Crics say her Goln Glob speech was meanrg and cryptic, but gay rights groups said she sent a "powerful msage" to others.
Contents:
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
- JODIE FOSTER GAY: ACTRS COM OUT AT GOLN GLOB 2013
- JODIE FOSTER REVEALS SHE'S GAY, SUGGTS SHE'S RETIRG
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
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While the actrs never uttered the words "I'm gay, " her speech, she did ht at this reveal. In 1994, she was the first major donor to provi support for the productn of the short film Trevor, about a teenager who attempts suici after realizg he might be gay. ), we live an era which a newly out JoJo Siwa is forced to fend herself agast homophobic trolls.
Ally Sheedy has been open and supportive of her gay mother, Charlotte Sheedy. I mean, I remember growg up durg the women's liberatn movement when people were gay, they were straight, they were this, they were were no stereotyp...
So, I never had a moment where people were straight and then they were sudnly gay. Andy Richter had no problem fendg his gay father, a universy profsor, om homophob on Twter. My dad's gay, dummy, " Richter tweeted at the time.
JODIE FOSTER GAY: ACTRS COM OUT AT GOLN GLOB 2013
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In her 2001 memoir Call Me Crazy, Anne Heche wrote of her difficult relatnship wh her gay or bisexual father (labels weren't specified), whom she also acced of sexual abe when she was a child. When he died of AIDS-related plitns, her mother Nancy beme a a "Christian therapist" who works wh homophobic, ex-gay relig mistri cludg Foc on the Fay. When legendary actor Joel Grey me out as a gay man 2015, nobody was more supportive and happy than dghter Jennifer Grey.
"I feel very happy for my dad that he has e to a pot his life where he feels safe and/or fortable enough to clare himself a public way as a gay man, " Grey told People at the time.
Jodie Foster spent her childhood travelg for actg gigs wh her gay mother, Evelyn "Brandy" Foster. Mandy Moore not only has a lbian mother, but both of her brothers are gay. Uncle Frank star Pl Bettany opened up to Total Film magaze about his late gay father.
JODIE FOSTER REVEALS SHE'S GAY, SUGGTS SHE'S RETIRG
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Robert DeNiro told Out 2016 his artist father was "probably" nflicted about beg gay.
Hollywood legend Jodie Foster, for the first time, acknowledged publicly that she is gay durg the awards show Sunday night. "It brought me to tears, " said Garn State Equaly’s Jon Gallucc, a North Haledon rint and long-time proponent of gay rmatn self was not particularly shockg; many already knew Foster’s sexual orientatn. Even 2013, a star publicly acknowledgg she is gay still garners headl.
"Apparently, is still a big al, " Gallucc rponse to Foster’s speech was largely posive, but she was cricized by some for the lack of clear wordg (she never said the word gay or lbian) and apparent anger and disgt wh the media that she says seeks to va her privacy. "There are a wi variety of opns about her speech, but the bottom le is, she me out her own way, and her own time, and I believe that's all we n ask of anyone, celebry or not, " said Cdi Creager, a New York Cy-based media traer and media relatns expert wh reer experience the news dtry and Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr (LGBT) whatever the opn, everybody was talkg about — not so much a reactn to the "Silence of the Lambs" star beg gay, but that she fally acknowledged and where she chose to make that revelatn.