He gaed a few unexpected fans the gay muny today, but the notorly God-fearg quarterback sred off the very supporters who saw him as a Christian celebry — they're llg his about-face on an anti-gay marriage pastor "disastro."
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10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
From Miley Cys to Anne Hathaway, the stars have all taken stris advotg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights. * celebrity gay marriage supporters *
From Miley Cys to Anne Hathaway, the stars have all taken stris advotg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights. The actrs me out as gay durg the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive nference 2014, durg which she gave a powerful 8-mute speech about the ternal turmoil she endured as a closeted actrs Hollywood. Sce her public g out, Page has ma strong efforts to brg LGBT issu to the foreont, servg as host of Vice's upg travel seri Gaytn (for which Page will vis ci around the world and explore different perceptns of LGBT culture) and takg on the role of an out gay woman Freeheld, a romance drama centered on the fight for gay rights.
FORMERLY ANTI-GAY CELEBS WHO SWCHED SIS
Here is a list of celebri who have been outspoken when to gay rights and who have dited time and rourc to the e. * celebrity gay marriage supporters *
In an terview wh Time, Page also revealed that she is currently workg on two upg projects that will have gay storyl. On the lack of reprentatn of mory groups Hollywood, she said, "I want to see gay stori, of urse, bee I’m gay, and I want to nnect to a reflectn of my life on film.
From Anne Hathaway to Lena Dunham, we look at the celebri pavg the way advotg gay, bisexual and transgenr rights * celebrity gay marriage supporters *
Hathaway, who is sister to a gay brother and has proudly spoken out about her fay's acceptance of his sexualy, was a recipient of the Human Rights Campaign Ally Award 2008. "There are people who have said that I’m beg brave for beg openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoptn — basilly of gay rights — but wh all due rpect, I humbly dissent, " Hathaway said durg her acceptance speech. "I feel like a wonrful thg about our future will be that there will be nothg remarkable a straight actor sayg that he supports gay rights.
This list ntas rmatn about formerly anti-gay celebri who swched sis, loosely ranked by fame and populary. Several famo actors, ... * celebrity gay marriage supporters *
In 2011, the actor was also honored wh the Hero Award by the Trevor Project, a nonprof anizatn that supports sexual mory youth, 2011 for beg an spiratn to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr teens.
Durg her acceptance speech, Dunham lled the moment her younger sister me out as gay as a "huge turng pot for me my unrstandg of the issu facg LGBTQ people. " She add that her goal on Girls, which portrays several gay characters, is to show "non-stereotypil exampl of a wi range of people. Prr to the Supreme Court's cisn to legalize gay marriage this June, Dunham and boyiend Jack Antonoff had also publicly ma known that they wouldn't be tyg the knot until same-sex marriage was legal all 50 stat.
"Often, there's a misnceptn that if someone studi the arts or is to mil theatre, that they are gay, as if beg gay is a negative, " he said. As a straight man standg up for the LGBT muny, I feel a sense of rponsibily to make sure that people know that beg gay is not a negative.