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• SALLY FIELD ON BEG A MOM WHO SUPPORTS HER GAY SON SPOILER ALERT
• READ SALLY FIELD’S IMPASSNED OPEN LETTER ABOUT HER GAY SON
• SALLY FIELD RECEIV HRC'S ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD, DELIVERS EMOTNAL SPEECH ON GAY SON SAM
• SALLY FIELD ON HER GAY SON: I'M HORRIFIED OTHER PARENTS WOULD DISAPPROVE
• SALLY FIELD GAVE UP ON PERSONAL LIFE & FOCED ON FAY — GAY SON JOK HE WANTS HER TO BE 'LS SUPPORTIVE'
• SALLY FIELD AND HER GAY SON SAM TEAM UP TO PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL THAT PROTECTS LGBTQ AMERINS
• SALLY FIELD’S SUPPORT OF HER SON GO WAY BEYOND TRYG TO SET HIM UP WH ADAM RIPPONSHE’S BEEN TALKG FOR YEARS ABOUT HER “MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON.”BY HILARY WEAVERFEBARY 21, 2018BY CARLO ALLEGRI/INVISN/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEA FEW DAYS AFTER HIS TWO-TIME OSR-WNG MOM ATTEMPTED TO SET HIM UP ON A DATE, AND WENT VIRAL THE PROCS, SAM GREISMAN HAS BROKEN THE ICE WH OLYMPIAN ADAM RIPPON. ACRDG TO PAGE SIX, GREISMAN, THE 30-YEAR-OLD, YOUNGT SON OF SALLY FIELD, SENT A DIRECT MSAGE TO RIPPON TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS MOM’S YENTA HIJKS, WHICH HAD ALREADY EARNED A RPONSE OM A FLATTERED RIPPON. (“SAM, YOUR MOM—I ADMIRE HER. AND I’M SURE ONE DAY WE’RE GOG TO MEET! SO, THANKS, MOM.”)FIELD’S REP SAID WEDNDAY THAT SHE’S “BUTTG OUT” OF THE SUATN FOR NOW. BUT “BUTTG OUT” ISN’T SOMETHG THAT FIELD SEEMS TO DO PARTICULARLY WELL WHEN TO LOVG AND SUPPORTG HER SON.IN 2012, GREISMAN PRENTED HIS MOTHER WH THE ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (H.R.C.) GALA. GREISMAN, WHO JOKED THAT HIS MOTHER SERVED THE AWARD BEE “THE FLYG NUN IS MPY,” SAID THAT HIS MOTHER WAS “ YOUR FACE, LIKE, ALL THE TIME.” IN THIS SE, ’S A VERY GOOD THG. “WHEN I ME OUT, SHE DIDN’T BAT AN EYE,” HE SAID. “IN FACT, SHE WAS OVERJOYED. BEG GAY WAS JT ONE MORE THG SHE LOVED ABOUT ME. SHE ULDN’T BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ME; IF ANYTHG, I WISH SHE WAS A LTLE LS SUPPORTIVE OF ME.” HE EVEN ADD THAT HE HAD TO S HER DOWN AND TELL HER THAT THERE WERE SOME THGS ABOUT HIS DATG LIFE THAT HE ULD JT NOT SHARE WH HER.WHEN FIELD FOLLOWED GREISMAN, HER YOUNGT SON OF THREE, ON THE STAGE THAT NIGHT, SHE MA AN IMPASSNED SPEECH THAT, NOT UNLIKE HER MONSTRATIVE 1985 OSR SPEECH (“YOU LIKE ME; YOU REALLY LIKE ME!”) WAS A MEMORABLE ONE.“YOU’VE CHANGED AND ARE CHANGG THE LIV OF LTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO REALIZED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THEY’RE JT DIFFERENT OM THEIR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,” SHE SAID, ADDRSG HER CROWD AT THE GALA. “AND SO THE FUCK WHAT.”SHE SPOKE TO OPRAH WEY LATER ABOUT THAT CHOICE OF WORDS. “. . . THERE WAS NO OTHER WORD, WORKS, WAS EXACTLY . . . HAD TO BE THERE BEE REALLY PERTAED TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PARENT SPEAK ABOUT RAISG A MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PARENTS WHO ARE IGHTENED OF THAT AND WHO DON’T EMBRACE THEIR CHILDREN AS THE STGGLE TO . . . EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT NATURE TEND THEM TO BE.”IN HER H.R.C. SPEECH, FIELD SAID THAT SHE HAD TO TELL HERSELF TO BACK OFF WHEN HER SON FIRST ME OUT. “WHEN I SAW HIM STGGLG, I WANTED TO JUMP AND FE FOR HIM, BUT HIS BROTHERS HELD ME BACK, FIERCELY SISTG I TRY NOT TO TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD FOR HIM; WAS HIS TO TRAVEL, NOT ME, THEY KEPT TELLG ME . . . I ULD MAKE EASIER BY STANDG, VISIBLY, TO THE SI, CLEARLY LOVG HIM AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS THERE, EVEN IF WAS JT ON THE PHONE AT ALL TIM OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.”THE BT SIGHTS AT THE 2018 OLYMPICS OPENG CEREMONY1 / 18CHEVRONCHEVRONBY QUN ROONEY/GETTY IMAG.MOST POPULARMELANIA’S TAKE ON DONALD TMP’S FOURTH INDICTMENT IS BASILLY “SUCKS TO BE YOU, PAL”: REPORTBY BS LEVTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALBY SAN CASEYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYHILARY WEAVER

SALLY FIELD ON BEG A MOM WHO SUPPORTS HER GAY SON SPOILER ALERT

On TV, she won an Emmy for her portrayal of Abby's (Mra Tierney) schizophrenic mom on ER and another for starrg as a lovg mom (Nora Walker) to a gay son played by Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters at a time when gay characters on prime time were rare. In life, Field is an outspoken equaly activist for all margalized groups, and along wh her son Sam Greisman, who is gay, she's been particularly outspoken about phg to pass the Equaly Act, which would ban discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, genr inty, and creds Brothers and Sisters shownner and Spoiler Alert wrer David Marshall Grant and director Michael Showalter (who directed her the die gem Hello, My Name Is Doris) for brgg her on to Spoiler Alert to play mom to Ben Aldridge's K and mother--law to Jim Parsons's Michael. "Throughout her storied reer, Field has played a teen surfer girl Gidget, an airborne woman of God The Flyg Nun, and a unn activist Norma Rae, but her first groundbreakg role as a mom to a gay son is the one that seems to ronate to most lately.

She rells her son's g-out scene Brothers and Sisters, where Kev asks why she didn't jt ask him about beg gay if she knew, and she rponds that wasn't her journey to take. And she didn't know I was gay. Maybe 's bee gay men feel a certa unniable affectn for award-wng actrs.

READ SALLY FIELD’S IMPASSNED OPEN LETTER ABOUT HER GAY SON

My task as an actor is certaly to brg my own emotnal life to , and I have experience wh that my own son fally talkg to me about beg gay. Her youngt son Sam is gay, and the Mrs.

In particular the scene where Ben Aldridge’s K unexpectedly out to his parents as gay. Sam recently me out gay, and Field has exprsed her support for his sexualy, sayg:.

“It’s important for a parent to talk about raisg a geo, proud, smart, funny, lovable, sexy gay child, There are so many parents who are ightened of that and who don’t embrace their children as they stggle to embrace who they are, what nature tend them to be. Sam exprs that his mother is the bt guardian any gay person uld ever need, as she was there for him while he battled mental health cris as a teenager and his stggl of g out. The fabulo Sally Field released this open letter about her gay son today, and ’s more than enough to give you a Happy Friday.

SALLY FIELD RECEIV HRC'S ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD, DELIVERS EMOTNAL SPEECH ON GAY SON SAM

Sam is my youngt son, by 18 years, and he’s gay. Fally, at 20, long after he beat his brothers at tennis and puter gam and knew as much as anyone about basketball, Sam was able to stand up proudly and say, “I am a gay man. Sally Field livered an impassned speech on behalf of her openly gay son when acceptg the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Ally for Equaly Award Washgton D.

Greisman, an tern at the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) blog Towleroad, said of Mom, "Beg gay was jt one more thg she loved about me. ”Field noted Sam’s se was ially difficult for her son to bee acctomed to his inty as a gay man.

SALLY FIELD ON HER GAY SON: I'M HORRIFIED OTHER PARENTS WOULD DISAPPROVE

Samuel shar a close relatnship wh his mom, who accepted him openly when he me out as gay.

The actrs has openly exprsed her pri her gay son and enuraged other parents to do the same.

In the vio, the actrs vio chats wh her openly gay son Sam Greisman to talk about what the passg of this legislatn would mean.

SALLY FIELD GAVE UP ON PERSONAL LIFE & FOCED ON FAY — GAY SON JOK HE WANTS HER TO BE 'LS SUPPORTIVE'

RELATED VIDEO: Teen Organiz First-Ever Gay Pri Ftival Mike Pence’s Hometown — and the VP Reacts to It. Sam, also a wrer and director, me out as gay years ago, and his mom had his back. “It’s important to have a parent speak about raisg a magnificent, proud, telligent, funny, lovable, sexy gay son, ” she said another terview wh Oprah 2012.

Beg gay was jt one more thg she loved about me. It’s important to have a parent speak about raisg a magnificent, proud, telligent, funny, lovable, sexy, gay son. Multiple Amy Award and Emmy wner Sally Field has been a fierce advote for LGBTQ rights, pecially sce she spoke publicly about her gay son Sam Greisman at a Human Rights Campaign event 2012.

SALLY FIELD AND HER GAY SON SAM TEAM UP TO PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL THAT PROTECTS LGBTQ AMERINS

Now she and Greisman appearg a vio together extollg the virtu of the Equaly Act and jt why the untry needs a vio for HRC, Field and Greisman chat back and forth via a vio ll about his beg gay and how the Equaly Act uld impact so many Amerin liv if Congrs were to pass legislatn, troduced Congrs earlier this month, would amend feral law to provi a wi range of protectns agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty.

"Greisman not that havg grown up Los Angel, where there are protectns for LGBTQ people, he hasn't faced discrimatn like people ci and stat where there are adds that spe there beg protectns Los Angel, her son faced prsure for beg gay.

" He later revealed more tails about the meetg on the Stt McGlynn Show Podst (via Gay Tim), disclosg that Rippon don't have time to date amid his by athletic reer. ” Field noted Sam’s se was ially difficult for her son to bee acctomed to his inty as a gay man.

SALLY FIELD’S SUPPORT OF HER SON GO WAY BEYOND TRYG TO SET HIM UP WH ADAM RIPPONSHE’S BEEN TALKG FOR YEARS ABOUT HER “MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON.”BY HILARY WEAVERFEBARY 21, 2018BY CARLO ALLEGRI/INVISN/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEA FEW DAYS AFTER HIS TWO-TIME OSR-WNG MOM ATTEMPTED TO SET HIM UP ON A DATE, AND WENT VIRAL THE PROCS, SAM GREISMAN HAS BROKEN THE ICE WH OLYMPIAN ADAM RIPPON. ACRDG TO PAGE SIX, GREISMAN, THE 30-YEAR-OLD, YOUNGT SON OF SALLY FIELD, SENT A DIRECT MSAGE TO RIPPON TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS MOM’S YENTA HIJKS, WHICH HAD ALREADY EARNED A RPONSE OM A FLATTERED RIPPON. (“SAM, YOUR MOM—I ADMIRE HER. AND I’M SURE ONE DAY WE’RE GOG TO MEET! SO, THANKS, MOM.”)FIELD’S REP SAID WEDNDAY THAT SHE’S “BUTTG OUT” OF THE SUATN FOR NOW. BUT “BUTTG OUT” ISN’T SOMETHG THAT FIELD SEEMS TO DO PARTICULARLY WELL WHEN TO LOVG AND SUPPORTG HER SON.IN 2012, GREISMAN PRENTED HIS MOTHER WH THE ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (H.R.C.) GALA. GREISMAN, WHO JOKED THAT HIS MOTHER SERVED THE AWARD BEE “THE FLYG NUN IS MPY,” SAID THAT HIS MOTHER WAS “ YOUR FACE, LIKE, ALL THE TIME.” IN THIS SE, ’S A VERY GOOD THG. “WHEN I ME OUT, SHE DIDN’T BAT AN EYE,” HE SAID. “IN FACT, SHE WAS OVERJOYED. BEG GAY WAS JT ONE MORE THG SHE LOVED ABOUT ME. SHE ULDN’T BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ME; IF ANYTHG, I WISH SHE WAS A LTLE LS SUPPORTIVE OF ME.” HE EVEN ADD THAT HE HAD TO S HER DOWN AND TELL HER THAT THERE WERE SOME THGS ABOUT HIS DATG LIFE THAT HE ULD JT NOT SHARE WH HER.WHEN FIELD FOLLOWED GREISMAN, HER YOUNGT SON OF THREE, ON THE STAGE THAT NIGHT, SHE MA AN IMPASSNED SPEECH THAT, NOT UNLIKE HER MONSTRATIVE 1985 OSR SPEECH (“YOU LIKE ME; YOU REALLY LIKE ME!”) WAS A MEMORABLE ONE.“YOU’VE CHANGED AND ARE CHANGG THE LIV OF LTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO REALIZED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THEY’RE JT DIFFERENT OM THEIR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,” SHE SAID, ADDRSG HER CROWD AT THE GALA. “AND SO THE FUCK WHAT.”SHE SPOKE TO OPRAH WEY LATER ABOUT THAT CHOICE OF WORDS. “. . . THERE WAS NO OTHER WORD, WORKS, WAS EXACTLY . . . HAD TO BE THERE BEE REALLY PERTAED TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PARENT SPEAK ABOUT RAISG A MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PARENTS WHO ARE IGHTENED OF THAT AND WHO DON’T EMBRACE THEIR CHILDREN AS THE STGGLE TO . . . EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT NATURE TEND THEM TO BE.”IN HER H.R.C. SPEECH, FIELD SAID THAT SHE HAD TO TELL HERSELF TO BACK OFF WHEN HER SON FIRST ME OUT. “WHEN I SAW HIM STGGLG, I WANTED TO JUMP AND FE FOR HIM, BUT HIS BROTHERS HELD ME BACK, FIERCELY SISTG I TRY NOT TO TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD FOR HIM; WAS HIS TO TRAVEL, NOT ME, THEY KEPT TELLG ME . . . I ULD MAKE EASIER BY STANDG, VISIBLY, TO THE SI, CLEARLY LOVG HIM AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS THERE, EVEN IF WAS JT ON THE PHONE AT ALL TIM OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.”THE BT SIGHTS AT THE 2018 OLYMPICS OPENG CEREMONY1 / 18CHEVRONCHEVRONBY QUN ROONEY/GETTY IMAG.MOST POPULARMELANIA’S TAKE ON DONALD TMP’S FOURTH INDICTMENT IS BASILLY “SUCKS TO BE YOU, PAL”: REPORTBY BS LEVTHE TAN SUBMERSIBLE DISASTER WAS YEARS THE MAKG, NEW DETAILS REVEALBY SAN CASEYAND JT LIKE THAT… PREPAR FOR ITS LAST SUPPERBY CHRIS MURPHYHILARY WEAVER