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- LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERSIN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, 'MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS' WILL AIR JUNE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016/1:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016 / 1:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDANA OSSAD","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH, MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV HAS ALWAYS PHED FORWARD THE VISIBILY OF LGBT EQUALY -- AND NO PROGRAM ON THIS WORK IS MORE RPONSIBLE FOR TRODUCG PEOPLE ADVOTG FOR THIS IMPORTANT E THAN THE REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, A 30-MUTE SPECIAL ENTLED MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4 AT 12PM AND LOOK BACK AT THE CHANNEL’S HISTORY CELEBRATG THE MANY INIC LGBT MOMENTS THAT HAVE BEE CULTURAL REFERENCE POTS FOR MASTREAM POP CULTURE TODAY -- CLUDG SCEN UNFOLDG ON THE LONG-NNG REALY ANCHISE AS WELL AS LAVERNE COX PRENTS: THE T WORD AND THE 2004 TE LIFE EPISO “I’M GAY AND I’M GETTG MARRIED” (11 YEARS BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR BRGG A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WH DIFFERG SEXUAL ORIENTATNS UNR ONE ROOF, WE'RE TAKG A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN ME TO SHARG THEIR STORI AND SERVED AS LGBT TORS FOR THEIR ROOMMAT AND VIEWERS. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN KORPI OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS THE VERY FIRST LGBT HOEMATE AND INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL. HE MEMORABLY TOOK SEVERAL OF HIS PEERS TO THE ROXY FOR A NIGHT OF ROLLER DIS AND WAS PRAISED BY HEATHER B FOR HIS ABILY TO "BE REAL." HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD BEEN BULLIED WHEN HE WAS HIGH SCHOOL AND CHRONICLED HIS DATG LIFE DURG HIS TELEVISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA OM REAL WORLD: SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CUBAN-AMERIN AIDS ACTIVIST FOUND LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG HIS FOG CY EXPERIENCE -- AND HIS MMENT CEREMONY WH HIS PARTNER WAS A CELEBRATN THAT WAS EMBRACED BY HIS PEERS AND FAR AHEAD OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENIS MOSS OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISSOURI NATIVE -- WHO ENJOYED EQUENTG GAY CLUBS AROUND BEANTOWN -- WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WHEN A CHILD (AT THE DAYRE CENTER WHERE THE ST WORKED) ADMTED THAT SHE HATED GAY PEOPLE. WHILE GENIS' CLOSE IEND KAMEELAH TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE MOR ABOUT HER PREJUDICED VIEWS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNRSTANDABLY NEED TO WALK AWAY OM THE NVERSATN TO POSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHARMG SOUTHERN BOY HAD RECENTLY E OUT TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS A NEW RELATNSHIP WH PL. BUT THE ROMANCE PRENTED ISSU THAT NO LGBT ST MEMBER HAD FACED BEFORE: PL'S PARENTS WERE UNAWARE HE WAS GAY AND, AT THE TIME, HE WAS SERVG THE ARY (BACK WHEN DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL WAS STILL EXISTENCE). PL EVENTUALLY DID VIS NOLA, BUT HIS FACE WAS BLURRED TO PROTECT HIS INTY. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE SEASON NCLUD AND PL'S ARY SERVICE END, HIS INTY WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED DURG AN MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATELYNN CANELLI OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THEN-24-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FIRST AND, TO DATE, ONLY TRANSGENR PERSON FEATURED ON THE SERI. AT FIRST, SHE WAS HANT TO OPEN UP TO HER ROOMMAT ABOUT HER TRANSN -- BUT AS THE SEASON PROGRSED, KATELYNN NDIDLY ADDRSED HER JOURNEY AND, THE PROCS, GREATLY RMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE SURE TO SEE MORE OF THE FIVE DIVIDUALS MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS ON SATURDAY -- AND TCH THE DIGAL PROFILE SERI NO ID REQUIRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 6 ON THE WORK’S SNAPCHAT DISVER AND AND FOR MORE ROURC ON GENR AND SEXUALY, CHECK OUT MTV’S LOOK DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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;}PRI MONTHMTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’HERE'S HOW FAR WE'VE E AND WHERE WE STILL NEED TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015/5:17 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MALE UPLE WATCHG TELEVISN WH DOGS, REAR VIEWBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015 / 5:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KATHERE SPELLER","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE PROGRS WE'VE MA REPRENTATN-WISE, 'S ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU ULDN'T SEE LGBT CHARACTERS ON YOUR TV SCREENS -- A TIME BEFORE "MORN FAY" STARTED TAKG HOME ALL THE AWARDS AND BEFORE BGE-WATCHG "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" OR "ORPHAN BLACK" WAS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT HISTORY -- FOR MOST OF WHO WERE RAISED ON BETTER REPRENTATN -- IS SOMETHG WE NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO UNPACK. WHICH IS WHY LGBT ACTIVIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN -FOUNR DAVID BENR ME UP WH THE IA FOR "PLAYG GAY: HOW AMERI CAME OUT ON TELEVISN," THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HE'S TRYG TO FUND VIA KICKSTARTER BY AUGT 18, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH TERVIEWS OM ACTORS AND CREATORS OM SHOWS LIKE "GLEE," "TRANSPARENT," "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK," "EMPIRE," "MY SO CALLED LIFE," "ELLEN" AND "WILL & GRACE," THE FILM IS GOG TO FOLLOW THE WAYS THAT LGBT PEOPLE ON OUR TV SCREENS HELPED THE UNTRY'S PERCEPTN OF THE MUNY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. BUT, FIRST, THEY NEED A B OF SUPPORT OM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THIS STORY E TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY REPRENTATN REALLY, REALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNIELLE OWENS-REID, -FOUNR OF LGBTQ ANIZATN EVERYONE IS GAY, WAS ORIGALLY BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP NSULT FOR THE KICKSTARTER MPAIGN. AND PRETTY QUICKLY, SHE SAID, SHE SIGNED ON TO THE PROJECT -- WAS THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP CHARLTON, SOUTH CAROLA, SO THERE WAS NO GAY MUNY THAT I KNEW OF. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY GAY NTS AND UNCL... GAY WASN’T EVEN A THG THAT EXISTED FOR ME. I HAD NO IA WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE A GAY ADULT THIS WORLD," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "I THK [REPRENTATN] IS IMPORTANT BEE IF YOU DON’T SEE , YOU DON’T UNRSTAND THAT ’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILSON CZ, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED RICKIE VASQUEZ (THE FIRST OPENLY GAY TEENAGE CHARACTER ON WORK TV!) ON "MY SO-CALLED LIFE," TOLD MTV NEWS HOW HE GOT VOLVED WH THE FILM, AND WHY MATTERS SO MUCH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS MY FIRST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CRED AND I CID TO DO BEE, I THK ’S SAFE TO SAY, THAT TELLG THE STORI OF LGBT PEOPLE HAS BEEN MY LIFE’S WORK," CZ SAID. "WHETHER AS AN ACTOR OR THROUGH MY WORK WH GLAAD, I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT TELLG OUR STORI THROUGH TELEVISN WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND TIMATE WAYS OF CHANGG HEARTS AND MDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN CZ WAS GROWG UP, HE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF HIMSELF CHARACTERS ON TV, AND EVEN REPRENTATN ON THE FEW SHOWS (LIKE "SOAP" AND "DYNASTY") THAT DID FEATURE LGBT CHARACTERS WERE FAR OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NEEDLS TO SAY, THEY WEREN’T EXACTLY REPRENTATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCE AS A YOUNG GAY MAN OF LOR TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE FS . I WANTED WHAT EVERYONE WANTS: TO BE SEEN AND TO BE UNRSTOOD," CZ SAID. "THAT’S WHAT LGBT REPRENTATN MEANS TO ME... OUR TELEVISNS SERVE AS MIRRORS HELD UP TO SOCIETY, AND IF YOU’RE NOT CLUD THOSE STORI, YOU FEEL VISIBLE AND LS THAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" TEXT="CHECK IT: THIS LGBT GANG FOUGHT HATE WH FISTS UNTIL THEY FOUND FASHN AND FILM"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THIS FILM IS A CELEBRATN AND "A LOVE LETTER" TO THE UNTRY FOR ALL THE PROGRS THAT HAS BEEN MA, CZ SAID THAT 'S ALSO A REMR "NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED" AND TO PH FOR MORE CLIVE AND PLEX REPRENTATN OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 WE’LL SEE THAT THE GAS WE’VE MA AS A CULTURE UNRSTANDG LGBT PEOPLE WERE MA BEE WE STOOD BEFORE THE AMERIN PEOPLE AND TOLD OUR TTHS THROUGH THE STORI WE TOLD ON TELEVISN," CZ SAID. "BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE’RE GOG TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TERMS OF THE DIVERSY OF THE STORI WE TELL. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AN OVERWHELMG PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CHARACTERS WERE AND ARE ABOUT GAY WHE MEN. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MUNITG THAT THE LGBT MUNY IS AS DIVERSE AS THE RABOW FLAG WE WAVE AS A SYMBOL OF OUR MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SOME ROURC ON LGBT REPRENTATN AND ANTI-LGBT BIAS, CHECK OUT LOOK {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
- JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO'I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY,' JHUD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}MICBY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015/6:00 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTA GARIBALDI","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON'S LATT VIO WILL GET YOU DANCG AND GET YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SGER JT RELEASED HER VIO FOR HER LATT UPBEAT SGLE, "I STILL LOVE YOU" OFF HER RECENT ALBUM JHUD, WHICH FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF A FATHER'S LAST-MUTE CISN TO ATTEND HIS GAY SON'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET MORE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON, I STILL LOVE YOU, MIC, MORE MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT THK THE NCEPT WAS JT POWERFUL TO GO WH SUCH A POSIVE SONG. IT'S ABOUT LOVE AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE LOVE AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOVE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE," JENNIFER TOLD . "SO I THOUGHT WOULD BE POWERFUL TO TAKE A NCEPT LIKE TRYG TO FD YOUR EQUALY LOVE NO MATTER WHO YOU LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO HAS THE OSR WNER TEAMG UP WH W HOTEL'S MARRIAGE EQUALY MPAIGN, TURN IT UP FOR CHANGE, TO SPREAD A POSIVE MSAGE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LGBT {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY," JHUD SAID ABOUT WHAT SHE HOP THE VIO NVEYS. "AND EVERYONE BEG ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE AND JT ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS THEIR OWN AND JT GIVE LOVE AND RECEIVE LOVE, JT LOVE AND BE HAPPY PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO CERTALY HAS A CELEBRATN VIBE, WH EVERYONE AT THE END OF THE CLIP, DANCG, SGG AND HAVG WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE BT TIME EVER AT THE WEDDG RECEPTN, WHICH JT SO HAPPENS TO BE JENNIFER'S FAVORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I LOVE SEEG PEOPLE E TOGETHER, SO I THOUGHT WAS A VERY REAL, BETIFUL SPIRG MOMENT," SHE SAID. "AND I THK THE VIO IS JT BETIFULLY SHOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO SPREADG A POSIVE MSAGE THROUGH HER MIC, THE FORMER "AMERIN IDOL" NTTANT CID TO MAKE THIS VIO ABOUT LGBT EQUALY AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP SURROUND AND SUPPORTED BY THE GAY MUNY AND I JT WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHOW THEM THE SAME SUPPORT AND THIS IS MY WAY OF DOG ," SHE SAID. "THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO SHOW MY SUPPORT THROUGH MY MIC AND JT BE THERE TO SUPPORT BEE AGA THE GAY MUNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGT SUPPORT SYSTEM 'S JT ME SHOWG THE LOVE BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JHUD'S VIO WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT LOGO'S #ALL50 MPAIGN, WHICH IS A PLATFORM FOR LGBT PEOPLE AND ALLI TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATT NEWS AND SHARE PERSONAL STORI OF MARRIAGE EQUALY LEADG UP TO THE SUPREME COURT'S PENDG CISN TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE ALL 50 STAT. TO FD OUT MORE, AND TO SEE TERVIEWS WH CELEBRI AND LGBT ADVOT HEAD TO #{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
- HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BADSHOWS LIKE "OITNB" AND "EMPIRE" HELP, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015/11:37 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015 / 11:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"VICTORIA MCNALLY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY (OCTOBER 27) GLAAD RELEASED S ANNUAL "WHERE WE ARE ON TV" REPORT CHARTG THE PROGRS OF GAY, LBIAN, TRANSGENR AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN DURG THE 2015-16 TELEVISN SEASON. WHILE THE AMOUNT OF LGBT CHARACTERS HAS CREASED SCE LAST YEAR'S REPORT, THE DTRY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO PROMOTG EQUALY AMONG S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CREASE IS THAT THIS YEAR, THE REPORT CLUS ORIGAL PROGRAMMG OM STREAMG PROVIRS AMAZON, HULU AND NETFLIX FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH BOASTS 43 SERI REGULARS AND 16 RECURRG LGBT CHARACTERS ACROSS 23 SERI. BOTH BROADST AND BLE SHOWS ALSO SAW SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS -- BROADST TELEVISN FEATUR 35 SERI REGULARS AND 35 OTHER RECURRG CHARACTERS WHO ARE LGBT, AND ON BLE, THE NUMBER OF REGULAR CHARACTERS CREASED OM 64 TO 84, WH THE AMOUNT OF RECURRG CHARACTERS ALSO CREASG OM 41 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REPORT ALSO TRACKS RACIAL, GENR, AND DISABILY ON TV AS WELL, PECIALLY WH REGARDS TO HOW TERSECTS WH LGBT REPRENTATN. ACRDG TO THEIR FDGS, PEOPLE OF LOR MAKE UP A THIRD OF ALL RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, BUT WHILE THE AMOUNT OF RACIALLY DIVERSE LGBT CHARACTERS HAS VERY SLIGHTLY CREASED PRIMETIME BROADST (26% TO 31%), 'S CREASED ON BLE (OM 35% TO 29%). THE RAT OF LGBT MEN AND WOMEN ON TV IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO PARY (ALTHOUGH GAY MEN STILL DOMATE PARED TO BISEXUAL MEN, AND LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN), ALTHOUGH ON STREAMG SHOWS LGBT WOMEN ACTUALLY OUTNUMBER MEN, 56% TO 44%. GEE, THANKS, ""ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE AMOUNT OF TRANSGENR CHARACTERS ON TV IS STILL PRETTY ABYSMAL -- ONLY 2.6% OF THE 271 RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE TRANS, WHICH BOILS DOWN TO 6 WOMEN AND 1 MAN, NONE OF WHOM APPEAR ON PRIMETIME BROADST. THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WH DISABILI HAS ALSO DROPPED SIGNIFINTLY, OM 1.4% TO 0.9%. AND NOT ALL OF THE CREAS ARE NECSARILY POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF THE LGBT MUNY, EHER -- WHILE THE NUMBER OF BISEXUAL CHARACTERS, PARTICULARLY BISEXUAL MALE CHARACTERS, HAS RISEN SCE THE PREV TV SEASON (OM 10 TO 18), GLAAD NOT THAT MANY OF THE NEW CHARACTERS "FALL TO DANGERO STEREOTYP ABOUT BISEXUAL PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 NOT ENOUGH TO JT CLU LGBT CHARACTERS; WRERS MT CRAFT THOSE CHARACTERS WH THOUGHT AND RE," GLAAD CEO AND PRINT SARAH KATE ELLIS NOT THE REPORT'S FOREWORD, CG THE PREVALENCE OF "G OUT STORI" AND TOKENISM. "THEY MT REJECT HARMFUL, OUTDATED STEREOTYP AND AVOID TOKEN CHARACTERS THAT ARE BURNED WH REPRENTG AN ENTIRE MUNY THROUGH THE VIEW OF ONE PERSON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PARTICULAR THE REPORT ALSO CED BROADST SHOWS LIKE "EMPIRE" AND "ARROW" (AND S EVENTUAL SP-OFF, "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW") AS LEADG THE WAY TERMS OF REPRENTATN, AS WELL AS SHOWS ON BLE AND STREAMG LIKE ABC FAY'S (SOON TO BE FREEFORM'S) "THE FOSTERS," NETFLIX'S "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" AND "SENSE8," AND AMAZON'S "TRANSPARENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS OF SERI LIKE 'EMPIRE,' 'TRANSPARENT,' AND 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' N SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO WORK EXECUTIV THAT DIENC ARE LOOKG FOR STORI THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE; ED, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF STORI ABOUT OUR MUNY YET TO BE TOLD," ELLIS ALSO {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
- THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGEHIS STORY GIV HOPE FOR THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015/4:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTYHOMOSEXUAL UPLE HUGGG OCEANBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015 / 4:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ELIEL CZ GOT KDA FAMO ON THE TER EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN HIS CHRISTIAN LLEGE REFED TO LET HIM AND HIS IENDS SELL CUPK FOR HOMELS LGBT YOUTH BEE THEY SAID DIDN'T SYNC WH THE UNIVERSY'S "MISSN." IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT CZ -- WHO IS BOTH CHRISTIAN AND OPENLY BISEXUAL -- BUTTED HEADS WH HIS SCHOOL OVER THEIR POLICI SURROUNDG LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ GRADUATED OM THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH'S MICHIGAN-BASED FLAGSHIP SCHOOL, ANDREWS UNIVERSY, MAY. AFTER BEG EXPELLED OM HIS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR G OUT, HE SPENT HIS TIME AT ANDREWS NOT ONLY FIGURG OUT HOW TO THRIVE ON MP, BUT ALSO FIGHTG (SUCCSFULLY!) TO MAKE HIS UNIVERSY -- AND CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ACROSS THE UNTRY -- MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS SAT DOWN WH CZ TO HEAR HIS STORY.ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS ARE ACCEPTG OF LGBT PEOPLE, THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE CHURCH IS THAT “HOMOSEXUALY IS A MANIFTATN OF THE DISTURBANCE AND BROKENNS HUMAN CLATNS AND RELATNS ED BY THE ENTRANCE OF S TO THE WORLD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ TOLD MTV NEWS THAT HE GREW UP THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAH AND WENT TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HIS WHOLE LIFE -- UNTIL HE GOT EXPELLED FOR G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ME OUT TO MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS ONLY 14," CZ SAID. "I'M LUCKY...I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SUPPORTIVE FAY. AT THE TIME THEY SAID, 'I DON'T AGREE WH YOU BUT I LOVE YOU,' AND NOW, YEARS LATER, THEY'RE FULLY AFFIRMG THEOLOGILLY, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, HIS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL GEIA DIDN'T SHARE HIS PARENTS' ACCEPTG ATTUS, AND WHEN HE ME OUT AT SCHOOL, HE WAS ASKED TO {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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF CHRISTIAN AMI EXPEL LGBT STUNTS," HE SAID, "I GUS 'S NOT TOO SURPRISG THAT SENSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ FISHED HIGH SCHOOL BY HOMCHOOLG, AND WHEN HE ENROLLED AT ANDREWS UNIVERSY, HE ROLVED TO KEEP HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN A SECRET OM SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS OUT OF FEAR THAT HE'D BE EXPELLED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE IMPORTANCE OF FDG YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 SO HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER IENDLY FACE ON YOUR MP," CZ SAID ".. IF THEY'RE NOT OUT, MEANS SO MUCH TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, AND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE WHO UNRSTANDS YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG CLOSETED TO THE ADMISTRATN DIDN'T STOP CZ OM WANTG TO BUILD A SUPPORT WORK WH OTHER LGBT STUNTS ON MP, SO HE HELPED FOUND AULL4ONE, (THE "AU" IS FOR ANDREWS UNIVERSY) AN UNOFFICIAL GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA) THAT CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBT STUNTS AND THEIR ALLI TO MEET OFF MP. THEY HAD TO MEET OFF MP AND REMA "UNOFFICIAL" BEE THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO BEE A FORMAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FOUND A GREAT FACULTY MEMBER, WHO OPENED UP HER HOME TO LET MEET THERE TWICE A MONTH," CZ TOLD MTV NEWS. "IT WAS A SAFE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND OUR FAH, AND RENCILG THAT -- OR NOT RENCILG -- HAVG A PLACE FOR STUNTS TO SAFELY TALK ABOUT THOSE THGS WAS SOMETHG THAT JT WASN'T FORMERLY AVAILABLE AT OUR MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL CZ HUGS ANOTHER AULL4ONE MEMBER AT THE FIRST-EVER FORMAL MP DISCSN ON LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISVERG THE DANGERS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SENSE OF MUNY HELPED TO KEEP HIM AFLOAT, BUT EVENTUALLY, NOT BEG OUT TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN PRENTED SOME SER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD A SUATN WHERE SOMEONE WAS THREATENG MY LIFE," CZ RELLED, "AND HAD TO DO WH A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP I'D HAD THE PAST. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY, BUT I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I ULD GO TO MY SCHOOL ABOUT . BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENC, I REALLY THOUGHT I MIGHT GET EXPELLED IF I DID. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."AULL4ONE / VIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AULL4ONE MEMBERS TOGETHER ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY, CZ WAS SO NCERNED THAT HE DID GO TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN ABOUT THE THREATS. THEY HELPED TO LATE THE SUATN AND MAKE SURE HE WAS SAFE, AND ALSO ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULDN'T GET ANY TROUBLE OR BE EXPELLED FOR G OUT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STILL DIDN'T REALLY TST THEM, THOUGH," HE SAID. "AND THAT MA ME REALIZE THAT THERE MT BE SO MANY LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ALG WH LORD-KNOWS-WHAT WH ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT SYSTEM PLACE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WEIGHED SO HEAVILY ON HIS MD THAT CZ CID TO TAKE ACTN. HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE DEAN OF STUNT LIFE POTG OUT THAT THERE WAS A HOLE THE STUNT HANDBOOK WHEN ME TO PROTECTNS FOR LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SAID, 'YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROTECTN FOR UNR THE NON-HARASSMENT AND NON-DISCRIMATN POLICI JT LIKE THERE IS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.' THE FOLLOWG YEAR, THEY ADD THOSE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY ADVENTIST UNIVERSY PUT PROTECTNS FOR LGBT STUNTS TO THEIR NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS A MOVEMENT, NOT A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE HE SAW THAT HIS ACTNS HAD THE POWER TO MAKE THGS BETTER FOR OTHER STUNTS, TOO, CZ CID HE WANTED TO HELP LGBT STUNTS AT ALL ADVENTIST SCHOOLS -- NOT JT HIS OWN. HE FOUND THE INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALN (IAGC), A REGISTERED 501(C)3 NONPROF ANIZATN THAT STRIV TO MAKE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TNAL STUTNS MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IAGC HELPS TO TABLISH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR LGBT STUNTS DOG ADVOCY WORK, HELPS UNIVERSI TABLISH THEIR OWN UNOFFICIAL GSAS (SCE OFFICIAL LGBT STUNT GROUPS AREN'T ALLOWED), AND HELPS ADVENTIST UNIVERSI NATNWI CREATE POLICI THAT WILL CREATE SAFER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBT STUNTS.INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALNSCREEN SHOT 2015-07-24 AT 10.22.32 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SOME OF OUR LGBT STUNTS HAD BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOM," CZ SAID. "AND THEIR SCHOOLS DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GAY KIDS WHO WERE KICKED OUT, SO IAGC HELPED SET UP WAYS TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, AND FD ROURC FOR THGS LIKE SUICI PREVENTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS WERE BETTER. A LOT BETTER. BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT LIFE WAS SUDNLY EASY FOR LGBT STUNTS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY STAY WHERE YOU'RE NOT REALLY WELE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, CZ STARTED WRG STORI ABOUT RELIGN AND SEXUALY FOR NATNAL MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE THE HUFFGTON POST AND THE ADVOTE. SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD PEOPLE LLG THE SCHOOL AND TRYG TO GET ME EXPELLED," CZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHY HE STILL WANTED TO STAY AT ANDREWS, CZ RPOND, "I'M A CHRISTIAN. I WANTED TO BE THAT ENVIRONMENT. BUT I ALSO SAW A NEED. I DID NOT JT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR STUNTS AFTER ME. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A REALLY AMAZG FAY, SO I KNEW I HAD THAT TO FALL BACK ON, AND I WANTED TO HELP CREATE A SAFER SPACE FOR OTHERS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT."JOSHUA MARTJOSHUA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ POTED OUT THAT NOT ALL STUNTS ARE ABLE TO LEAVE IF THGS GET HOSTILE ON MP. THEY MAY HAVE PARENTS WHO WILL ONLY PAY FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, OR THEY MAY NOT BE OUT TO THEIR FAI, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ULDN'T SAY, "I DON'T FEEL SAFE BEG AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 I ALSO JT WANTED TO GET A GREE WH ANDREWS UNIVERSY’S NAME ON ," HE SAID, LGHG. "THEY WON'T OFFICIALLY REGNIZE ANY OF MY ACPLISHMENTS JT BEE OF THE TOPICS I'M SPEAKG AND WRG ABOUT. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ‘I’M AN ANDREWS UNIVERSY GRADUATE, I WAS RILIENT, I MA THROUGH THE WILRNS, AND NOW I’M GOG TO NTUE WORKG THE LGBT MUNY. I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEIR GRADUAT ARE FIGHTG FOR EQUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADVICE TO LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ENURAGED LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI TO TOUCH BASE WH SAFETY NET, A NONPROF THAT HELPS BRIDGE NNECTNS BETWEEN LGBTQ+ STUNTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT CHRISTIAN LLEG. THEY N HELP YOU FD OUT IF THERE'S AN UNOFFICIAL GSA ASSOCIATED WH YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE MAY BE A GROUP THAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT AT YOUR SCHOOL BEE ’S UNOFFICIAL AND SORT OF UNRGROUND," CZ SAID. "A LOT OF TIM YOU’LL BE SURPRISED TO FD THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS A GROUP FOR YOUR MP ALREADY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF THERE ISN'T? CZ SUGGTED THAT IF FEELS SAFE, YOU N NSIR CREATG YOUR {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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"DEPENDG ON WHERE YOU’RE AT PERSONALLY, IF YOU’RE ABLE TO TAKE SOME IATIVE, START A GROUP -- THERE ARE FELY GOG TO BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU ULD MEET A FFEE SHOP, N BE THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH, N JT BE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE -- YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SEXUALY, BUT JT BEG TOGETHER, AND HAVG THAT MUNY, N HELP YOU BUILD RILIENCE AGAST SOME OF THE NEGATIVE MSAG YOU MIGHT HEAR ON MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ALSO ENURAGED STUNTS WHO FEEL SAFE DOG SO TO ADVOTE FOR BETTER POLICI TOWARD LGBT STUNTS AT THEIR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TALK TO YOUR AN OF STUNT LIFE," HE SAID. "ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS MARRIAGE EQUALY LG, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE KD OF SRED, TO BE HONT, AND SOON THEY'LL BE TRYG TO FD WAYS TO BE MORE CLIVE OF THEIR STUNTS. IF YOU ARE AT A PLACE WHERE YOU N TAKE THAT ON, WORK WH YOUR SCHOOL TO MAKE YOUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE NOT JT FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR OTHER STUNTS WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE."{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
- TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV'I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT LIV'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019/12:12 {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:3000PX;WIDTH:2000PX;}FREEFORMGOOD TROUBLE - FREEFORM'S "GOOD TROUBLE" STARS TOMMY MARTEZ AS GAEL. (FREEFORM/G&LO)BY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019 / 12:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY KELSEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOOD TROUBLE FOLLOWS THE LIV OF ADOPTIVE SISTERS CALLIE AND MARIANA AND THEIR JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD LOS ANGEL. ON THE SHOW, A SPOFF OF FREEFORM'S BELOVED DRAMA THE FOSTERS, CALLIE AND MARIANA ARE IALLY UGHT OFF GUARD WHEN THEY MOVE TO A OPERATIVE LIVG SPACE WH A GROUP OF YOUNG, HOT STRANGERS. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS GAEL (PLAYED BY TOMMY MARTEZ). IT DON'T TAKE LONG FOR MARIANA TO HAVE A HUGE CSH HIM — BUT CALLIE AND GAEL SOON VELOP AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP OF THEIR OWN, EVEN IF GO AGAST "GIRL ." IT SOUNDS LIKE A TYPIL TV ROMANCE, RIGHT? EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT GAEL IS PROUDLY BISEXUAL, AND HE DON’T HI . IN FACT, WHILE SUALLY DATG CALLIE, 'S REVEALED THAT GAEL ALSO HAS A BOYIEND.FREEFORMTOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ STARS AS GAEL, AN ARTIST, ON FREEFORM'S GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I MET UP WH MARTEZ AT ONE OF HIS FAVORE PLAC, THE VERVE COFFEE ROASTER, LOS ANGEL, DOWN THE STREET OM WHERE HE ED TO WA TABL AT ZQUé. WHEN I ARRIVED, I SPOTTED HIS HAIR FIRST. THEN, HIS GIRLIEND, ACTRS ALE RUDOLPH WHO STARS NETFLIX’S THE CHILLG ADVENTUR OF SABRA. IN REAL LIFE MARTEZ, 26, IS NOT BISEXUAL, BUT HE TELLS ME THAT HE INTIFI WH GAEL A NUMBER OF WAYS, EVEN NDIDLY TALKG ABOUT HIS OWN SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE 10 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REVELATN ME TO LIGHT WHILE HE WAS TAKG PART A PANEL DISCSN WH SOME OF THE SHOW'S CREATORS AND STARS AT THE LOS ANGEL LGBT CENTER JANUARY. TOMMY SAYS HE FELT PELLED TO SHARE THE ANECDOTE BEE HE HAD RECENTLY OPENED UP TO A CLOSE FAY MEMBER ABOUT . AND FOR THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR, HE SHARED WH ME WHAT ’S BEEN LIKE TO BRG THIS CHARACTER TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS GAEL TO YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOMMY MARTEZ: WHEN I FIRST READ — THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN — I SAID, "THIS IS ME." NOT EXACTLY RELATG HIS BISEXUALY TO MY SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE BUT EVERYTHG ELSE JT FELT LIKE ME. FOR STANCE, THE WAY THAT HE WOULD SPEAK AND THROUGHOUT THAT MONTH-LONG EXPERIENCE OF DNG I REALLY JT SANK MYSELF TO HIS SHO, TO HIS LIFE, AND REALLY RELATED TO HIM. I FEEL AS THOUGH I’M SO PARALLEL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THAT WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE ROLE? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: WH ANY OF THE OTHER ROL, 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT ATTRACTED ME. IT'S JT SOMETHG THAT ME TO ME OM THE AGENT'S OFFICE. THEY JT SEND OUT TO YOU, AND THEN I READ THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN AND, WH GOOD TROUBLE, WH GAEL MARTEZ, HE'S AN ARTIST TRYG TO BALANCE HIS ARTISTIC PABILI WH A REAL JOB THAT'LL KEEP HIM AFLOAT. I KD OF HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE OUT HERE [ LOS ANGEL]. I DID PRETTY WELL MOLG FOR A TIME, BUT THAT WAS JT TO PAY RENT. WHEN THAT SLOWED DOWN, I DIDN'T WANT TO BURN A HOLE MY POCKET, AND I STILL WANTED TO TAKE ACTG CLASS, WHICH N BE VERY EXPENSIVE. ACTUALLY, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, ZQUé, THAT RTRANT THERE? I WORKED THERE AS A WAER. THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WOULD WORK THERE TO HELP PAY RENT AND ALSO PAY FOR MY ACTG CLASS. I REMEMBER, EVEN WH SHAMELS AND RIVERDALE, THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY LL. I WAS WORKG THE FLOOR, AND THEN I'D FEEL MY PHONE START VIBRATG, AND I'D SEE THAT 'S MY AGENT. SO I'D N OVER TO THE BATHROOM AND ANSWER . SHE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE BOOKED FOR RIVERDALE." I WAS LIKE, "FUCK!" IT'S JT SANE.GETTY IMAGGOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ST OF GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: YOU WERE TALKG ON A PANEL RECENTLY, AND YOU REVEALED THAT YOU HAD A SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE YEARS AGO. WHY DID YOU FEEL FORTABLE THAT MOMENT TO SHARE THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: TWO WEEKS BEFORE, I WAS ON VATN, AND ONE OF MY FAY MEMBERS WAS SCTIZED FOR SOMETHG THAT HAD HAPPENED A UPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE HIM AND ANOTHER BOY. HE WAS KD OF BEG MA FUN OF FOR , AND HE HAD A MELT DOWN WHILE WE WERE ON THIS VATN. I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THAT BEFORE, AND FUCKG BROKE MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU THK IF YOU JT HAD AN EXPERIENCE WH A MAN, THEN YOU'RE EHER GAY OR YOU'RE BISEXUAL. SAME THG WH SOME OF THE ARTICL THAT ME OUT AFTER THAT PANEL. IT WAS LIKE, "A BISEXUAL [ACTOR] REPRENTG A BISEXUAL," AND THAT WASN'T THE SE AT ALL … RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT UP ON THE PANEL, I TURNED OVER TO BRADLEY [BREWEG], ONE OF THE EPS AND ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE SHOW, AND I WAS JT LIKE, "I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE A UPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I WAS WONRG IF I ULD JT TELL THAT STORY TODAY." I JT FELT PELLED TO SAY BEE THAT FAY MEMBER WAS STILL MY MD, AND I FELT LIKE I NEED TO, AND I WANTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: YOU'VE SAID THAT GROWG UP WH A BIG VENEZUELAN FAY THAT SEXUALY WAS SOMETHG THAT'S NOT REALLY TALKED ABOUT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: I THK THAT PLAYG A CHARACTER LIKE THIS, AND KNOWG THAT PEOPLE OM MY HOMETOWN ARE SEEG , BEE EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY THERE, AND HAVG THAT KD OF EXPOSURE WOULD JT MAKE THAT MUCH EASIER. IT'S LIKE BREAKG DOWN THAT WALL THAT LIKE, "OH, YOU N'T TALK ABOUT ." HERE, I'M FUCKG THROWG OUT AT YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT . AND WE HAVE. WHEN I WENT BACK HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THEY'LL ASK ME, "HOW DO FEEL TO PLAY A BISEXUAL CHARACTER?" I WAS LIKE, "IT'S FE. IT'S FUN. THERE'S NOTHG BAD ABOUT ." IT'S JT TWO HUMANS WHO ARE ATTRACTED, OR ARE TIMATE WH ONE ANOTHER. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WH THAT? THERE'S NOT A FUCKG PROBLEM WH THAT. SORRY FOR MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE CHARACTER YOU PLAY AND WHAT MEANS FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: I LEARNED AS I REARCH MORE ABOUT THIS CHARACTER THAT EVEN WH THE LGBTQ MUNY BISEXUALY ISN’T REALLY ACCEPTED, AND THAT’S UPSETTG TO ME BEE ’S LIKE YOU ARE WORKG AGAST THE VERY SAME THGS THAT YOU ARE FIGHTG FOR. THERE’S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND TO TELL THE KDS OF STORI.FREEFORMHAILIE SAHAR, TOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANS ACTOR AND ACTIVIST HAILIE SAHAR PLAYS GAEL'S SISTER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAY'S REACTN TO YOU PLAYG THIS CHARACTER? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MY PARENTS, MY SISTERS, AND BROTHER — THEY LOVE THE SHOW. GRANTED, WAS SOMETHG NEW TO SEE ME ON SCREEN HOOK UP WH A GUY, BUT I TOLD THEM THIS IS THE CHARACTER AND THAT’S THAT. SOME OF MY OTHER FAY MEMBERS QUTNED IF I WAS REALLY TO THE GUY THAT I MAKE OUT WH ON SCREEN. I ED A TEACHABLE MOMENT, WHERE I WANTED TO BE KNOWN THAT IF I DID [ENJOY ] THAT SHOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM. I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY TO UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO GET TO TROUBLE, GAEL OR TOMMY? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MAYBE ME. I FEEL LIKE GAEL IS A GOOD GUY. HE'S A REALLY GOOD DU. I GET MYSELF TROUBLE, AS , SOME OF THE STUPID SH THAT I DO, LIKE ROCK CLIMBG. PUTTG MYSELF TROUBLE… IT'S A LOT OF DANGERO STUFF. RIDG ON A MOTORCYCLE THIS CRAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THERE A TIME EHER DURG SHOOTG OR ONCE THE EPISOS STARTED TO AIR THAT YOU REALIZED THIS CHARACTER WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: IT TOOK A UPLE OF EPISOS TO REALLY FEEL HOW EVERYTHG WAS HAPPENG, AND THEN WAS A WHOLE SEND WAVE THAT H ME ONCE THE SHOW STARTED AIRG — SEEG THE RPONS ON INSTAGRAM, LIKE, "DU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN GOG THROUGH THE SAME KD OF SUATN, AND THIS KD OF GIV ME MORE NFINCE TO BREAK OUT MY SHELL AND TALK ABOUT AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN, OR WOMAN." JT THE RPONSE OF THE FANS WAS — EVEN JT SAYG FANS MAK YOU FEEL CRAZY — WAS ALL SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM GAEL? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: THE NFINCE TO PH THROUGH LIFE… TO HAVE THAT NFINCE BEG WHO THEY ARE, FULLY AND TLY, AND NOT HAVG TO HAVE ANY STRAPS KEEPG YOU BACK OM BEG JT THAT. IF SOMEONE IS THAT SAME POSN AS GAEL, THE STORY'S NOT OVER. WE'RE FILMG THE SEND SEASON NOW, AND THERE ARE SOME REALLY POWERFUL THGS THAT VOLVE [HIS] {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO, YEAH, I JT HOPE ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THEMSELV FOR WHO THEY ARE, REGARDLS OF IF THEIR IENDS OR FAY ACCEPT THEM. WHAT, ARE YOU GONNA KEEP PROLONGG THAT? UNTIL HOW LONG?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOOD TROUBLE AIRS TUDAY NIGHTS ON {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
LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERSIN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, 'MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS' WILL AIR JUNE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016/1:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JORDANA OSSADJUNE 2, 2016 / 1:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"LOUD AND PROUD: WE'RE REMEMBERG 5 IMPACTFUL 'REAL WORLD' LGBT CAST MEMBERS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-06-02T17:22:23.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JORDANA OSSAD","KEYWORDS":"PRI MONTH, MTV SHOWS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV HAS ALWAYS PHED FORWARD THE VISIBILY OF LGBT EQUALY -- AND NO PROGRAM ON THIS WORK IS MORE RPONSIBLE FOR TRODUCG PEOPLE ADVOTG FOR THIS IMPORTANT E THAN THE REAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HONOR OF PRI MONTH, A 30-MUTE SPECIAL ENTLED MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS WILL PREMIERE ON SATURDAY, JUNE 4 AT 12PM AND LOOK BACK AT THE CHANNEL’S HISTORY CELEBRATG THE MANY INIC LGBT MOMENTS THAT HAVE BEE CULTURAL REFERENCE POTS FOR MASTREAM POP CULTURE TODAY -- CLUDG SCEN UNFOLDG ON THE LONG-NNG REALY ANCHISE AS WELL AS LAVERNE COX PRENTS: THE T WORD AND THE 2004 TE LIFE EPISO “I’M GAY AND I’M GETTG MARRIED” (11 YEARS BEFORE GAY MARRIAGE WAS LEGALIZED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE REAL WORLD HAS BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR BRGG A DIVERSE GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WH DIFFERG SEXUAL ORIENTATNS UNR ONE ROOF, WE'RE TAKG A CLOSER LOOK AT SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS WHEN ME TO SHARG THEIR STORI AND SERVED AS LGBT TORS FOR THEIR ROOMMAT AND VIEWERS. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM BELOW:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NORMAN KORPI OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS THE VERY FIRST LGBT HOEMATE AND INTIFIED AS BISEXUAL. HE MEMORABLY TOOK SEVERAL OF HIS PEERS TO THE ROXY FOR A NIGHT OF ROLLER DIS AND WAS PRAISED BY HEATHER B FOR HIS ABILY TO "BE REAL." HE ALSO DISCLOSED THAT HE HAD BEEN BULLIED WHEN HE WAS HIGH SCHOOL AND CHRONICLED HIS DATG LIFE DURG HIS TELEVISED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEDRO ZAMORA OM REAL WORLD: SAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CUBAN-AMERIN AIDS ACTIVIST FOUND LOVE WH SEAN SASSER DURG HIS FOG CY EXPERIENCE -- AND HIS MMENT CEREMONY WH HIS PARTNER WAS A CELEBRATN THAT WAS EMBRACED BY HIS PEERS AND FAR AHEAD OF S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GENIS MOSS OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MISSOURI NATIVE -- WHO ENJOYED EQUENTG GAY CLUBS AROUND BEANTOWN -- WAS BROUGHT TO TEARS WHEN A CHILD (AT THE DAYRE CENTER WHERE THE ST WORKED) ADMTED THAT SHE HATED GAY PEOPLE. WHILE GENIS' CLOSE IEND KAMEELAH TRIED TO SPEAK TO THE MOR ABOUT HER PREJUDICED VIEWS, THE 20-YEAR-OLD UNRSTANDABLY NEED TO WALK AWAY OM THE NVERSATN TO POSE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNY ROBERTS OM REAL WORLD: NEW {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE CHARMG SOUTHERN BOY HAD RECENTLY E OUT TO HIS PARENTS AND WAS A NEW RELATNSHIP WH PL. BUT THE ROMANCE PRENTED ISSU THAT NO LGBT ST MEMBER HAD FACED BEFORE: PL'S PARENTS WERE UNAWARE HE WAS GAY AND, AT THE TIME, HE WAS SERVG THE ARY (BACK WHEN DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL WAS STILL EXISTENCE). PL EVENTUALLY DID VIS NOLA, BUT HIS FACE WAS BLURRED TO PROTECT HIS INTY. SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE SEASON NCLUD AND PL'S ARY SERVICE END, HIS INTY WAS OFFICIALLY UNVEILED DURG AN MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATELYNN CANELLI OM REAL WORLD: {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE THEN-24-YEAR-OLD WAS THE FIRST AND, TO DATE, ONLY TRANSGENR PERSON FEATURED ON THE SERI. AT FIRST, SHE WAS HANT TO OPEN UP TO HER ROOMMAT ABOUT HER TRANSN -- BUT AS THE SEASON PROGRSED, KATELYNN NDIDLY ADDRSED HER JOURNEY AND, THE PROCS, GREATLY RMED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE SURE TO SEE MORE OF THE FIVE DIVIDUALS MTV'S PROUST MOMENTS ON SATURDAY -- AND TCH THE DIGAL PROFILE SERI NO ID REQUIRED ON MONDAY, JUNE 6 ON THE WORK’S SNAPCHAT DISVER AND AND FOR MORE ROURC ON GENR AND SEXUALY, CHECK OUT MTV’S LOOK DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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;}PRI MONTHMTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Matthew Blaise (Nigeria)Non-bary and openly gay activist Matthew Blaise found The Oasis Project, an anizatn that “promot posive reprentatn and humanizatn of queer people Nigeria, ” and they have sce ed social media to raise awarens of jtic toward queer people the untry. They -created the "#EndHomophobiaInNigeria" hashtag on Twter rponse to the murr of a gay man Nigeria.
The 1999 VMAs, where drag queens moled Madonna’s outfs, and the 2013 awards, where Madonna prid over a crowd of gay and straight weddgs, make to the Proust Moments highlights reel; thankfully, perhaps, her kiss wh Brney Spears and Christa Aguilera at the 2003 VMAs did not.
FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’HERE'S HOW FAR WE'VE E AND WHERE WE STILL NEED TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015/5:17 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}MALE UPLE WATCHG TELEVISN WH DOGS, REAR VIEWBY KATHERE SPELLERJULY 29, 2015 / 5:17 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FROM ‘WILL & GRACE’ TO ‘GLEE,’ THIS NEW DOC EXPLOR THE HISTORY OF ‘PLAYG GAY’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-29T21:17:24.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KATHERE SPELLER","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GIVEN THE PROGRS WE'VE MA REPRENTATN-WISE, 'S ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU ULDN'T SEE LGBT CHARACTERS ON YOUR TV SCREENS -- A TIME BEFORE "MORN FAY" STARTED TAKG HOME ALL THE AWARDS AND BEFORE BGE-WATCHG "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" OR "ORPHAN BLACK" WAS AN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT HISTORY -- FOR MOST OF WHO WERE RAISED ON BETTER REPRENTATN -- IS SOMETHG WE NEVER REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO UNPACK. WHICH IS WHY LGBT ACTIVIST AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN -FOUNR DAVID BENR ME UP WH THE IA FOR "PLAYG GAY: HOW AMERI CAME OUT ON TELEVISN," THE NEW DOCUMENTARY HE'S TRYG TO FUND VIA KICKSTARTER BY AUGT 18, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH TERVIEWS OM ACTORS AND CREATORS OM SHOWS LIKE "GLEE," "TRANSPARENT," "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK," "EMPIRE," "MY SO CALLED LIFE," "ELLEN" AND "WILL & GRACE," THE FILM IS GOG TO FOLLOW THE WAYS THAT LGBT PEOPLE ON OUR TV SCREENS HELPED THE UNTRY'S PERCEPTN OF THE MUNY CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. BUT, FIRST, THEY NEED A B OF SUPPORT OM THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THIS STORY E TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY REPRENTATN REALLY, REALLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DANNIELLE OWENS-REID, -FOUNR OF LGBTQ ANIZATN EVERYONE IS GAY, WAS ORIGALLY BROUGHT ON BOARD TO HELP NSULT FOR THE KICKSTARTER MPAIGN. AND PRETTY QUICKLY, SHE SAID, SHE SIGNED ON TO THE PROJECT -- WAS THAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP CHARLTON, SOUTH CAROLA, SO THERE WAS NO GAY MUNY THAT I KNEW OF. I DIDN’T HAVE ANY GAY NTS AND UNCL... GAY WASN’T EVEN A THG THAT EXISTED FOR ME. I HAD NO IA WHAT WAS LIKE TO BE A GAY ADULT THIS WORLD," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "I THK [REPRENTATN] IS IMPORTANT BEE IF YOU DON’T SEE , YOU DON’T UNRSTAND THAT ’S POSSIBLE FOR YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILSON CZ, ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS AND THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED RICKIE VASQUEZ (THE FIRST OPENLY GAY TEENAGE CHARACTER ON WORK TV!) ON "MY SO-CALLED LIFE," TOLD MTV NEWS HOW HE GOT VOLVED WH THE FILM, AND WHY MATTERS SO MUCH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS MY FIRST EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CRED AND I CID TO DO BEE, I THK ’S SAFE TO SAY, THAT TELLG THE STORI OF LGBT PEOPLE HAS BEEN MY LIFE’S WORK," CZ SAID. "WHETHER AS AN ACTOR OR THROUGH MY WORK WH GLAAD, I’VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT TELLG OUR STORI THROUGH TELEVISN WAS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND TIMATE WAYS OF CHANGG HEARTS AND MDS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN CZ WAS GROWG UP, HE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF HIMSELF CHARACTERS ON TV, AND EVEN REPRENTATN ON THE FEW SHOWS (LIKE "SOAP" AND "DYNASTY") THAT DID FEATURE LGBT CHARACTERS WERE FAR OM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"NEEDLS TO SAY, THEY WEREN’T EXACTLY REPRENTATIVE OF MY EXPERIENCE AS A YOUNG GAY MAN OF LOR TRYG TO UNRSTAND WHO HE IS AND WHERE HE FS . I WANTED WHAT EVERYONE WANTS: TO BE SEEN AND TO BE UNRSTOOD," CZ SAID. "THAT’S WHAT LGBT REPRENTATN MEANS TO ME... OUR TELEVISNS SERVE AS MIRRORS HELD UP TO SOCIETY, AND IF YOU’RE NOT CLUD THOSE STORI, YOU FEEL VISIBLE AND LS THAN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}" TEXT="CHECK IT: THIS LGBT GANG FOUGHT HATE WH FISTS UNTIL THEY FOUND FASHN AND FILM"]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE THIS FILM IS A CELEBRATN AND "A LOVE LETTER" TO THE UNTRY FOR ALL THE PROGRS THAT HAS BEEN MA, CZ SAID THAT 'S ALSO A REMR "NOT TO TAKE FOR GRANTED" AND TO PH FOR MORE CLIVE AND PLEX REPRENTATN OF LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 WE’LL SEE THAT THE GAS WE’VE MA AS A CULTURE UNRSTANDG LGBT PEOPLE WERE MA BEE WE STOOD BEFORE THE AMERIN PEOPLE AND TOLD OUR TTHS THROUGH THE STORI WE TOLD ON TELEVISN," CZ SAID. "BUT I ALSO BELIEVE THAT WE’RE GOG TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TERMS OF THE DIVERSY OF THE STORI WE TELL. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, AN OVERWHELMG PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CHARACTERS WERE AND ARE ABOUT GAY WHE MEN. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB OF MUNITG THAT THE LGBT MUNY IS AS DIVERSE AS THE RABOW FLAG WE WAVE AS A SYMBOL OF OUR MUNY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR SOME ROURC ON LGBT REPRENTATN AND ANTI-LGBT BIAS, CHECK OUT LOOK {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
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JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO'I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY,' JHUD {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}MICBY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015/6:00 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY CHRISTA GARIBALDIJUNE 3, 2015 / 6:00 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JENNIFER HUDSON SHOWS HER SUPPORT FOR LGBT EQUALY IN HER ‘I STILL LOVE YOU’ VIO","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-06-03T10:00:15.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"CHRISTA GARIBALDI","ARTICLESECTN":"MIC"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON'S LATT VIO WILL GET YOU DANCG AND GET YOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SGER JT RELEASED HER VIO FOR HER LATT UPBEAT SGLE, "I STILL LOVE YOU" OFF HER RECENT ALBUM JHUD, WHICH FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF A FATHER'S LAST-MUTE CISN TO ATTEND HIS GAY SON'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET MORE:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JENNIFER HUDSON, I STILL LOVE YOU, MIC, MORE MIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I JT THK THE NCEPT WAS JT POWERFUL TO GO WH SUCH A POSIVE SONG. IT'S ABOUT LOVE AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE LOVE AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO LOVE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE," JENNIFER TOLD . "SO I THOUGHT WOULD BE POWERFUL TO TAKE A NCEPT LIKE TRYG TO FD YOUR EQUALY LOVE NO MATTER WHO YOU LOVE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO HAS THE OSR WNER TEAMG UP WH W HOTEL'S MARRIAGE EQUALY MPAIGN, TURN IT UP FOR CHANGE, TO SPREAD A POSIVE MSAGE OF LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THE LGBT {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;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .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;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HOPE PEOPLE WALK AWAY WH A BROAR PERSPECTIVE OF MARRIAGE EQUALY," JHUD SAID ABOUT WHAT SHE HOP THE VIO NVEYS. "AND EVERYONE BEG ABLE TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT TO LOVE AND JT ACCEPT EACH OTHER AS THEIR OWN AND JT GIVE LOVE AND RECEIVE LOVE, JT LOVE AND BE HAPPY PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VIO CERTALY HAS A CELEBRATN VIBE, WH EVERYONE AT THE END OF THE CLIP, DANCG, SGG AND HAVG WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE BT TIME EVER AT THE WEDDG RECEPTN, WHICH JT SO HAPPENS TO BE JENNIFER'S FAVORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I LOVE SEEG PEOPLE E TOGETHER, SO I THOUGHT WAS A VERY REAL, BETIFUL SPIRG MOMENT," SHE SAID. "AND I THK THE VIO IS JT BETIFULLY SHOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN ADDN TO SPREADG A POSIVE MSAGE THROUGH HER MIC, THE FORMER "AMERIN IDOL" NTTANT CID TO MAKE THIS VIO ABOUT LGBT EQUALY AS A WAY TO GIVE BACK TO HER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I GREW UP SURROUND AND SUPPORTED BY THE GAY MUNY AND I JT WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHOW THEM THE SAME SUPPORT AND THIS IS MY WAY OF DOG ," SHE SAID. "THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO SHOW MY SUPPORT THROUGH MY MIC AND JT BE THERE TO SUPPORT BEE AGA THE GAY MUNY HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGT SUPPORT SYSTEM 'S JT ME SHOWG THE LOVE BACK."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JHUD'S VIO WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT LOGO'S #ALL50 MPAIGN, WHICH IS A PLATFORM FOR LGBT PEOPLE AND ALLI TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATT NEWS AND SHARE PERSONAL STORI OF MARRIAGE EQUALY LEADG UP TO THE SUPREME COURT'S PENDG CISN TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE ALL 50 STAT. TO FD OUT MORE, AND TO SEE TERVIEWS WH CELEBRI AND LGBT ADVOT HEAD TO #{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
But the romance prented issu that no LGBT st member had faced before: Pl's parents were unaware he was gay and, at the time, he was servg the ary (back when Don't Ask, Don't Tell was still existence).
McCarthy said he wanted to make a stand for gay and transgenr civil rights worldwi the Central European natn that has moved to curtail them. "Over the summer Hungary's ernment, led by Viktor Orbán me unr heavy backlash when passed a law forbiddg the promotn or pictn of homosexualy to mors. Chang to the Hungarian nstutn 2020 altered the fn of fai to exclu transgenr and homosexual people.
HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BADSHOWS LIKE "OITNB" AND "EMPIRE" HELP, BUT WE'VE STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO. {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015/11:37 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY VICTORIA MCNALLYOCTOBER 27, 2015 / 11:37 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"HOW'S TV DOG ON LGBT REPRENTATN? A NEW STUDY REVEALS GOOD NEWS -- AND BAD","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-10-27T15:37:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"VICTORIA MCNALLY","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY (OCTOBER 27) GLAAD RELEASED S ANNUAL "WHERE WE ARE ON TV" REPORT CHARTG THE PROGRS OF GAY, LBIAN, TRANSGENR AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN DURG THE 2015-16 TELEVISN SEASON. WHILE THE AMOUNT OF LGBT CHARACTERS HAS CREASED SCE LAST YEAR'S REPORT, THE DTRY STILL HAS A LONG WAY TO GO PROMOTG EQUALY AMONG S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CREASE IS THAT THIS YEAR, THE REPORT CLUS ORIGAL PROGRAMMG OM STREAMG PROVIRS AMAZON, HULU AND NETFLIX FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH BOASTS 43 SERI REGULARS AND 16 RECURRG LGBT CHARACTERS ACROSS 23 SERI. BOTH BROADST AND BLE SHOWS ALSO SAW SLIGHT IMPROVEMENTS -- BROADST TELEVISN FEATUR 35 SERI REGULARS AND 35 OTHER RECURRG CHARACTERS WHO ARE LGBT, AND ON BLE, THE NUMBER OF REGULAR CHARACTERS CREASED OM 64 TO 84, WH THE AMOUNT OF RECURRG CHARACTERS ALSO CREASG OM 41 TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REPORT ALSO TRACKS RACIAL, GENR, AND DISABILY ON TV AS WELL, PECIALLY WH REGARDS TO HOW TERSECTS WH LGBT REPRENTATN. ACRDG TO THEIR FDGS, PEOPLE OF LOR MAKE UP A THIRD OF ALL RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN, BUT WHILE THE AMOUNT OF RACIALLY DIVERSE LGBT CHARACTERS HAS VERY SLIGHTLY CREASED PRIMETIME BROADST (26% TO 31%), 'S CREASED ON BLE (OM 35% TO 29%). THE RAT OF LGBT MEN AND WOMEN ON TV IS FAIRLY CLOSE TO PARY (ALTHOUGH GAY MEN STILL DOMATE PARED TO BISEXUAL MEN, AND LBIAN AND BISEXUAL WOMEN), ALTHOUGH ON STREAMG SHOWS LGBT WOMEN ACTUALLY OUTNUMBER MEN, 56% TO 44%. GEE, THANKS, ""ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK!"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MEANWHILE, THE AMOUNT OF TRANSGENR CHARACTERS ON TV IS STILL PRETTY ABYSMAL -- ONLY 2.6% OF THE 271 RECURRG CHARACTERS ON TELEVISN ARE TRANS, WHICH BOILS DOWN TO 6 WOMEN AND 1 MAN, NONE OF WHOM APPEAR ON PRIMETIME BROADST. THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS WH DISABILI HAS ALSO DROPPED SIGNIFINTLY, OM 1.4% TO 0.9%. AND NOT ALL OF THE CREAS ARE NECSARILY POSIVE REPRENTATNS OF THE LGBT MUNY, EHER -- WHILE THE NUMBER OF BISEXUAL CHARACTERS, PARTICULARLY BISEXUAL MALE CHARACTERS, HAS RISEN SCE THE PREV TV SEASON (OM 10 TO 18), GLAAD NOT THAT MANY OF THE NEW CHARACTERS "FALL TO DANGERO STEREOTYP ABOUT BISEXUAL PEOPLE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 NOT ENOUGH TO JT CLU LGBT CHARACTERS; WRERS MT CRAFT THOSE CHARACTERS WH THOUGHT AND RE," GLAAD CEO AND PRINT SARAH KATE ELLIS NOT THE REPORT'S FOREWORD, CG THE PREVALENCE OF "G OUT STORI" AND TOKENISM. "THEY MT REJECT HARMFUL, OUTDATED STEREOTYP AND AVOID TOKEN CHARACTERS THAT ARE BURNED WH REPRENTG AN ENTIRE MUNY THROUGH THE VIEW OF ONE PERSON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN PARTICULAR THE REPORT ALSO CED BROADST SHOWS LIKE "EMPIRE" AND "ARROW" (AND S EVENTUAL SP-OFF, "LEGENDS OF TOMORROW") AS LEADG THE WAY TERMS OF REPRENTATN, AS WELL AS SHOWS ON BLE AND STREAMG LIKE ABC FAY'S (SOON TO BE FREEFORM'S) "THE FOSTERS," NETFLIX'S "ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK" AND "SENSE8," AND AMAZON'S "TRANSPARENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE CRIL AND MERCIAL SUCCS OF SERI LIKE 'EMPIRE,' 'TRANSPARENT,' AND 'ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK' N SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO WORK EXECUTIV THAT DIENC ARE LOOKG FOR STORI THEY HAVEN’T SEEN BEFORE; ED, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF STORI ABOUT OUR MUNY YET TO BE TOLD," ELLIS ALSO {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
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THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGEHIS STORY GIV HOPE FOR THE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}ISSUBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015/4:22 {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:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTYHOMOSEXUAL UPLE HUGGG OCEANBY KRISTA MASICAUGT 26, 2015 / 4:22 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THIS STUNT PROVED YOU CAN BE LGBT AND PROUD AT A CHRISTIAN COLLEGE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-26T20:22:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"KRISTA MASIC","ARTICLESECTN":"ISSU"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD ELIEL CZ GOT KDA FAMO ON THE TER EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN HIS CHRISTIAN LLEGE REFED TO LET HIM AND HIS IENDS SELL CUPK FOR HOMELS LGBT YOUTH BEE THEY SAID DIDN'T SYNC WH THE UNIVERSY'S "MISSN." IT WASN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT CZ -- WHO IS BOTH CHRISTIAN AND OPENLY BISEXUAL -- BUTTED HEADS WH HIS SCHOOL OVER THEIR POLICI SURROUNDG LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ GRADUATED OM THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH'S MICHIGAN-BASED FLAGSHIP SCHOOL, ANDREWS UNIVERSY, MAY. AFTER BEG EXPELLED OM HIS CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR G OUT, HE SPENT HIS TIME AT ANDREWS NOT ONLY FIGURG OUT HOW TO THRIVE ON MP, BUT ALSO FIGHTG (SUCCSFULLY!) TO MAKE HIS UNIVERSY -- AND CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ACROSS THE UNTRY -- MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS SAT DOWN WH CZ TO HEAR HIS STORY.ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUT AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH SOME SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS ARE ACCEPTG OF LGBT PEOPLE, THE OFFICIAL STANCE OF THE CHURCH IS THAT “HOMOSEXUALY IS A MANIFTATN OF THE DISTURBANCE AND BROKENNS HUMAN CLATNS AND RELATNS ED BY THE ENTRANCE OF S TO THE WORLD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ TOLD MTV NEWS THAT HE GREW UP THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST FAH AND WENT TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS HIS WHOLE LIFE -- UNTIL HE GOT EXPELLED FOR G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I ME OUT TO MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS ONLY 14," CZ SAID. "I'M LUCKY...I'VE ALWAYS HAD A SUPPORTIVE FAY. AT THE TIME THEY SAID, 'I DON'T AGREE WH YOU BUT I LOVE YOU,' AND NOW, YEARS LATER, THEY'RE FULLY AFFIRMG THEOLOGILLY, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, HIS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL GEIA DIDN'T SHARE HIS PARENTS' ACCEPTG ATTUS, AND WHEN HE ME OUT AT SCHOOL, HE WAS ASKED TO {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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"A LOT OF CHRISTIAN AMI EXPEL LGBT STUNTS," HE SAID, "I GUS 'S NOT TOO SURPRISG THAT SENSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ FISHED HIGH SCHOOL BY HOMCHOOLG, AND WHEN HE ENROLLED AT ANDREWS UNIVERSY, HE ROLVED TO KEEP HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN A SECRET OM SCHOOL ADMISTRATORS OUT OF FEAR THAT HE'D BE EXPELLED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE IMPORTANCE OF FDG YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 SO HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THERE'S ANOTHER IENDLY FACE ON YOUR MP," CZ SAID ".. IF THEY'RE NOT OUT, MEANS SO MUCH TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE, AND THAT THERE'S SOMEONE WHO UNRSTANDS YOU."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEG CLOSETED TO THE ADMISTRATN DIDN'T STOP CZ OM WANTG TO BUILD A SUPPORT WORK WH OTHER LGBT STUNTS ON MP, SO HE HELPED FOUND AULL4ONE, (THE "AU" IS FOR ANDREWS UNIVERSY) AN UNOFFICIAL GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA) THAT CREATED A SAFE SPACE FOR LGBT STUNTS AND THEIR ALLI TO MEET OFF MP. THEY HAD TO MEET OFF MP AND REMA "UNOFFICIAL" BEE THE SCHOOL WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO BEE A FORMAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FOUND A GREAT FACULTY MEMBER, WHO OPENED UP HER HOME TO LET MEET THERE TWICE A MONTH," CZ TOLD MTV NEWS. "IT WAS A SAFE SPACE TO TALK ABOUT OUR SEXUAL ORIENTATN AND OUR FAH, AND RENCILG THAT -- OR NOT RENCILG -- HAVG A PLACE FOR STUNTS TO SAFELY TALK ABOUT THOSE THGS WAS SOMETHG THAT JT WASN'T FORMERLY AVAILABLE AT OUR MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL CZ HUGS ANOTHER AULL4ONE MEMBER AT THE FIRST-EVER FORMAL MP DISCSN ON LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DISVERG THE DANGERS OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT SENSE OF MUNY HELPED TO KEEP HIM AFLOAT, BUT EVENTUALLY, NOT BEG OUT TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN PRENTED SOME SER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD A SUATN WHERE SOMEONE WAS THREATENG MY LIFE," CZ RELLED, "AND HAD TO DO WH A SAME-SEX RELATNSHIP I'D HAD THE PAST. I WAS WORRIED ABOUT MY SAFETY, BUT I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I ULD GO TO MY SCHOOL ABOUT . BASED ON MY PAST EXPERIENC, I REALLY THOUGHT I MIGHT GET EXPELLED IF I DID. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO."AULL4ONE / VIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AULL4ONE MEMBERS TOGETHER ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVENTUALLY, CZ WAS SO NCERNED THAT HE DID GO TO THE SCHOOL'S ADMISTRATN ABOUT THE THREATS. THEY HELPED TO LATE THE SUATN AND MAKE SURE HE WAS SAFE, AND ALSO ASSURED HIM THAT HE WOULDN'T GET ANY TROUBLE OR BE EXPELLED FOR G OUT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I STILL DIDN'T REALLY TST THEM, THOUGH," HE SAID. "AND THAT MA ME REALIZE THAT THERE MT BE SO MANY LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI ALG WH LORD-KNOWS-WHAT WH ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT SYSTEM PLACE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WEIGHED SO HEAVILY ON HIS MD THAT CZ CID TO TAKE ACTN. HE WROTE A LETTER TO THE DEAN OF STUNT LIFE POTG OUT THAT THERE WAS A HOLE THE STUNT HANDBOOK WHEN ME TO PROTECTNS FOR LGBT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SAID, 'YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROTECTN FOR UNR THE NON-HARASSMENT AND NON-DISCRIMATN POLICI JT LIKE THERE IS FOR EVERYONE ELSE.' THE FOLLOWG YEAR, THEY ADD THOSE, AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, WAS THE FIRST TIME ANY ADVENTIST UNIVERSY PUT PROTECTNS FOR LGBT STUNTS TO THEIR NON-DISCRIMATN POLICY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS IS A MOVEMENT, NOT A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONCE HE SAW THAT HIS ACTNS HAD THE POWER TO MAKE THGS BETTER FOR OTHER STUNTS, TOO, CZ CID HE WANTED TO HELP LGBT STUNTS AT ALL ADVENTIST SCHOOLS -- NOT JT HIS OWN. HE FOUND THE INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALN (IAGC), A REGISTERED 501(C)3 NONPROF ANIZATN THAT STRIV TO MAKE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST TNAL STUTNS MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IAGC HELPS TO TABLISH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR LGBT STUNTS DOG ADVOCY WORK, HELPS UNIVERSI TABLISH THEIR OWN UNOFFICIAL GSAS (SCE OFFICIAL LGBT STUNT GROUPS AREN'T ALLOWED), AND HELPS ADVENTIST UNIVERSI NATNWI CREATE POLICI THAT WILL CREATE SAFER ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBT STUNTS.INTERLLEGIATE ADVENTIST GSA COALNSCREEN SHOT 2015-07-24 AT 10.22.32 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SOME OF OUR LGBT STUNTS HAD BEEN KICKED OUT OF THEIR HOM," CZ SAID. "AND THEIR SCHOOLS DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR GAY KIDS WHO WERE KICKED OUT, SO IAGC HELPED SET UP WAYS TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, AND FD ROURC FOR THGS LIKE SUICI PREVENTN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THGS WERE BETTER. A LOT BETTER. BUT THAT DIDN'T MEAN THAT LIFE WAS SUDNLY EASY FOR LGBT STUNTS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHY STAY WHERE YOU'RE NOT REALLY WELE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, CZ STARTED WRG STORI ABOUT RELIGN AND SEXUALY FOR NATNAL MEDIA OUTLETS LIKE THE HUFFGTON POST AND THE ADVOTE. SOME PEOPLE WEREN'T HAPPY ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I HAD PEOPLE LLG THE SCHOOL AND TRYG TO GET ME EXPELLED," CZ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN ASKED WHY HE STILL WANTED TO STAY AT ANDREWS, CZ RPOND, "I'M A CHRISTIAN. I WANTED TO BE THAT ENVIRONMENT. BUT I ALSO SAW A NEED. I DID NOT JT FOR MYSELF, BUT FOR STUNTS AFTER ME. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE A REALLY AMAZG FAY, SO I KNEW I HAD THAT TO FALL BACK ON, AND I WANTED TO HELP CREATE A SAFER SPACE FOR OTHERS WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT."JOSHUA MARTJOSHUA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ELIEL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ POTED OUT THAT NOT ALL STUNTS ARE ABLE TO LEAVE IF THGS GET HOSTILE ON MP. THEY MAY HAVE PARENTS WHO WILL ONLY PAY FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, OR THEY MAY NOT BE OUT TO THEIR FAI, WHICH WOULD MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ULDN'T SAY, "I DON'T FEEL SAFE BEG AT A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-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 I ALSO JT WANTED TO GET A GREE WH ANDREWS UNIVERSY’S NAME ON ," HE SAID, LGHG. "THEY WON'T OFFICIALLY REGNIZE ANY OF MY ACPLISHMENTS JT BEE OF THE TOPICS I'M SPEAKG AND WRG ABOUT. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ‘I’M AN ANDREWS UNIVERSY GRADUATE, I WAS RILIENT, I MA THROUGH THE WILRNS, AND NOW I’M GOG TO NTUE WORKG THE LGBT MUNY. I WANTED TO SHOW THAT THEIR GRADUAT ARE FIGHTG FOR EQUALY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ADVICE TO LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ENURAGED LGBT STUNTS AT CHRISTIAN UNIVERSI TO TOUCH BASE WH SAFETY NET, A NONPROF THAT HELPS BRIDGE NNECTNS BETWEEN LGBTQ+ STUNTS, ALUMNI, FACULTY, AND STAFF AT CHRISTIAN LLEG. THEY N HELP YOU FD OUT IF THERE'S AN UNOFFICIAL GSA ASSOCIATED WH YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THERE MAY BE A GROUP THAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT AT YOUR SCHOOL BEE ’S UNOFFICIAL AND SORT OF UNRGROUND," CZ SAID. "A LOT OF TIM YOU’LL BE SURPRISED TO FD THAT THERE ACTUALLY IS A GROUP FOR YOUR MP ALREADY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND IF THERE ISN'T? CZ SUGGTED THAT IF FEELS SAFE, YOU N NSIR CREATG YOUR {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:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"DEPENDG ON WHERE YOU’RE AT PERSONALLY, IF YOU’RE ABLE TO TAKE SOME IATIVE, START A GROUP -- THERE ARE FELY GOG TO BE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"YOU ULD MEET A FFEE SHOP, N BE THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH, N JT BE THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE -- YOU DON’T EVEN HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SEXUALY, BUT JT BEG TOGETHER, AND HAVG THAT MUNY, N HELP YOU BUILD RILIENCE AGAST SOME OF THE NEGATIVE MSAG YOU MIGHT HEAR ON MP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CZ ALSO ENURAGED STUNTS WHO FEEL SAFE DOG SO TO ADVOTE FOR BETTER POLICI TOWARD LGBT STUNTS AT THEIR OWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"TALK TO YOUR AN OF STUNT LIFE," HE SAID. "ESPECIALLY AFTER THIS MARRIAGE EQUALY LG, A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE KD OF SRED, TO BE HONT, AND SOON THEY'LL BE TRYG TO FD WAYS TO BE MORE CLIVE OF THEIR STUNTS. IF YOU ARE AT A PLACE WHERE YOU N TAKE THAT ON, WORK WH YOUR SCHOOL TO MAKE YOUR SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE NOT JT FOR YOURSELF, BUT FOR OTHER STUNTS WHO DON’T HAVE A VOICE."{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
When “Anatomy of a Hate Crime” buted on MTV, viewers learned about Matthew Shepard, an openly gay llege stunt who died after beg attacked and left tied to a fence.
TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV'I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT LIV'{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;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;}TVBY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019/12:12 {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:3000PX;WIDTH:2000PX;}FREEFORMGOOD TROUBLE - FREEFORM'S "GOOD TROUBLE" STARS TOMMY MARTEZ AS GAEL. (FREEFORM/G&LO)BY MTV NEWS STAFFMARCH 26, 2019 / 12:12 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TOMMY MARTEZ TALKS 'GOOD TROUBLE' AND BISEXUAL REPRENTATN ON TV","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-26T16:12:02.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MTV NEWS STAFF","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BY KELSEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GOOD TROUBLE FOLLOWS THE LIV OF ADOPTIVE SISTERS CALLIE AND MARIANA AND THEIR JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD LOS ANGEL. ON THE SHOW, A SPOFF OF FREEFORM'S BELOVED DRAMA THE FOSTERS, CALLIE AND MARIANA ARE IALLY UGHT OFF GUARD WHEN THEY MOVE TO A OPERATIVE LIVG SPACE WH A GROUP OF YOUNG, HOT STRANGERS. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE IS GAEL (PLAYED BY TOMMY MARTEZ). IT DON'T TAKE LONG FOR MARIANA TO HAVE A HUGE CSH HIM — BUT CALLIE AND GAEL SOON VELOP AN TIMATE RELATNSHIP OF THEIR OWN, EVEN IF GO AGAST "GIRL ." IT SOUNDS LIKE A TYPIL TV ROMANCE, RIGHT? EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT GAEL IS PROUDLY BISEXUAL, AND HE DON’T HI . IN FACT, WHILE SUALLY DATG CALLIE, 'S REVEALED THAT GAEL ALSO HAS A BOYIEND.FREEFORMTOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ STARS AS GAEL, AN ARTIST, ON FREEFORM'S GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I MET UP WH MARTEZ AT ONE OF HIS FAVORE PLAC, THE VERVE COFFEE ROASTER, LOS ANGEL, DOWN THE STREET OM WHERE HE ED TO WA TABL AT ZQUé. WHEN I ARRIVED, I SPOTTED HIS HAIR FIRST. THEN, HIS GIRLIEND, ACTRS ALE RUDOLPH WHO STARS NETFLIX’S THE CHILLG ADVENTUR OF SABRA. IN REAL LIFE MARTEZ, 26, IS NOT BISEXUAL, BUT HE TELLS ME THAT HE INTIFI WH GAEL A NUMBER OF WAYS, EVEN NDIDLY TALKG ABOUT HIS OWN SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE 10 YEARS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE REVELATN ME TO LIGHT WHILE HE WAS TAKG PART A PANEL DISCSN WH SOME OF THE SHOW'S CREATORS AND STARS AT THE LOS ANGEL LGBT CENTER JANUARY. TOMMY SAYS HE FELT PELLED TO SHARE THE ANECDOTE BEE HE HAD RECENTLY OPENED UP TO A CLOSE FAY MEMBER ABOUT . AND FOR THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR, HE SHARED WH ME WHAT ’S BEEN LIKE TO BRG THIS CHARACTER TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS GAEL TO YOU?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TOMMY MARTEZ: WHEN I FIRST READ — THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN — I SAID, "THIS IS ME." NOT EXACTLY RELATG HIS BISEXUALY TO MY SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE BUT EVERYTHG ELSE JT FELT LIKE ME. FOR STANCE, THE WAY THAT HE WOULD SPEAK AND THROUGHOUT THAT MONTH-LONG EXPERIENCE OF DNG I REALLY JT SANK MYSELF TO HIS SHO, TO HIS LIFE, AND REALLY RELATED TO HIM. I FEEL AS THOUGH I’M SO PARALLEL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THAT WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO THE ROLE? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: WH ANY OF THE OTHER ROL, 'S NOT SOMETHG THAT ATTRACTED ME. IT'S JT SOMETHG THAT ME TO ME OM THE AGENT'S OFFICE. THEY JT SEND OUT TO YOU, AND THEN I READ THE CHARACTER SCRIPTN AND, WH GOOD TROUBLE, WH GAEL MARTEZ, HE'S AN ARTIST TRYG TO BALANCE HIS ARTISTIC PABILI WH A REAL JOB THAT'LL KEEP HIM AFLOAT. I KD OF HAD THAT SAME EXPERIENCE OUT HERE [ LOS ANGEL]. I DID PRETTY WELL MOLG FOR A TIME, BUT THAT WAS JT TO PAY RENT. WHEN THAT SLOWED DOWN, I DIDN'T WANT TO BURN A HOLE MY POCKET, AND I STILL WANTED TO TAKE ACTG CLASS, WHICH N BE VERY EXPENSIVE. ACTUALLY, RIGHT DOWN THE STREET, ZQUé, THAT RTRANT THERE? I WORKED THERE AS A WAER. THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I WOULD WORK THERE TO HELP PAY RENT AND ALSO PAY FOR MY ACTG CLASS. I REMEMBER, EVEN WH SHAMELS AND RIVERDALE, THAT'S WHERE I GOT MY LL. I WAS WORKG THE FLOOR, AND THEN I'D FEEL MY PHONE START VIBRATG, AND I'D SEE THAT 'S MY AGENT. SO I'D N OVER TO THE BATHROOM AND ANSWER . SHE'S LIKE, "YOU'RE BOOKED FOR RIVERDALE." I WAS LIKE, "FUCK!" IT'S JT SANE.GETTY IMAGGOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ST OF GOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: YOU WERE TALKG ON A PANEL RECENTLY, AND YOU REVEALED THAT YOU HAD A SAME-SEX EXPERIENCE YEARS AGO. WHY DID YOU FEEL FORTABLE THAT MOMENT TO SHARE THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: TWO WEEKS BEFORE, I WAS ON VATN, AND ONE OF MY FAY MEMBERS WAS SCTIZED FOR SOMETHG THAT HAD HAPPENED A UPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHICH HAPPENED TO BE HIM AND ANOTHER BOY. HE WAS KD OF BEG MA FUN OF FOR , AND HE HAD A MELT DOWN WHILE WE WERE ON THIS VATN. I HAD NEVER SEEN HIM LIKE THAT BEFORE, AND FUCKG BROKE MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU THK IF YOU JT HAD AN EXPERIENCE WH A MAN, THEN YOU'RE EHER GAY OR YOU'RE BISEXUAL. SAME THG WH SOME OF THE ARTICL THAT ME OUT AFTER THAT PANEL. IT WAS LIKE, "A BISEXUAL [ACTOR] REPRENTG A BISEXUAL," AND THAT WASN'T THE SE AT ALL … RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT UP ON THE PANEL, I TURNED OVER TO BRADLEY [BREWEG], ONE OF THE EPS AND ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE SHOW, AND I WAS JT LIKE, "I HAD THIS EXPERIENCE A UPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I WAS WONRG IF I ULD JT TELL THAT STORY TODAY." I JT FELT PELLED TO SAY BEE THAT FAY MEMBER WAS STILL MY MD, AND I FELT LIKE I NEED TO, AND I WANTED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: YOU'VE SAID THAT GROWG UP WH A BIG VENEZUELAN FAY THAT SEXUALY WAS SOMETHG THAT'S NOT REALLY TALKED ABOUT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: I THK THAT PLAYG A CHARACTER LIKE THIS, AND KNOWG THAT PEOPLE OM MY HOMETOWN ARE SEEG , BEE EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYBODY THERE, AND HAVG THAT KD OF EXPOSURE WOULD JT MAKE THAT MUCH EASIER. IT'S LIKE BREAKG DOWN THAT WALL THAT LIKE, "OH, YOU N'T TALK ABOUT ." HERE, I'M FUCKG THROWG OUT AT YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT . AND WE HAVE. WHEN I WENT BACK HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THEY'LL ASK ME, "HOW DO FEEL TO PLAY A BISEXUAL CHARACTER?" I WAS LIKE, "IT'S FE. IT'S FUN. THERE'S NOTHG BAD ABOUT ." IT'S JT TWO HUMANS WHO ARE ATTRACTED, OR ARE TIMATE WH ONE ANOTHER. WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WH THAT? THERE'S NOT A FUCKG PROBLEM WH THAT. SORRY FOR MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF THE CHARACTER YOU PLAY AND WHAT MEANS FOR THE LGBTQ MUNY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: I LEARNED AS I REARCH MORE ABOUT THIS CHARACTER THAT EVEN WH THE LGBTQ MUNY BISEXUALY ISN’T REALLY ACCEPTED, AND THAT’S UPSETTG TO ME BEE ’S LIKE YOU ARE WORKG AGAST THE VERY SAME THGS THAT YOU ARE FIGHTG FOR. THERE’S STILL SO MUCH WORK TO BE DONE AND TO TELL THE KDS OF STORI.FREEFORMHAILIE SAHAR, TOMMY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TRANS ACTOR AND ACTIVIST HAILIE SAHAR PLAYS GAEL'S SISTER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR FAY'S REACTN TO YOU PLAYG THIS CHARACTER? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MY PARENTS, MY SISTERS, AND BROTHER — THEY LOVE THE SHOW. GRANTED, WAS SOMETHG NEW TO SEE ME ON SCREEN HOOK UP WH A GUY, BUT I TOLD THEM THIS IS THE CHARACTER AND THAT’S THAT. SOME OF MY OTHER FAY MEMBERS QUTNED IF I WAS REALLY TO THE GUY THAT I MAKE OUT WH ON SCREEN. I ED A TEACHABLE MOMENT, WHERE I WANTED TO BE KNOWN THAT IF I DID [ENJOY ] THAT SHOULDN’T BE A PROBLEM. I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS CHARACTER BEE 'S HELPG MY FAY TO UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE LIVE DIFFERENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHO IS MORE LIKELY TO GET TO TROUBLE, GAEL OR TOMMY? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: MAYBE ME. I FEEL LIKE GAEL IS A GOOD GUY. HE'S A REALLY GOOD DU. I GET MYSELF TROUBLE, AS , SOME OF THE STUPID SH THAT I DO, LIKE ROCK CLIMBG. PUTTG MYSELF TROUBLE… IT'S A LOT OF DANGERO STUFF. RIDG ON A MOTORCYCLE THIS CRAZY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WAS THERE A TIME EHER DURG SHOOTG OR ONCE THE EPISOS STARTED TO AIR THAT YOU REALIZED THIS CHARACTER WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: IT TOOK A UPLE OF EPISOS TO REALLY FEEL HOW EVERYTHG WAS HAPPENG, AND THEN WAS A WHOLE SEND WAVE THAT H ME ONCE THE SHOW STARTED AIRG — SEEG THE RPONS ON INSTAGRAM, LIKE, "DU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN GOG THROUGH THE SAME KD OF SUATN, AND THIS KD OF GIV ME MORE NFINCE TO BREAK OUT MY SHELL AND TALK ABOUT AS A GAY OR BISEXUAL MAN, OR WOMAN." JT THE RPONSE OF THE FANS WAS — EVEN JT SAYG FANS MAK YOU FEEL CRAZY — WAS ALL SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV NEWS: WHAT DO YOU HOPE PEOPLE TAKE AWAY OM GAEL? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MARTEZ: THE NFINCE TO PH THROUGH LIFE… TO HAVE THAT NFINCE BEG WHO THEY ARE, FULLY AND TLY, AND NOT HAVG TO HAVE ANY STRAPS KEEPG YOU BACK OM BEG JT THAT. IF SOMEONE IS THAT SAME POSN AS GAEL, THE STORY'S NOT OVER. 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The documentary seri – which clud episos such as “I’m Gay and I’m Gettg Married” and “I Have Gay Parents” – highlighted LGBTQ issu for viewers to watch and unrstand. In the world of “Teen Wolf, ” homophobia don’t exist. Which is why LGBT activist and Human Rights Campaign -founr David Benr me up wh the ia for "Playg Gay: How Ameri Came Out on Televisn, " the new documentary he's tryg to fund via Kickstarter by Augt 18, terviews om actors and creators om shows like "Glee, " "Transparent, " "Orange is the New Black, " "Empire, " "My So Called Life, " "Ellen" and "Will & Grace, " the film is gog to follow the ways that LGBT people on our TV screens helped the untry's perceptn of the muny change for the better.
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