From Anne Hathaway to Lena Dunham, we look at the celebri pavg the way advotg gay, bisexual and transgenr rights
Contents:
- 10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- 13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
- 10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- CELEBRI SHARE THEIR REACTNS TO THE GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY
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. * celebrities that support gay marriage *
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.
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.
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.
13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
Here is a list of celebri who have been outspoken when to gay rights and who have dited time and rourc to the e. * celebrities that support gay marriage *
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.
His acceptance speech discsed the misnceptns people have often have about him beg gay. "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. I love gay people, so I'm not gog to be sulted or angry by beg lled gay.
10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
* celebrities that support gay marriage *
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.
CELEBRI SHARE THEIR REACTNS TO THE GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY
Before the natnwi legalizatn of gay marriage, the actor donated $100, 000 to the Human Rights Campaign 2012 to support the anizatn's same-sex marriage efforts. The pop sger lnched the Born This Way Foundatn, an anti-bullyg nonprof anizatn, 2012, the name of which plays off of her h sgle "Born This Way" which featur empowerg lyrics such as "No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lbian, transgenered life / I'm on the right track baby / I was born to survive.
Lady Gaga has also exprsed her support for the LGBT muny on numero other platforms, cludg on stage, durg terviews and at gay pri ralli.
In 2009, the sger told Out magaze that she wanted to "ject gay culture to the mastream, " sayg, "When I started the mastream was the gays that lifted me up. I mted myself to them and they mted themselv to me, and bee of the gay muny I'm where I am today. The edian has been workg to advance gay rights sce the 1990s and was dubbed a "pneer" for the LGBT muny by fellow gay actrs Jane Lynch.