Whoopi Goldberg addrsed her ntroversial gay joke about Ldsey Graham on 'The View.'
Contents:
- THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
- WHO IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG DATG NOW? DID SHE CAME OUT AS GAY? DGHTER AND NET WORTH
- WHOOPI GOLDBERG NET WORTH, DGHTER, HBAND, RELATNSHIPS, KIDS, IS SHE GAY?
- WHOOPI GOLDBERG Q&A: ‘NOBODY WANTED ME BUT THE GAY COMMUNY’
- WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRS 'NVERSATN' OVER HER LDSEY GRAHAM GAY JOKE ON THE VIEW: 'IT WAS A JOKE, GUYS'
- WHOOPI GOLDBERG MARRIED AFTER THREE DIVORC? GAY RUMORS & SPO
- IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG GAY? DO SHE HAVE A DGHTER AND YOU MAY WHO WERE THE WOMAN PARTNERS?
- GAY IN NOMEE: WHOOPI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DBACKAUGT 2, 2013/10:27 AMBY DBACKAUGT 2, 2013 / 10:27 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY IN NOMEE: WHOOPI GOLDBERG","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-08-02T14:27:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-08-02T14:27:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DBACK","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE SEEN A NOTICEABLE RISE RECENT YEARS TERMS OF LGBT VISIBILY HOLLYWOOD, BUT IF YOU FLASH BACK EVEN TEN YEARS AGO—LET ALONE TWENTY OR THIRTY—THE NUMBER OF “OUT” PERFORMERS AND GAY FILM AND TV PROJECTS DWDL MARKEDLY. THIS WAS THE DARK AG, WHEN HOLLYWOOD BROUGHT OUT MAYBE ONE MOVIE A YEAR WH A GAY CHARACTER (WHO HOPEFULLY DIDN’T DIE OR WASN’T A STEREOTYPE), AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO ART-HOE FILMS THAT BROKE THROUGH THE CLUTTER. THGS BEGAN TO IMPROVE THE 90’S, BUT ’S LARGELY BEEN SCE THE AGE OF REALY TELEVISN AND THE RISE OF BLE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS THAT WE’VE REALLY BEGUN TO SEE A MORE REALISTIC BREADTH AND SPE OF GAY LIFE BEG PORTRAYED A WI VARIETY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THAT HOWEVER, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF BRAVE PERFORMERS WHO—THOUGH NOT NECSARILY GAY THEMSELV—TOOK ON HIGH-PROFILE GAY ROL OR LENT THEIR STAR POWER TO GAY PROJECTS THAT GOT AN EXTRA “BOOST” DUE TO THEIR VOLVEMENT. BACK WHEN WAS NSIRED RISKY—IF NOT REER SUICI—TO PLAY GAY AND M TO GAY ISSU AND . SOME OF THE FOLKS MIGHT NOT GET THE REGNN AND APPRECIATN OM THE LGBT MUNY THAT THEY SERVE. WE'D LIKE TO DO OUR PART TO ADDRS THAT, SO WE'RE GOG TO BE PROFILG THEM AS PART OF OUR GAY IN NOMEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY ICON NOMINEE: WHOOPI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLDBERG, NEE CARYN JOHNSON, ME TO PROMENCE THE EARLY 80’S VIA HER ONE-WOMAN BROADWAY SHOW, DIRECTED BY MIKE NICHOLS. FROM THERE, SHE MA HER OFFICIAL SCREEN BUT STEVEN SPIELBERG’S ADAPTATN OF ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOR PURPLE, PLAYG CELIE, THE ABED SOUTHERN WIFE OF MISTER (DANNY GLOVER), WHO ONLY DISVERS THAT SHE IS BETIFUL AND SIRABLE THE ARMS OF HER HBAND’S MISTRS, SHUG AVERY (MARGARET AVERY). THOUGH THE FILM SOFT-PEDDL THEIR NIGHT TOGETHER (SEVERAL SWEET KISS AND A PAN OVER TO THE WD CHIM), SHUG ULTIMATELY E CELIE OM MISTER’S GRASP, ENABLG HER TO BEE A STRONG, PENNT WOMAN WHO IS FALLY RNED WH THE CHILDREN WHO WERE TAKEN OM HER AS A TEENAGER. (IF YOU N KEEP OM BURSTG TO TEARS WHEN GOLDBERG-AS-CELIE SE HER SISTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME THIRTY YEARS AND SCREAMS “NETTIE!” BEFORE PLUNGG TO A FIELD OF PURPLE FLOWERS TO N TO HER, YOU’RE MA OF STRONGER STUFF THAN I.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE FILM LOST EVERY ONE OF S 11 OSR NOMATNS, CLUDG GOLDBERG’S FOR BT ACTRS, WAS A FANCIAL SUCCS AND S IALLY MIXED REVIEWS—LARGELY DIRECTED AT SPIELBERG—ARE MOSTLY FOTTEN TODAY, LIGHT OF THE APPALLG ARTH OF STORI ABOUT BLACK WOMEN, LET ALONE GAY BLACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT EDY VEHICL GOLDBERG DID, FACT, CLCH OSR GOLD FOR GHOST 1990, BEG ONLY THE SEND BLACK ACTRS HISTORY TO DO SO. SHE FOLLOWED HER TURN GHOST WH A SOLO VEHICLE SMASH SISTER ACT, AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HAD ONCE AGA ACQUIRED ENOUGH CLOUT TO PLAY GAY BOYS ON THE SI (1995) OPPOSE MARY LOUISE PARKER AND OPENLY BISEXUAL DREW BARRYMORE. THOUGH GOLDBERG’S CHARACTER JANE SPENDS MUCH OF THE MOVIE CHASTELY PG FOR PARKER’S HIV+ CHARACTER, ROB, THE FILM WAS STILL NOTEWORTHY S PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE IENDSHIP (ALWAYS RARE AT THE BOX OFFICE) AND THE WIR LBIAN MUNY OF THE SOUTHWT, SPECIFILLY NEW MEXI (PLETE WH A MEO BY THE INDIGO GIRLS). IT WAS A MOST H AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DREW BARRYMORE AND GOLDBERG BOYS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1997, GOLDBERG APPEARED THE SMALL BUT VIVID ROLE AS ROBERT SEAN LEONARD’S NURSE IN THE GLOAMG, PULLG NO PUNCH WH MOTHER GLENN CLOSE: “HE’S E HOME TO DIE.” SHE PLAYED GAY YET AGA—THOUGH WH EVEN LS OF A PERSONAL OR DATG LIFE—AS TECTIVE CANDY BLISS THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN (1999) OPPOSE MICHELLE PFEIFFER, MATAG AN ALMOST NE-YEAR QUT TO FD A MISSG BOY. IN 2001, SHE PLAYED BROOKE SHIELDS’ LAWYER THE LIFETIME MOVIE WHAT MAK A FAY, WHERE LBIAN SHIELDS LOS CTODY OF HER NON-BLOGIL DGHTER AFTER HER PARTNER (CHERRY JON) DI. RECENTLY, AFTER YEARS OF SMALL ROL AND VAR TV GUT SPOTS AND AROUND HER ANCHORG THE VIEW, GOLDBERG RURFACED POSSIBLY THE GAYT NTEXT SHE’S YET BEEN , ASSAYG THE PART OF THE TIMIDATG CARMEN THIBOX ON GLEE AND CIDG WHETHER OR NOT RACHEL AND KURT WERE WORTHY OF THEIR PERFORMG-ARTS DREAMS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALWAYS OUTSPOKEN, FUNNY, AND PASSNATE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSU GOLDBERG HAS ALSO EMCEED THE PRI AGENDA DNER FALL OF 2008, AND ATTEND ONE OF THE GAY MARCH ON WASHGTON, PHG AN AIDS-AFFLICTED IEND A WHEELCHAIR. (SHE QUIPPED THAT THOUGH SHE WASN’T GAY, “THAT DON’T MEAN I WASN’T A PREV LIFE, OR WON’T BE A FUTURE ONE.”) SHE HAS REGULARLY WEIGHED ON GAY ISSU SCE JOG THE VIEW 2005 (“IF YOU DON’T LIKE GAY MARRIAGE…DON’T MARRY A GAY PERSON!”), AND HAS JT PUT THE FISHG TOUCH ON A NEW HBO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT FAMO AIN-AMERIN EDIENNE—AND LBIAN—MOMS MABLEY, WHOM GOLDBERG FIRST PLAYED A ONE-WOMAN SHOW ALMOST THIRTY YEARS AGO. (ODDLY, ONE OF THOSE N-YOU-BELIEVE- BS OF STY, MABLEY, LIKE CELIE THE COLOR PURPLE, WAS ALSO RAPED AND GAVE UP TWO CHILDREN FOR ADOPTN HER YOUTH.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ALL OF THE FANTASTIC PERFORMANC AND PROJECTS, FOR REPRENTG THE LGBTQ MUNY WH PRI AND TEGRY, AND FOR PLAYG A CHARACTER NAMED DOLOR VAN CARTIER (HOW FABULO IS THAT?), WHOOPI GOLDBERG IS OUR FIRST GAY ICON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
'The View' star Alyssa Farah Griff revealed why she agre wh the Supreme Court's lg favor of a signer who do not support gay marriage. * is whoopi gay *
"Basilly, what says is, bee somethg like creatg a webse would be eedom of exprsn or speech, this would also — let's flip on s head — would protect a gay web signer om havg to create a bigoted, anti-LGBTQ webse. "You don't know somebody's gay unls you ask them, so if the web signer says, 'Um, we're booked up, ' they don't have to al wh that other stuff this woman ma this about.
" Goldberg prsed on, tellg Griff, "This is about beg able to say, 'I don't want to do a gay person's webse, ' that's what this is about.
Did Whoopi Goldberg Come Out As Gay? Whoopi Goldberg has never stated her sexual orientatn to be gay.
WHO IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG DATG NOW? DID SHE CAME OUT AS GAY? DGHTER AND NET WORTH
Learn More Aboput Who Is Whoopi Goldberg Datg Now? Did She Came Out As Gay? Dghter And Net Worth. * is whoopi gay *
One of the qutns that many people ntue to ask themselv about the actrs is whether or not she is gay. Neverthels, she revealed that even though she grew up a neighborhood wh homosexuals, she is Straight. In this recent terview wh Whoopi, the edian-actrs talked about how beg a lbian had no effect on Moms beg “the funnit woman the world, ” the longstandg mors of Goldberg’s own sexualy and her mment to the fight for gay rights.
How do you thk a black lbian like Moms managed to have such a followg the ’20s and ’30s, a time when homosexualy would’ve likely been a reer breaker?
But I’m not gonna bch at anybody ’e they’re gay, or bee they weigh a lot more than me.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG NET WORTH, DGHTER, HBAND, RELATNSHIPS, KIDS, IS SHE GAY?
I grew up a neighborhood where there was always gay folks. They’re so ncerned that (people) are gonna be like, “Oh, somebody’s gonna thk I’m gay.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Q&A: ‘NOBODY WANTED ME BUT THE GAY COMMUNY’
But don’t you thk celebri also play a role the gay rights movement jt by beg themselv? Somebody’s gonna thk I’m (gay). ” It’s like, you’d be lucky if somebody thought you were gay!
But your gay advocy dat back even further than that: You phed an AIDS-stricken man a wheelchair the 1987 March on Washgton. Well, sure, there’s all of that, but I’ve always had gay people my life. ” They say, “We thk you’re gay.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG ADDRS 'NVERSATN' OVER HER LDSEY GRAHAM GAY JOKE ON THE VIEW: 'IT WAS A JOKE, GUYS'
I have been gay films. But I’ve always been claimed by the gay muny. What’s gayer: playg an actual lbian or a sgg nun?
Your advocy the gay muny has meant a lot to a lot of people. People keep tryg to divi up to “you’re gay, you’re black, you’re whe, ” but we’re all one people. " Whoopi Goldberg on The View and Ldsey Graham Whoopi Goldberg addrsed a gay joke she seemed to make about Ldsey Graham on 'The View.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG MARRIED AFTER THREE DIVORC? GAY RUMORS & SPO
Owg to her reluctance to get married, people tomatilly assume that Whoopi Goldberg is gay.
However, she is a stnch supporter of the LBGTQ+ muny, statg that the gay muny was one of her only fahful supporters. 26 Jun Is Whoopi Goldberg Gay? Is Whoopi Goldberg Gay?
IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG GAY? DO SHE HAVE A DGHTER AND YOU MAY WHO WERE THE WOMAN PARTNERS?
Is actually She Homosexual/Lbian? Whoopi serted a strategy “Promote a really” 2010, tend for offerg a sound orr to gays and lbians on the society, as well as liverg straight dividuals to relate genuely to the newt Lgbt people. Whoopi exactly who keeps that the woman is straight wh preached ved and you will holiday acmodatn of homosexual people brand new muny.
Consirg her, no matter if she actually is straight, you’ll fd nothg wrong that have gettg homosexual.
Her activism this regard has been traced back to the late 80s: she participated the 1987 March on Washgton which history has rerd as the send Natnal March on Washgton for lbian and gay rights.
GAY IN NOMEE: WHOOPI {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DBACKAUGT 2, 2013/10:27 AMBY DBACKAUGT 2, 2013 / 10:27 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY IN NOMEE: WHOOPI GOLDBERG","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-08-02T14:27:53.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-08-02T14:27:53.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DBACK","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE SEEN A NOTICEABLE RISE RECENT YEARS TERMS OF LGBT VISIBILY HOLLYWOOD, BUT IF YOU FLASH BACK EVEN TEN YEARS AGO—LET ALONE TWENTY OR THIRTY—THE NUMBER OF “OUT” PERFORMERS AND GAY FILM AND TV PROJECTS DWDL MARKEDLY. THIS WAS THE DARK AG, WHEN HOLLYWOOD BROUGHT OUT MAYBE ONE MOVIE A YEAR WH A GAY CHARACTER (WHO HOPEFULLY DIDN’T DIE OR WASN’T A STEREOTYPE), AND MAYBE ONE OR TWO ART-HOE FILMS THAT BROKE THROUGH THE CLUTTER. THGS BEGAN TO IMPROVE THE 90’S, BUT ’S LARGELY BEEN SCE THE AGE OF REALY TELEVISN AND THE RISE OF BLE OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS THAT WE’VE REALLY BEGUN TO SEE A MORE REALISTIC BREADTH AND SPE OF GAY LIFE BEG PORTRAYED A WI VARIETY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE THAT HOWEVER, THERE WERE A HANDFUL OF BRAVE PERFORMERS WHO—THOUGH NOT NECSARILY GAY THEMSELV—TOOK ON HIGH-PROFILE GAY ROL OR LENT THEIR STAR POWER TO GAY PROJECTS THAT GOT AN EXTRA “BOOST” DUE TO THEIR VOLVEMENT. BACK WHEN WAS NSIRED RISKY—IF NOT REER SUICI—TO PLAY GAY AND M TO GAY ISSU AND . SOME OF THE FOLKS MIGHT NOT GET THE REGNN AND APPRECIATN OM THE LGBT MUNY THAT THEY SERVE. WE'D LIKE TO DO OUR PART TO ADDRS THAT, SO WE'RE GOG TO BE PROFILG THEM AS PART OF OUR GAY IN NOMEE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY ICON NOMINEE: WHOOPI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOLDBERG, NEE CARYN JOHNSON, ME TO PROMENCE THE EARLY 80’S VIA HER ONE-WOMAN BROADWAY SHOW, DIRECTED BY MIKE NICHOLS. FROM THERE, SHE MA HER OFFICIAL SCREEN BUT STEVEN SPIELBERG’S ADAPTATN OF ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOR PURPLE, PLAYG CELIE, THE ABED SOUTHERN WIFE OF MISTER (DANNY GLOVER), WHO ONLY DISVERS THAT SHE IS BETIFUL AND SIRABLE THE ARMS OF HER HBAND’S MISTRS, SHUG AVERY (MARGARET AVERY). THOUGH THE FILM SOFT-PEDDL THEIR NIGHT TOGETHER (SEVERAL SWEET KISS AND A PAN OVER TO THE WD CHIM), SHUG ULTIMATELY E CELIE OM MISTER’S GRASP, ENABLG HER TO BEE A STRONG, PENNT WOMAN WHO IS FALLY RNED WH THE CHILDREN WHO WERE TAKEN OM HER AS A TEENAGER. (IF YOU N KEEP OM BURSTG TO TEARS WHEN GOLDBERG-AS-CELIE SE HER SISTER FOR THE FIRST TIME SOME THIRTY YEARS AND SCREAMS “NETTIE!” BEFORE PLUNGG TO A FIELD OF PURPLE FLOWERS TO N TO HER, YOU’RE MA OF STRONGER STUFF THAN I.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH THE FILM LOST EVERY ONE OF S 11 OSR NOMATNS, CLUDG GOLDBERG’S FOR BT ACTRS, WAS A FANCIAL SUCCS AND S IALLY MIXED REVIEWS—LARGELY DIRECTED AT SPIELBERG—ARE MOSTLY FOTTEN TODAY, LIGHT OF THE APPALLG ARTH OF STORI ABOUT BLACK WOMEN, LET ALONE GAY BLACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER SEVERAL SUBSEQUENT EDY VEHICL GOLDBERG DID, FACT, CLCH OSR GOLD FOR GHOST 1990, BEG ONLY THE SEND BLACK ACTRS HISTORY TO DO SO. SHE FOLLOWED HER TURN GHOST WH A SOLO VEHICLE SMASH SISTER ACT, AND SEVERAL YEARS LATER HAD ONCE AGA ACQUIRED ENOUGH CLOUT TO PLAY GAY BOYS ON THE SI (1995) OPPOSE MARY LOUISE PARKER AND OPENLY BISEXUAL DREW BARRYMORE. THOUGH GOLDBERG’S CHARACTER JANE SPENDS MUCH OF THE MOVIE CHASTELY PG FOR PARKER’S HIV+ CHARACTER, ROB, THE FILM WAS STILL NOTEWORTHY S PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE IENDSHIP (ALWAYS RARE AT THE BOX OFFICE) AND THE WIR LBIAN MUNY OF THE SOUTHWT, SPECIFILLY NEW MEXI (PLETE WH A MEO BY THE INDIGO GIRLS). IT WAS A MOST H AT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DREW BARRYMORE AND GOLDBERG BOYS ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1997, GOLDBERG APPEARED THE SMALL BUT VIVID ROLE AS ROBERT SEAN LEONARD’S NURSE IN THE GLOAMG, PULLG NO PUNCH WH MOTHER GLENN CLOSE: “HE’S E HOME TO DIE.” SHE PLAYED GAY YET AGA—THOUGH WH EVEN LS OF A PERSONAL OR DATG LIFE—AS TECTIVE CANDY BLISS THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN (1999) OPPOSE MICHELLE PFEIFFER, MATAG AN ALMOST NE-YEAR QUT TO FD A MISSG BOY. IN 2001, SHE PLAYED BROOKE SHIELDS’ LAWYER THE LIFETIME MOVIE WHAT MAK A FAY, WHERE LBIAN SHIELDS LOS CTODY OF HER NON-BLOGIL DGHTER AFTER HER PARTNER (CHERRY JON) DI. RECENTLY, AFTER YEARS OF SMALL ROL AND VAR TV GUT SPOTS AND AROUND HER ANCHORG THE VIEW, GOLDBERG RURFACED POSSIBLY THE GAYT NTEXT SHE’S YET BEEN , ASSAYG THE PART OF THE TIMIDATG CARMEN THIBOX ON GLEE AND CIDG WHETHER OR NOT RACHEL AND KURT WERE WORTHY OF THEIR PERFORMG-ARTS DREAMS AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALWAYS OUTSPOKEN, FUNNY, AND PASSNATE ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSU GOLDBERG HAS ALSO EMCEED THE PRI AGENDA DNER FALL OF 2008, AND ATTEND ONE OF THE GAY MARCH ON WASHGTON, PHG AN AIDS-AFFLICTED IEND A WHEELCHAIR. (SHE QUIPPED THAT THOUGH SHE WASN’T GAY, “THAT DON’T MEAN I WASN’T A PREV LIFE, OR WON’T BE A FUTURE ONE.”) SHE HAS REGULARLY WEIGHED ON GAY ISSU SCE JOG THE VIEW 2005 (“IF YOU DON’T LIKE GAY MARRIAGE…DON’T MARRY A GAY PERSON!”), AND HAS JT PUT THE FISHG TOUCH ON A NEW HBO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT FAMO AIN-AMERIN EDIENNE—AND LBIAN—MOMS MABLEY, WHOM GOLDBERG FIRST PLAYED A ONE-WOMAN SHOW ALMOST THIRTY YEARS AGO. (ODDLY, ONE OF THOSE N-YOU-BELIEVE- BS OF STY, MABLEY, LIKE CELIE THE COLOR PURPLE, WAS ALSO RAPED AND GAVE UP TWO CHILDREN FOR ADOPTN HER YOUTH.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ALL OF THE FANTASTIC PERFORMANC AND PROJECTS, FOR REPRENTG THE LGBTQ MUNY WH PRI AND TEGRY, AND FOR PLAYG A CHARACTER NAMED DOLOR VAN CARTIER (HOW FABULO IS THAT?), WHOOPI GOLDBERG IS OUR FIRST GAY ICON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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