Kate McKnon speaks at the Goln Glob about beg a gay teen – The Hill

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• KATE MCKNON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY DURG GOLN GLOB
• KATE MCKNON SPEAKS AT THE GOLN GLOB ABOUT BEG A GAY TEEN
• TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED
• KATE MCKNON RIPS TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ON ‘SNL’
• YEP, KATE MCKNON'S GHOSTBTERS CHARACTER IS GAY
• ‘I AM EPLY GAY’: KATE MCKNON MOCKS FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL BILL
• SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S KATE MCKNON MOCKS FLORIDA'S 'UNNSCNABLE' 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’S KATE MCKNON SPEAKS OUT ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘I AM DEEPLY GAY’
• KATE MCKNON ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ OVER FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• SNL’S KATE MCKNON RIPS APART FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘I AM DEEPLY GAY’

KATE MCKNON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY DURG GOLN GLOB

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KATE MCKNON SPEAKS AT THE GOLN GLOB ABOUT BEG A GAY TEEN

Here's McKnon mockg Florida's "don't say gay" law -- tly the gayt thg. For three seasons om 2007 to 2010, McKnon was one of the edy players on The Big Gay Sketch Show, which aired on Logo TV and was produced by fellow LGBTQ+ edian Rosie O'Donnell.

McKnon booked The Big Gay Sketch Show durg her fal year at Columbia Universy, and, as she later admted, gave her a false sense of nfince.

TURNS OUT, BARBIELAND ISN'T AS GAY AS S QUEER FANS HAD HOPED

Kate McKnon beme the first openly gay st member on Saturday Night Live. When Kate McKnon beme part of the regular Saturday Night Live st, she beme the first openly gay female st member the show's history (Denny Dillon and Danra Vance havg not been publicly out durg their stts on SNL). McKnon, who is Saturday Night Live‘s first openly gay female st member, was seated next to Abbott the dience tonight, and gave her a hug before acceptg her award for outstandg supportg actrs a edy seri.

KATE MCKNON RIPS TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ON ‘SNL’

Wonrg if she was gay back 1997, McKnon said that “the only thg that ma ls sry was seeg Ellen on TV. Kate McKnon joed the "SNL" fay 2012 (via IMDb) as the first openly gay female st member and won dienc over for her spot-on imprsns of Hillary Clton, Jt Bieber and, most recently, Rudy Giuliani. “First of all, I’m gay, ” he said, “and this movie is gog to be gay non.

"Alex AvilaAnd Gay Tim, a Brish LGBTQ news se, celebrated Friday, the day of the film’s official release, as “Barbie day“ and lled the world-renowned doll a “queer cultural phenomenon. PicturIn an terview wh Fandango, actor Kate McKnon, who is openly gay and plays “Weird Barbie” the film, said Barbie is about “imagatn. Many also flagged the teased scene which Barbie, now the real world, exchang a longg look wh Ameri Ferrera’s Gloria character; though, the relatnship between the two turns out to be a tribute to motherhood and the tradnal, nuclear before the film’s release, Robbie all but squashed the mors that some or any of the Barbi and Kens would be gay, tellg the Brish LGBTQ magaze Attu: The dolls don’t “actually have sexual orientatns.

There are brief appearanc by Earrg Magic Ken and Palm Beach Sugar Daddy Ken, both of which Mattel has always nied were tentnally gay-d. ”As far as the queer-d trailers and promotnal clips for the new “Barbie” film, Rand poted to a phenomenon known as “gay wdow advertisg, ” or the practice of advertisers gturg to queer dienc a way that will go over the heads of those who would disapprove. This weekend on “Saturday Night Live, ” st member Kate McKnon shared her thoughts on the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that is expected to bee law ntroversial piece of legislatn, officially lled the Parental Rights Edutn bill, part prohibs “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty certa gra levels” Florida's primary schools.

YEP, KATE MCKNON'S GHOSTBTERS CHARACTER IS GAY

” McKnon, who is gay, said. “Bee when I was middle school the ‘90s, I was kd of tortured by the nstant e of the word ‘gay, ’ like, ‘That’s so gay’ or ‘Ew, you’re gay, ’ and ma me feel horrible.

‘I AM EPLY GAY’: KATE MCKNON MOCKS FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL BILL

) Ron DeSantis has taken a stand and said, ‘No, you nnot say gay school anymore! “I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.

Do this ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law have a purpose? “Ugh, if the ‘90s were right and ‘gay’ means ‘bad, ’ then this is the gayt law I’ve ever seen, ” she add. Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, said on the Florida Hoe floor.

SNL’s Kate McKnon: 5 facts about the beloved sketch show’s first openly gay female star. BOMBSHELL Margot Robbie and Kate McKnon 'Bombshell' | Cred: Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/Lnsgate McKnon plays the lightfully eccentric Weird Barbie Gerwig's Barbie, which featur var versns of Barbi and Kens, also played by the lik of Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, Kgsley Ben-Adir, Alexandra Shipp, Dua Lipa, and Hari Nef.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE'S KATE MCKNON MOCKS FLORIDA'S 'UNNSCNABLE' 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

People hoped the trailer that McKnon’s character was gay gog back to the trailer: her flirtat performance wh Wiig’s character (lots of wks and not-so-subtle pickup l) left many fans wonrg if Jillian Holtzmann was a lbian.

“It’s one thg for a stud executive to support gay marriage.

It’s another to risk $200 ln on a movie wh a gay protagonist that needs to play Cha and Rsia, untri where LGBT cizens face discrimatn, legal challeng, and vlence, ” Brent Lang wrote.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE’S KATE MCKNON SPEAKS OUT ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘I AM DEEPLY GAY’

Feig said that was natural for McKnon’s character to be gay: “You know, Kate is who she is and I love the relatnship between Kate and Melissa’s characters. 'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill. 'Saturday Night Live' star Kate McKnon, who is openly gay, mocked a ntroversial bill crics are llg the 'Don't Say Gay' bill.

McKnon, who is openly gay, appeared as herself to addrs the legislatn passed by Florida's Hoe of Reprentativ, which would bar tors om speakg to primary school stunts about LGBTQ+ topics, such as genr inty and sexual orientatn, that are not nsired "age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate" for pupils. Known as the Parental Rights Edutn bill but ed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, the ntroversial legislatn would allow parents greater thory to take legal actn agast school districts that vlate the bill. " McKnon explaed, "When I was middle school the '90s, I was kd of tortured by the nstant e of the word 'gay.

KATE MCKNON ‘DEEPLY CONCERNED’ OVER FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

' Like, 'Oh, that's so gay.

Ew, you're gay. " "To hear that [Florida ernor] Ron DeSantis has taken a stand and said, 'No, you nnot say gay at school anymore, ' I'm jt so jazzed.

SNL’S KATE MCKNON RIPS APART FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘I AM DEEPLY GAY’

The law actually means that you n't acknowledge that 'gay' exists at all. " He explaed to a stunned McKnon, "Yeah, like teachers n't speak about gay people history, or if a kid has a gay fay member.

And if a kid nfis that they're gay to a teacher, the teacher has to out them to their parents. It's jt that thg of when they say, 'Don't say gay, ' then 's stuck your head. "Anyway, I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.