO. THERE IS NO KILL LIKE OVERKILL: WHEN SUZA TRI TO BREAK TO HER ROOM AND ATTEMPTS TO BREAK A SEAL ON THE CLOSET, THE FIRST THG NATSUME, AFTER GETTG UNTIED, DO TO STOP THE FORMER IS TO SUMMON HOKUTO. IN THE DORMORY. TORNADO MOVE: US ONE AGAST TAKIKO SOUMA. TRAGIC DROPOUT: AFTER HER PARTIAL RURRECTN. THE UNREVEAL: VIEWERS WILL NEVER KNOW WHATEVER WAS HER CLOSET. TSUNRE: SHE IS THIS TOWARDS HATORA. SHE SWCH BETWEEN A HARSH AND SWEET. YAMATO NASHIKO: WHILE DRSED FEME ATTIRE.    TOUJI ATO TOUJI ATO

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But when he recently spoke out favor of gay marriage, a proment cric told him to stop talkg and foc on football. State legate, Emmett Burns, recently sent a letter to Ravens team owner, sayg Ayanbajo should, quote, "ncentrate on football, " unquote, and keep quiet on the gay marriage issue, which Brendon Ayanbajo says he is not gog to do.

AYANBADEJO: Well, a few years ago when Obama - prr to Obama beg print and he was actually nng to bee print, the Republin Party had stated that they were agast, you know, gay rights and marriage equaly. I thk some people were surprised by this bee football is a ntact sport, 's seen as extremely mascule, and I thk maybe some people had this ia that there would not be support for gay people, for the LGBT muny, or for same-sex marriage. And, you know, thgs that are really ar to me are children, tn, health, equaly, gay rights and treatg animals fairly as well.