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Contents:
- SUPERHETERO: STT HERMAN FIGHTS FOR GAY RIGHTS
- DO THIS SPANX COSTUME MAKE STT HERMAN LOOK GAY?
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
SUPERHETERO: STT HERMAN FIGHTS FOR GAY RIGHTS
Fns mol, Real World alum, and gay rights activist Stt Herman has a few choice words for the anonymo person who Googled "Stt Herman gay," prted out all the shirtls molg photos that me up, and mailed the package to his grandma."Next time leave your return addrs JERK!" Herman wr... * scott herman gay *
And unlike plenty of beefy hetero at guys we’ve meet before, Stt is not a ragg homophobe! In fact, ’s his guy’s guy relatnship wh token gay JD and his burgeong iendship wh transexual Katelynn that bought the hearts of plenty of viewers … and Queerty rears. ” A lot of people the gay muny, that image is so stereotyped.
The way that gays are stereotyped, your image is stereotyped, which is: This guy uld very easily be a ragg homophobe. A straight ally is a heterosexual man or woman who has ntributed some way to fosterg equaly for all human begs, particularly regards to battlg homophobia, endg discrimatn, and supportg marriage equaly.
A straight ally fights for human rights, particularly those nied gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr people, wh the knowledge that to ny equaly to one segment of the populatn is to dimish all of as human begs. It always amaz me to thk of the lengths to which homophob will go orr to foster their tolerance and quell a group of nocent people. Wh the recent revampg of his webse,, and a new and improved work-out stud, he is poised to explore the next phase of his life, takg wh him the fans and followg he has gaed as a iend to the gay muny.
DO THIS SPANX COSTUME MAKE STT HERMAN LOOK GAY?
It tak more than a sual belief that gay people serve the same rights as everyone else. What always mov me most about straight alli – pecially those who don’t have a close relative who is gay – is the fact that they don’t have to be so supportive.
In my ey, whether you are bullied bee you are quiet, different or bee you are gay, bullyg is bullyg. The only tim I wnsed beg om a “homophobic manner†was when I was on the Real World “Brooklynâ€.
There’s a certa tease to ~ a wk and a nod as he acknowledg his gay fan-base while fightg for their rights ~ and a measureable tillatn factor that Mr. The straight muny would say I was gay and the gay muny said I was only dog for attentn and I didn’t really re about them. As for his mns of gay fans and supporters, ’s a symbtic relatnship.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
He go on to say, “As far as beg a straight ally, well, as I grew up and started to explore the world I ma more and more iends and some of them were gay. Beg gay isn’t a choice.