Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker and Rachel Griffhs will star "When We Rise," ABC's gay rights movement event seri om wrer Dt Lance Black.
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- GUY PEARCE: “IT’S DANGERO” TO CAST ACTORS BASED ON SEXUALY OR GENR"PEOPLE LOVE TO BE OFFEND," SAYS THE "PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DERT" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 25, 2018/2:03 {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:2086PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09: GUY PEARCE ATTENDS THE BUILD SERI TO DISCS HIS NEW FILM 'BRIMSTONE' AT BUILD STUD ON MARCH 9, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGE)BY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 25, 2018 / 2:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GUY PEARCE: “IT’S DANGERO” TO CAST ACTORS BASED ON SEXUALY OR GENR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-25T18:03:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-25T18:03:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUY PEARCE HAS ADDRSED THE RECENT NTROVERSIAL STG OF STRAIGHT CISGENR ACTORS SUCH AS SRLETT JOHANSSON AS A TRANS MAN THE FILM RUB & TUG AND JACK WHEHALL AS A MPY GAY CHARACTER DISNEY'S LIVE-ACTN JUNGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE MEMORABLY PLAYED ATRALIAN DRAG QUEEN FELICIA JOLLYGOODFELLOW THE H 1994 MOVIE THE ADVENTUR OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DERT. BUT THE 50-YEAR-OLD ACTOR, WHO STARRED ALONGSI HUGO WEAVG AND TERENCE STAMP, ISN'T SURE THREE STRAIGHT ACTORS WOULD BE ST AS THOSE SAME QUEER CHARACTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE PPED A B OF FLAK AT THE TIME: ‘WHY ARE THERE THREE STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG THREE GAY ROL?’ IT’S A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO GET TO," PEARCE TELLS THE GUARDIAN.PRISCILLA/GRAMERCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE ALSO RPONDS TO A QUTN ABOUT WHETHER 'S DANGERO TO ALLOW ONLY CERTA ACTORS TO PLAY CERTA ROL BEE OF THEIR GENR OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DO THK ’S DANGERO, PERSONALLY,” HE SAYS. “I FEEL, LIKE, ANY OF THIS SORT OF STUFF, YOU HAVE TO TAKE EACH SUATN..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK RILIENCE IS GOG OUT THE WDOW, WHICH IS A SHAME," PEARCE NTU. "PEOPLE LOVE TO BE OFFEND, WHICH IS A REALLY OFFENSIVE THG TO SAY. SOMEBODY IS GOG TO BE OFFEND BY ME SAYG THAT."MEERA FOX/GETTY IMAGSAN FRANCISCO, CA-JUNE 25: ACTOR GUY PEARCE APPEARS DURG SAN FRANCIS GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 25, 2017 SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MEERA FOX/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE SAYS THAT “EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHG THEMSELV THEY FEEL IS AGILE, LITE, MISUNRSTOOD, NOT HEARD, AND WE WANT THAT PART OF OURSELV TO BE HEARD. WE’RE NOT RELATG TO EACH OTHER, WE’RE JT ALL GOG: ‘I NEED TO BE HEARD NOW AND I’M GOG TO BE OFFEND UNTIL I’M HEARD.’ AND IF YOU ST THAT PERSON THAT ROLE: ‘I’M NOT HEARD, THEREFORE I’M OFFEND, THEREFORE THAT’S WRONG, END OF NVERSATN.’"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT’S HAPPENG TO ?" PEARCE ASKS. “THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HIOLY OFFENSIVE OUT THERE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRSED, BUT THERE’S A WHOLE GAMUT OF STUFF AND [PEOPLE JUMP] ON BANDWAGONS AND ’S REALLY HARD FOR ALL OF TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE'S LATT PROJECT, THE SUPERNATURAL BRISH SERI THE INNOCENTS, IS NOW STREAMG 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
- GUY PEARCE, MARY-LOUISE PARKER, RACHEL GRIFFHS TO STAR ABC GAY RIGHTS MISERI ‘WHEN WE RISE’
- IS GUY PEARCE GAY? GET MORE INFORMATN ABOUT HIS LIFE!
GUY PEARCE: “IT’S DANGERO” TO CAST ACTORS BASED ON SEXUALY OR GENR"PEOPLE LOVE TO BE OFFEND," SAYS THE "PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DERT" {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 25, 2018/2:03 {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:2086PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGENEW YORK, NY - MARCH 09: GUY PEARCE ATTENDS THE BUILD SERI TO DISCS HIS NEW FILM 'BRIMSTONE' AT BUILD STUD ON MARCH 9, 2017 NEW YORK CY. (PHOTO BY DANIEL ZUCHNIK/WIREIMAGE)BY BRANDON VOSSAUGT 25, 2018 / 2:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GUY PEARCE: “IT’S DANGERO” TO CAST ACTORS BASED ON SEXUALY OR GENR","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-08-25T18:03:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-08-25T18:03:33.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GUY PEARCE HAS ADDRSED THE RECENT NTROVERSIAL STG OF STRAIGHT CISGENR ACTORS SUCH AS SRLETT JOHANSSON AS A TRANS MAN THE FILM RUB & TUG AND JACK WHEHALL AS A MPY GAY CHARACTER DISNEY'S LIVE-ACTN JUNGLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE MEMORABLY PLAYED ATRALIAN DRAG QUEEN FELICIA JOLLYGOODFELLOW THE H 1994 MOVIE THE ADVENTUR OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DERT. BUT THE 50-YEAR-OLD ACTOR, WHO STARRED ALONGSI HUGO WEAVG AND TERENCE STAMP, ISN'T SURE THREE STRAIGHT ACTORS WOULD BE ST AS THOSE SAME QUEER CHARACTERS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE PPED A B OF FLAK AT THE TIME: ‘WHY ARE THERE THREE STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG THREE GAY ROL?’ IT’S A DIFFICULT SUBJECT TO GET TO," PEARCE TELLS THE GUARDIAN.PRISCILLA/GRAMERCY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE ALSO RPONDS TO A QUTN ABOUT WHETHER 'S DANGERO TO ALLOW ONLY CERTA ACTORS TO PLAY CERTA ROL BEE OF THEIR GENR OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I DO THK ’S DANGERO, PERSONALLY,” HE SAYS. “I FEEL, LIKE, ANY OF THIS SORT OF STUFF, YOU HAVE TO TAKE EACH SUATN..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK RILIENCE IS GOG OUT THE WDOW, WHICH IS A SHAME," PEARCE NTU. "PEOPLE LOVE TO BE OFFEND, WHICH IS A REALLY OFFENSIVE THG TO SAY. SOMEBODY IS GOG TO BE OFFEND BY ME SAYG THAT."MEERA FOX/GETTY IMAGSAN FRANCISCO, CA-JUNE 25: ACTOR GUY PEARCE APPEARS DURG SAN FRANCIS GAY PRI PARA ON JUNE 25, 2017 SAN FRANCIS, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY MEERA FOX/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE SAYS THAT “EVERYBODY HAS SOMETHG THEMSELV THEY FEEL IS AGILE, LITE, MISUNRSTOOD, NOT HEARD, AND WE WANT THAT PART OF OURSELV TO BE HEARD. WE’RE NOT RELATG TO EACH OTHER, WE’RE JT ALL GOG: ‘I NEED TO BE HEARD NOW AND I’M GOG TO BE OFFEND UNTIL I’M HEARD.’ AND IF YOU ST THAT PERSON THAT ROLE: ‘I’M NOT HEARD, THEREFORE I’M OFFEND, THEREFORE THAT’S WRONG, END OF NVERSATN.’"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WHAT’S HAPPENG TO ?" PEARCE ASKS. “THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE HIOLY OFFENSIVE OUT THERE AND THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRSED, BUT THERE’S A WHOLE GAMUT OF STUFF AND [PEOPLE JUMP] ON BANDWAGONS AND ’S REALLY HARD FOR ALL OF TO KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR DO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}PEARCE'S LATT PROJECT, THE SUPERNATURAL BRISH SERI THE INNOCENTS, IS NOW STREAMG 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
Guy Pearce has addrsed the recent ntroversial stg of straight cisgenr actors such as Srlett Johansson as a trans man the film Rub & Tug and Jack Whehall as a mpy gay character Disney's live-actn Jungle memorably played Atralian drag queen Felicia Jollygoodfellow the h 1994 movie The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert. "We pped a b of flak at the time: ‘Why are there three straight actors playg three gay rol?
“Image a life lived pletely to the fullt – that was Tarik Pierce, ” said Do Sevilla, -owner of the Ltle Gay Pub another Facebook postg. The film received great acclaim and was also ld for s humane portrayal of gay characters.
Perhaps today's time, Pearce would never have gotten the part bee he is neher gay nor a drag queen real life. Last year, durg an terview, Tom Hanks, who played a gay man sufferg om AIDS Philalphia (1993), for which he won the Osr, claimed that a straight man mt not play a gay man bee dienc wouldn't accept the thenticy. The pot of the craft is to surrenr entirely to the screenplay and bee the Michael Cae said his performance as an alholic morose Brish journalist livg Vietnam The Quiet Amerin was his bt bee there was not a trace of "Michael Cae" mt also be remembered that stg a movie, pecially for the prcipal st, often pends on the market viabily of an reason they st Tom Hanks as a gay man Philalphia was that they knew he would draw dienc to the cemas.
GUY PEARCE, MARY-LOUISE PARKER, RACHEL GRIFFHS TO STAR ABC GAY RIGHTS MISERI ‘WHEN WE RISE’
Perhaps rulted dienc beg more empathetic toward gay people. If an unknown gay actor had played the part, the movie would probably have vanished. Back 1993, Hanks was ld for playg a gay character.
It was even nsired a move of solidary wh the gay an act of bravery back then is now an act of bigotry.
If a role such as Priscilla were to e up aga, would he – a straight man, playg a gay drag artist – be st aga? We pped a b of flak at the time: ‘Why are there three straight actors playg three gay rol? Guy Pearce, Mary-Louise Parker and Rachel Griffhs will star “When We Rise, ” ABC’s gay rights movement event seri om wrer Dt Lance Black, Variety has learned.
IS GUY PEARCE GAY? GET MORE INFORMATN ABOUT HIS LIFE!
The perd piece tells the history of the gay rights movement, startg wh the Stonewall Rts 1969.
Pearce will star as LGBT activist Cleve Jon, who joed the gay liberatn movement 1972 and was beiend by pneer gay rights lear Harvey Milk. Sce breakg out Hollywood, he has worked tirelsly for marriage equaly and gay rights and spoke of the matter, while liverg his acceptance speech at the 2009 Amy Awards for the Harvey Milk bpic that starred Sean Penn. Gay Controversy.