Andy Cohen Brgs Gay Hearts to Fox's Love Connectn

CHUCK WOOLERY: EX-'LOVE CONNECTN'-HOST BELIEV GAYS, BLACKS 'DON'T NEED CIVIL RIGHTS'
LOVE CONNECTN BRGS GAY LOVE BACK TO NETWORK TV
ANDY COHEN BRGS GAY HEARTS TO FOX'S LOVE CONNECTN
ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW "LOVE CONNECTN," REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW"LOVE CONNECTN" BUTS TONIGHT ON FOX AT 9/{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;}TVBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017/10:33 {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;}FOXBY CODY GOHLMAY 25, 2017 / 10:33 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"ANDY COHEN TALKS NEW \"LOVE CONNECTN,\" REVEALS DETAILS ABOUT GAY DAT ON THE SHOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-25T14:33:26.000+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":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{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;}AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S PREMIERE OF THE REVAMPED VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN, HOST ANDY COHEN HAS OPENED UP ABOUT SOME OF THE REBOOT'S BIGGT CHANG, CLUDG S CLN OF 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;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOX'S VERSN OF LOVE CONNECTN BORROWS A LOT OM S PRECSOR, WHICH RAN OM THE EARLY 1980S THROUGH THE EARLY '90S UNR THE CHARMG LEAD OF HOST CHUCK WOOLERY. THE PREMISE WAS SIMPLE: SGL WOULD GO ON DAT WH POTENTIAL SUORS AFTER WATCHG THEIR VIO-TAPED BS AND THEN E ON THE SHOW TO DISCS THE DAT WH {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;}THOUGH THE NEW LOVE CONNECTN WILL KEEP THIS BASIC STCTURE, 'S MORNIZG THE FORMAT WH SH PRIZ, THE OPTN TO HAVE A ROMANTIC OVERNIGHT AND THE STG OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS COHEN'S IA TO BRG LGBT NTTANTS ONTO THE GAME SHOW ORR TO CREASE QUEER VISIBILY ON WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S 2017, AND THEY SHOULD JT BE TREATED THE EXACT SAME WAY AS I’M TREATG EVERYONE ELSE," COHEN TOLD THE ADVOTE OF THE GAY AND LBIAN NTTANTS. "I THK ’S JT KD OF THIS POST-GAY WORLD THAT WE LIVE , WHERE ’S JT ANOTHER PART OF THIS DATG SHOW."{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;}"THE MORE VISIBILY, THE BETTER," HE NTUED. "A WORK SHOW WHERE YOU HAVE GAY PEOPLE DATG? I THK ’S GREAT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE GAY NTTANTS IS LIZ BAXTER. WHILE THE 32-YEAR-OLD SAID SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THE SHOW TO BE A REPRENTATIVE OF THE LGBT MUNY, SHE'S SCE E AROUND TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE THIS POSN, BUT I’M SUPER PROUD OF BEG GAY, SO I’M HAPPY TO BE AN ADVOTE ANY WAY," BAXTER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT’S A PERFECT TIME TO SAY, 'WE’RE HERE. WE’RE A PART OF THE MASTREAM MUNY. WE’RE ON TV. AND WE’RE NOT GOG AWAY,'" BAXTER ADD. "IT’S AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT THAT WE KEEP STEPPG UP AS GAY DIVIDUALS AND SAYG, 'THIS IS . WE’RE NORMAL. I FEEL MORE EMPOWERED NOW THAN EVER.'"{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;}LOVE CONNECTN BUTS TONIGHT ON FOX AT 9/8C. WATCH THE TRAILER {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;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

CHUCK WOOLERY: EX-'LOVE CONNECTN'-HOST BELIEV GAYS, BLACKS 'DON'T NEED CIVIL RIGHTS'

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LOVE CONNECTN BRGS GAY LOVE BACK TO NETWORK TV

Court of Appeals was wrong to fd the anti-gay marriage California Proposn 8 unnstutnal. Acrdg to The Huffgton Post, he claimed that gays and Ain-Amerins don’t need civil rights or legal protectns agast discrimatn. Love Connectn is back -- and 's gayer than Fox datg show broke the rabow glass ceilg last year when troduced queer daters for the first time the anchise's history.