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• DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?"[SHE] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”{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;}CELEBRIBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019/2:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2547PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGTHE VIEW - CHRIS CHRISTIE IS THE GUT ON ABC'S "THE VIEW" WEDNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019. "THE VIEW" AIRS MONDAY-FRIDAY (11:00 AM-12:00 NOON, ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (PHOTO BY HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)MEGHAN MCCAINBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019 / 2:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"MIKE MIKSCHE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}THIS WEEKEND, THE VIEW'S MEGHAN MCCA WILL BE AWARD THE HARVEY MILK FOUNDATN LILLA WATSON MEDAL, PART FOR HER ADVOCY FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY. NO DOUBT, MCCA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STANDG UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE: SHE SUPPORTED THE GAY MUNY AT THE LOG CAB REPUBLINS’ NATNAL NVENTN, POSED FOR THE NOH8 MPAIGN AGAST PROP 8, AND WAS A PART OF GLAAD’S NATNAL BOARD 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;}BUT MCCA IS AN UNLIKELY LGBTQ ALLY FOR MANY: SHE’S A PRO-LIFE REPUBLIN AND "PROUD NRA MEMBER" WHO WAS RECENTLY HAVG OUT ON TWTER WH QUEER EYE’S BOBBY BERK OVER THE GREEN NEW DEAL. WHILE MANY PROGRSIVE QUEER PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERLOOK THE FACTS, WHAT N'T BE IGNORED IS MCCA'S FIERCE ADMIRATN FOR RONALD REAGAN. SHE'S REFERRED TO THE LATE PRINT AS HER “ULTIMATE IN” AND REFERENCED HIM ON THE VIEW MORE THAN ONCE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S WILY NSIRED A VILLA BY MANY LGBTQ FOLKS FOR HIS HANDLG OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC 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;}SO, N SOMEONE LIKE MCCA REVERE REAGAN AND ALSO BE NSIRED A QUEER ALLY? MOREOVER, DO THE LGBTQ MUNY BENEF OM RECEIVG SUPPORT— WHATEVER FORM TAK—OM NSERVATIV SUCH AS MCCA?{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;}MCCA SE A DIFFERENT REAGAN THAN MANY QUEER PEOPLE. IN A 2009 ARTICLE FOR THE DAILY BEAST, SHE URGED REPUBLINS TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, ARGUG THAT ’S LE WH THE VALU AND SELF-TERT OF NSERVATIV. IN THE PIECE, SHE PRAISED REAGAN AS AN LGBTQ HERO, CG HIS OPPOSN OF A 1978 BALLOT IATIVE THAT WOULD’VE PREVENTED LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN NTRAST, MCCA RAILED AGAST PRINT BARACK OBAMA, WHO DIDN’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AT THE TIME. (HE WOULD LATER BEE A CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.){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;}IT’S TE THAT REAGAN FOUGHT AGAST A HOMOPHOBIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, BUT MCCA’S ARTICLE OMS THE PRINT’S GREATT STA ON QUEER HISTORY: IT TOOK FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FIRST HIV TRANSMISSN FOR REAGAN TO MENTN AIDS PUBLICLY SEPTEMBER 1985. AT THAT POT, 5,636 AMERINS HAD ALREADY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS, AND THE EPIMIC WAS RECEIVG NATNWI ATTENTN OM EVERYONE BUT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD.DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUS PRINT RONALD W. REAGAN SPEAKG AT A FUNDRAISER FOR SENATE CANDIDATE LDA CHAVEZ'S MPAIGN. (PHOTO BY DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){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;}“HE IS ONE OF THE PERSONS MOST RPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWG THE PLAGUE OF AIDS TO GROW OM 41 S 1981 TO OVER 70 LN TODAY,” ACT UP FOUNR LARRY KRAMER WROTE 2007. “HE REFED TO EVEN SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF HIS PRINCY AND WHEN HE DID SPEAK ABOUT , WAS WH DISDA.”{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 MCCA TO SO STRONGLY IDOLIZE THIS FIGURE IS NGENT WH HER ADVOCY FOR QUEER RIGHTS. THE IRONY MAY HAVE BEEN BT PTURED A PHOTO OF MCCA WEARG A “SILENCE = DEATH” T-SHIRT, AN ACT UP SLOGAN THAT WAS BORN OUT OF REAGAN’S FIERCE NEGLECT OF THE HIV/AIDS {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;}“I GET , I TOTALLY GET ,” MARK S. KG, HIV/AIDS ADVOTE, WRER AND CREATOR OF THE BLOG, MY FABULO DISEASE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT MCCA’S ADMIRATN FOR REAGAN. KG WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985 AND LIVED THROUGH THE REAGAN-ERA. STILL, HE BELIEV THAT HAVG THE SUPPORT OM “SOMEONE WHO OPERAT WH THE NSERVATIVE LANDSPE” IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR 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;}“I THK THAT IS TREMENDOLY IMPORTANT, AND I THK THAT [MCCA] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAIDS PROTT ONT OF THE WHE HOE. ACT UP ACTIVISTS HANG A "SILENCE = ATH" BANNER ON THE WHE HOE GAT. (PHOTO BY JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}KG BELIEV THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE LIM THEMSELV IF THEY EXPECT ALLI TO TICK EVERY BOX. “I WILL TAKE ALLI FOR MY ISSUE, WHICH IS LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIV,” KG SAYS. “I WILL TAKE ALLI WHEREVER I MIGHT FD THEM.”{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;}AND KG IS NOT {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;}“EQUALY IS NO LONGER A PARTISAN ISSUE,” SARAH KATE ELLIS, PRINT AND CEO OF GLAAD, SAID A STATEMENT WHEN MCCA HAD JOED THEIR NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014. “FOR YEARS, MEGHAN MCCA HAS LENT HER VOICE AND PLATFORM TO SPREADG MSAG OF ACCEPTANCE ACROSS PARTY L. NOW, AS THE AMERIN SOUTH AND OUR HEARTLAND MOVE CLOSER TO LGBT EQUALY, ’S CRIL THAT WE NTUE TO BUILD THE BRIDG THAT UNE OUR MON GROUND—WHETHER YOU’RE REPUBLIN OR DEMOCRAT, GAY OR STRAIGHT.”{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;}IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ONE TO ARGUE AGAST MCCA’S NSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, WHICH HAS NTUED TO HER TENURE ON THE VIEW. ON THE SHOW, SHE HAS EXPRSED SUPPORT FOR QUEER FAI; STOOD UP FOR WHAT BEME A NTROVERSIAL SAME-SEX KISS DURG LAST YEAR’S MACY’S THANKSGIVG DAY PARA; AND BELIEV SEX-POSIVY, FENDG PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE PROMISCUO—A TERM HURLED AT GAY MEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY—AND MAKG -HOSTS JOY BEHAR AND SUNNY HOST E OFF {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;}BUT A SOBERG FACT REMAS: FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF NSERVATIVE REPUBLINS STILL OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 30% WHO OPPOSE . FIFTY-NE PERCENT OF THEM BELIEVE THAT SMALL BS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REFE SERVIC TO LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE ON RELIG GROUNDS, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 33%. IF NSERVATIVE ALLI ARE HELPG TO PROGRS ACCEPTANCE WHEN TO THE ISSU, THE LGBTQ MUNY WOULD NO DOUBT BE BETTER FOR {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;}“IF MEGHAN MCCA WAS STG ACROSS OM ME, THE FIRST THG I WOULD DO IS THANK HER FOR HER SUPPORT OF LGBTQ RIGHTS,” KG SAYS, “AND THEN HAVE A NVERSATN ABOUT REAGAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MEGHAN MCCA LEANS LEFT ON GAY RIGHTS, UNLIKE HER FATHER, JOHN
• MEGHAN MCCA COVERS BEG 'GAY IN AMERI' ON NEW SERI 'RAISG MCCA' (VIDEO)
• PC PRCS: MY GAY IN, MEGHAN MCCA
• MEGHAN MCCA, MARGARET HOOVER, ABBY HUNTSMAN STAR IN GOP GAY MARRIAGE ADS

DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?"[SHE] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”{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;}CELEBRIBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019/2:15 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2547PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGTHE VIEW - CHRIS CHRISTIE IS THE GUT ON ABC'S "THE VIEW" WEDNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019. "THE VIEW" AIRS MONDAY-FRIDAY (11:00 AM-12:00 NOON, ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (PHOTO BY HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)MEGHAN MCCAINBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019 / 2:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","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":"MIKE MIKSCHE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}THIS WEEKEND, THE VIEW'S MEGHAN MCCA WILL BE AWARD THE HARVEY MILK FOUNDATN LILLA WATSON MEDAL, PART FOR HER ADVOCY FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY. NO DOUBT, MCCA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STANDG UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE: SHE SUPPORTED THE GAY MUNY AT THE LOG CAB REPUBLINS’ NATNAL NVENTN, POSED FOR THE NOH8 MPAIGN AGAST PROP 8, AND WAS A PART OF GLAAD’S NATNAL BOARD 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;}BUT MCCA IS AN UNLIKELY LGBTQ ALLY FOR MANY: SHE’S A PRO-LIFE REPUBLIN AND "PROUD NRA MEMBER" WHO WAS RECENTLY HAVG OUT ON TWTER WH QUEER EYE’S BOBBY BERK OVER THE GREEN NEW DEAL. WHILE MANY PROGRSIVE QUEER PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERLOOK THE FACTS, WHAT N'T BE IGNORED IS MCCA'S FIERCE ADMIRATN FOR RONALD REAGAN. SHE'S REFERRED TO THE LATE PRINT AS HER “ULTIMATE IN” AND REFERENCED HIM ON THE VIEW MORE THAN ONCE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S WILY NSIRED A VILLA BY MANY LGBTQ FOLKS FOR HIS HANDLG OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC 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;}SO, N SOMEONE LIKE MCCA REVERE REAGAN AND ALSO BE NSIRED A QUEER ALLY? MOREOVER, DO THE LGBTQ MUNY BENEF OM RECEIVG SUPPORT— WHATEVER FORM TAK—OM NSERVATIV SUCH AS MCCA?{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;}MCCA SE A DIFFERENT REAGAN THAN MANY QUEER PEOPLE. IN A 2009 ARTICLE FOR THE DAILY BEAST, SHE URGED REPUBLINS TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, ARGUG THAT ’S LE WH THE VALU AND SELF-TERT OF NSERVATIV. IN THE PIECE, SHE PRAISED REAGAN AS AN LGBTQ HERO, CG HIS OPPOSN OF A 1978 BALLOT IATIVE THAT WOULD’VE PREVENTED LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN NTRAST, MCCA RAILED AGAST PRINT BARACK OBAMA, WHO DIDN’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AT THE TIME. (HE WOULD LATER BEE A CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.){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;}IT’S TE THAT REAGAN FOUGHT AGAST A HOMOPHOBIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, BUT MCCA’S ARTICLE OMS THE PRINT’S GREATT STA ON QUEER HISTORY: IT TOOK FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FIRST HIV TRANSMISSN FOR REAGAN TO MENTN AIDS PUBLICLY SEPTEMBER 1985. AT THAT POT, 5,636 AMERINS HAD ALREADY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS, AND THE EPIMIC WAS RECEIVG NATNWI ATTENTN OM EVERYONE BUT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD.DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUS PRINT RONALD W. REAGAN SPEAKG AT A FUNDRAISER FOR SENATE CANDIDATE LDA CHAVEZ'S MPAIGN. (PHOTO BY DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){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;}“HE IS ONE OF THE PERSONS MOST RPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWG THE PLAGUE OF AIDS TO GROW OM 41 S 1981 TO OVER 70 LN TODAY,” ACT UP FOUNR LARRY KRAMER WROTE 2007. “HE REFED TO EVEN SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF HIS PRINCY AND WHEN HE DID SPEAK ABOUT , WAS WH DISDA.”{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 MCCA TO SO STRONGLY IDOLIZE THIS FIGURE IS NGENT WH HER ADVOCY FOR QUEER RIGHTS. THE IRONY MAY HAVE BEEN BT PTURED A PHOTO OF MCCA WEARG A “SILENCE = DEATH” T-SHIRT, AN ACT UP SLOGAN THAT WAS BORN OUT OF REAGAN’S FIERCE NEGLECT OF THE HIV/AIDS {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;}“I GET , I TOTALLY GET ,” MARK S. KG, HIV/AIDS ADVOTE, WRER AND CREATOR OF THE BLOG, MY FABULO DISEASE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT MCCA’S ADMIRATN FOR REAGAN. KG WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985 AND LIVED THROUGH THE REAGAN-ERA. STILL, HE BELIEV THAT HAVG THE SUPPORT OM “SOMEONE WHO OPERAT WH THE NSERVATIVE LANDSPE” IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR 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;}“I THK THAT IS TREMENDOLY IMPORTANT, AND I THK THAT [MCCA] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAIDS PROTT ONT OF THE WHE HOE. ACT UP ACTIVISTS HANG A "SILENCE = ATH" BANNER ON THE WHE HOE GAT. (PHOTO BY JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAG){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;}KG BELIEV THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE LIM THEMSELV IF THEY EXPECT ALLI TO TICK EVERY BOX. “I WILL TAKE ALLI FOR MY ISSUE, WHICH IS LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIV,” KG SAYS. “I WILL TAKE ALLI WHEREVER I MIGHT FD THEM.”{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;}AND KG IS NOT {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;}“EQUALY IS NO LONGER A PARTISAN ISSUE,” SARAH KATE ELLIS, PRINT AND CEO OF GLAAD, SAID A STATEMENT WHEN MCCA HAD JOED THEIR NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014. “FOR YEARS, MEGHAN MCCA HAS LENT HER VOICE AND PLATFORM TO SPREADG MSAG OF ACCEPTANCE ACROSS PARTY L. NOW, AS THE AMERIN SOUTH AND OUR HEARTLAND MOVE CLOSER TO LGBT EQUALY, ’S CRIL THAT WE NTUE TO BUILD THE BRIDG THAT UNE OUR MON GROUND—WHETHER YOU’RE REPUBLIN OR DEMOCRAT, GAY OR STRAIGHT.”{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;}IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ONE TO ARGUE AGAST MCCA’S NSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, WHICH HAS NTUED TO HER TENURE ON THE VIEW. ON THE SHOW, SHE HAS EXPRSED SUPPORT FOR QUEER FAI; STOOD UP FOR WHAT BEME A NTROVERSIAL SAME-SEX KISS DURG LAST YEAR’S MACY’S THANKSGIVG DAY PARA; AND BELIEV SEX-POSIVY, FENDG PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE PROMISCUO—A TERM HURLED AT GAY MEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY—AND MAKG -HOSTS JOY BEHAR AND SUNNY HOST E OFF {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;}BUT A SOBERG FACT REMAS: FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF NSERVATIVE REPUBLINS STILL OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 30% WHO OPPOSE . FIFTY-NE PERCENT OF THEM BELIEVE THAT SMALL BS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REFE SERVIC TO LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE ON RELIG GROUNDS, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 33%. IF NSERVATIVE ALLI ARE HELPG TO PROGRS ACCEPTANCE WHEN TO THE ISSU, THE LGBTQ MUNY WOULD NO DOUBT BE BETTER FOR {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;}“IF MEGHAN MCCA WAS STG ACROSS OM ME, THE FIRST THG I WOULD DO IS THANK HER FOR HER SUPPORT OF LGBTQ RIGHTS,” KG SAYS, “AND THEN HAVE A NVERSATN ABOUT REAGAN.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Crystal Gayle, Billy Gilman, Chris Carmack and Tiffany are also among acts who performed and spoke out for the e. Although sger Ty Herndon officially me out as a gay man last November, late last week he -hosted what uld be nsired his – and Mic Cy’s – most star-studd g-out party.

Among the dozen acts who joed Herndon to perform were Billy Gilman (who me out publicly on the same day as Herndon), Jamie O’Neal, Deborah Allen, Nashville‘s Chris Carmack, Crystal Gayle, Meghan Lsey, Jennifer Knapp, Eighti pop superstar Tiffany, Amerin Idol falist Melda Dooltle, h songwrer Dmond Child, newer Levi Hummon, Antigone Risg and Shelly Fairchild.

Highlights of the show, which featured sger-guarist Ana Cochran leadg the band, clud Tiffany’s ol untry sp on her classic dance h, “I Thk We’re Alone Now, ” Gilman’s spe-tglg rendn of the Roy Orbison h, “Cryg, ” and a pair of huge untry-pop crossover smash om Allen and Gayle (“Baby I Lied” and “Don’t It Make My Brown Ey Blue, ” rpectively).

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Prr to Carmack’s performance of his new sgle, “Beg Alone, ” the sger-actor, who portrays gay untry sger Will Lexgton on ABC’s Nashville, was announced as the recipient of a RALY (Rcue a Life, Y’all) Award, prented by GLAAD, the anizatn that prented the event njunctn wh Herndon. ”Stuart Milk, nephew of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official the state of California, prented McCa wh the award.

McCa often ments about her lifelong support for same-sex marriage and other gay rights issu.

No doubt, McCa has a long history of standg up for LGBTQ people: She supported the gay muny at the Log Cab Republins’ natnal nventn, posed for the NOH8 mpaign agast Prop 8, and was a part of GLAAD’s natnal board of McCa is an unlikely LGBTQ ally for many: She’s a pro-life Republin and "proud NRA member" who was recently havg out on Twter wh Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk over the Green New Deal. In the piece, she praised Reagan as an LGBTQ hero, cg his opposn of a 1978 ballot iative that would’ve prevented lbian and gay people om teachg public schools. In ntrast, McCa railed agast Print Barack Obama, who didn’t support gay marriage at the time.

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)It’s te that Reagan fought agast a homophobic legislative proposal, but McCa’s article oms the print’s greatt sta on queer history: It took four years after the first HIV transmissn for Reagan to mentn AIDS publicly September 1985. Now, as the Amerin South and our heartland move closer to LGBT equaly, ’s cril that we ntue to build the bridg that une our mon ground—whether you’re Republin or Democrat, gay or straight.

On the show, she has exprsed support for queer fai; stood up for what beme a ntroversial same-sex kiss durg last year’s Macy’s Thanksgivg Day Para; and believ sex-posivy, fendg people who choose to be promiscuo—a term hurled at gay men throughout history—and makg -hosts Joy Behar and Sunny Host e off a soberg fact remas: Fifty-eight percent of nservative Republins still oppose same-sex marriage, pared to the natnal average of 30% who oppose . Fifty-ne percent of them believe that small bs should be allowed to refe servic to lbian and gay people on relig grounds, pared to the natnal average of 33%. Dpe her profsed polil party’s origal posn on certa social issu like gay marriage, McCa openly spoke out favor of LGBT rights.

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Then, a few hours later, early Wednday morng, her hband shared his unfiltered thoughts about the terview on a seri of sce-leted tweets, Ben Domenech, the founr and publisher of nservative webse The Feralist, went on an unhged rant agast the late-night host and former head wrer for Saturday Night Live that was at tim homophobic and at other tim suggted that Meyers has only succeed edy bee he is a whe man. McAllister for makg homophobic ments to reporter Yashar Ali. “A gay man mentg on a heterosexual relatnship is jt.

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It’s remarkable that her tweets were emed too homophobic for a webse that has recently published articl wh headl like “Pedophilia isn’t the Ma Problem wh Catholic Prits, Homosexualy Is” and “Christiany Can’t Be Stretched to Endorse Homosexualy.