I thk Meghan McCa speaks for all when we say we NEVER want to hear about Heather Gay’s mystery black eye on the Real Hoewiv of Salt Lake Cy ever aga. Yep, the former The View -host Meghan slammed RHOSLC and Heather for draggg this storyle out over several weeks — and still givg […]
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- MEGHAN MCCA DISH TO PLAYBOY ON GAY RUMORS, CALLS BRISTOL PAL "CONFED"
- JOY BEHAR STUNS MEGHAN MCCA WH 'APPROPRIATE JOKE' ABOUT FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
- MEGHAN MCCA: 'BEG A REPUBLIN WHO SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE IS A BCH'
- MEGHAN MCCA SLAMS REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY’S HEATHER GAY OVER “STUPID” BLACK EYE STORYLE
- DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?"[SHE] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”{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 MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019/2:15 {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:2547PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGTHE VIEW - CHRIS CHRISTIE IS THE GUT ON ABC'S "THE VIEW" WEDNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019. "THE VIEW" AIRS MONDAY-FRIDAY (11:00 AM-12:00 NOON, ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (PHOTO BY HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)MEGHAN MCCAINBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019 / 2:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+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":"MIKE MIKSCHE","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;}THIS WEEKEND, THE VIEW'S MEGHAN MCCA WILL BE AWARD THE HARVEY MILK FOUNDATN LILLA WATSON MEDAL, PART FOR HER ADVOCY FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY. NO DOUBT, MCCA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STANDG UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE: SHE SUPPORTED THE GAY MUNY AT THE LOG CAB REPUBLINS’ NATNAL NVENTN, POSED FOR THE NOH8 MPAIGN AGAST PROP 8, AND WAS A PART OF GLAAD’S NATNAL BOARD OF {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;}BUT MCCA IS AN UNLIKELY LGBTQ ALLY FOR MANY: SHE’S A PRO-LIFE REPUBLIN AND "PROUD NRA MEMBER" WHO WAS RECENTLY HAVG OUT ON TWTER WH QUEER EYE’S BOBBY BERK OVER THE GREEN NEW DEAL. WHILE MANY PROGRSIVE QUEER PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERLOOK THE FACTS, WHAT N'T BE IGNORED IS MCCA'S FIERCE ADMIRATN FOR RONALD REAGAN. SHE'S REFERRED TO THE LATE PRINT AS HER “ULTIMATE IN” AND REFERENCED HIM ON THE VIEW MORE THAN ONCE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S WILY NSIRED A VILLA BY MANY LGBTQ FOLKS FOR HIS HANDLG OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC 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;}SO, N SOMEONE LIKE MCCA REVERE REAGAN AND ALSO BE NSIRED A QUEER ALLY? MOREOVER, DO THE LGBTQ MUNY BENEF OM RECEIVG SUPPORT— WHATEVER FORM TAK—OM NSERVATIV SUCH AS MCCA?{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;}MCCA SE A DIFFERENT REAGAN THAN MANY QUEER PEOPLE. IN A 2009 ARTICLE FOR THE DAILY BEAST, SHE URGED REPUBLINS TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, ARGUG THAT ’S LE WH THE VALU AND SELF-TERT OF NSERVATIV. IN THE PIECE, SHE PRAISED REAGAN AS AN LGBTQ HERO, CG HIS OPPOSN OF A 1978 BALLOT IATIVE THAT WOULD’VE PREVENTED LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN NTRAST, MCCA RAILED AGAST PRINT BARACK OBAMA, WHO DIDN’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AT THE TIME. (HE WOULD LATER BEE A CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.){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 TE THAT REAGAN FOUGHT AGAST A HOMOPHOBIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, BUT MCCA’S ARTICLE OMS THE PRINT’S GREATT STA ON QUEER HISTORY: IT TOOK FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FIRST HIV TRANSMISSN FOR REAGAN TO MENTN AIDS PUBLICLY SEPTEMBER 1985. AT THAT POT, 5,636 AMERINS HAD ALREADY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS, AND THE EPIMIC WAS RECEIVG NATNWI ATTENTN OM EVERYONE BUT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD.DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUS PRINT RONALD W. REAGAN SPEAKG AT A FUNDRAISER FOR SENATE CANDIDATE LDA CHAVEZ'S MPAIGN. (PHOTO BY DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/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;}“HE IS ONE OF THE PERSONS MOST RPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWG THE PLAGUE OF AIDS TO GROW OM 41 S 1981 TO OVER 70 LN TODAY,” ACT UP FOUNR LARRY KRAMER WROTE 2007. “HE REFED TO EVEN SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF HIS PRINCY AND WHEN HE DID SPEAK ABOUT , WAS WH DISDA.”{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;}FOR MCCA TO SO STRONGLY IDOLIZE THIS FIGURE IS NGENT WH HER ADVOCY FOR QUEER RIGHTS. THE IRONY MAY HAVE BEEN BT PTURED A PHOTO OF MCCA WEARG A “SILENCE = DEATH” T-SHIRT, AN ACT UP SLOGAN THAT WAS BORN OUT OF REAGAN’S FIERCE NEGLECT OF THE HIV/AIDS {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 GET , I TOTALLY GET ,” MARK S. KG, HIV/AIDS ADVOTE, WRER AND CREATOR OF THE BLOG, MY FABULO DISEASE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT MCCA’S ADMIRATN FOR REAGAN. KG WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985 AND LIVED THROUGH THE REAGAN-ERA. STILL, HE BELIEV THAT HAVG THE SUPPORT OM “SOMEONE WHO OPERAT WH THE NSERVATIVE LANDSPE” IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR 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 THK THAT IS TREMENDOLY IMPORTANT, AND I THK THAT [MCCA] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAIDS PROTT ONT OF THE WHE HOE. ACT UP ACTIVISTS HANG A "SILENCE = ATH" BANNER ON THE WHE HOE GAT. (PHOTO BY JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA 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;}KG BELIEV THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE LIM THEMSELV IF THEY EXPECT ALLI TO TICK EVERY BOX. “I WILL TAKE ALLI FOR MY ISSUE, WHICH IS LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIV,” KG SAYS. “I WILL TAKE ALLI WHEREVER I MIGHT FD THEM.”{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;}AND KG IS NOT {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;}“EQUALY IS NO LONGER A PARTISAN ISSUE,” SARAH KATE ELLIS, PRINT AND CEO OF GLAAD, SAID A STATEMENT WHEN MCCA HAD JOED THEIR NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014. “FOR YEARS, MEGHAN MCCA HAS LENT HER VOICE AND PLATFORM TO SPREADG MSAG OF ACCEPTANCE ACROSS PARTY L. NOW, AS THE AMERIN SOUTH AND OUR HEARTLAND MOVE CLOSER TO LGBT EQUALY, ’S CRIL THAT WE NTUE TO BUILD THE BRIDG THAT UNE OUR MON GROUND—WHETHER YOU’RE REPUBLIN OR DEMOCRAT, GAY OR STRAIGHT.”{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 IS DIFFICULT FOR ONE TO ARGUE AGAST MCCA’S NSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, WHICH HAS NTUED TO HER TENURE ON THE VIEW. ON THE SHOW, SHE HAS EXPRSED SUPPORT FOR QUEER FAI; STOOD UP FOR WHAT BEME A NTROVERSIAL SAME-SEX KISS DURG LAST YEAR’S MACY’S THANKSGIVG DAY PARA; AND BELIEV SEX-POSIVY, FENDG PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE PROMISCUO—A TERM HURLED AT GAY MEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY—AND MAKG -HOSTS JOY BEHAR AND SUNNY HOST E OFF {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;}BUT A SOBERG FACT REMAS: FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF NSERVATIVE REPUBLINS STILL OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 30% WHO OPPOSE . FIFTY-NE PERCENT OF THEM BELIEVE THAT SMALL BS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REFE SERVIC TO LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE ON RELIG GROUNDS, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 33%. IF NSERVATIVE ALLI ARE HELPG TO PROGRS ACCEPTANCE WHEN TO THE ISSU, THE LGBTQ MUNY WOULD NO DOUBT BE BETTER FOR {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;}“IF MEGHAN MCCA WAS STG ACROSS OM ME, THE FIRST THG I WOULD DO IS THANK HER FOR HER SUPPORT OF LGBTQ RIGHTS,” KG SAYS, “AND THEN HAVE A NVERSATN ABOUT REAGAN.”{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
MEGHAN MCCA DISH TO PLAYBOY ON GAY RUMORS, CALLS BRISTOL PAL "CONFED"
ABC's "The View" -host Joy Behar shocked lleague Meghan McCa on Tuday wh an "appropriate" gay joke that she later urged viewers to simply pretend never happened. * megan mccain gay *
Meghan did, however, clear up a few thgs about her personal life—like addrsg those gay mors. "I'd be the first person to tell the world I was gay.
JOY BEHAR STUNS MEGHAN MCCA WH 'APPROPRIATE JOKE' ABOUT FIRST OPENLY GAY NFL PLAYER
Meghan McCa: Beg A Pro-Gay Marriage Republin Is A 'Bch' * megan mccain gay *
While she's ed to beg h on by women, on the subject of gay marriage, she let be known she's a live-and-let-live kd of gal unlike many of her nservative lleagu. And if you see me a gay bar, 's only bee they play the bt mic and my gay iends like to dance, " the polil lumnist said.
MEGHAN MCCA: 'BEG A REPUBLIN WHO SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE IS A BCH'
"Gay guys love me. Dpe her profsed polil party’s origal posn on certa social issu like gay marriage, McCa openly spoke out favor of LGBT rights.
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MEGHAN MCCA SLAMS REAL HOEWIV OF SALT LAKE CY’S HEATHER GAY OVER “STUPID” BLACK EYE STORYLE
"Of all the progrs gay men have ma sce I me out.
DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?"[SHE] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”{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 MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019/2:15 {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:2547PX;WIDTH:3000PX;}HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAGTHE VIEW - CHRIS CHRISTIE IS THE GUT ON ABC'S "THE VIEW" WEDNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019. "THE VIEW" AIRS MONDAY-FRIDAY (11:00 AM-12:00 NOON, ET) ON THE ABC TELEVISN NETWORK. (PHOTO BY HEIDI GUTMAN/ABC VIA GETTY IMAG)MEGHAN MCCAINBY MIKE MIKSCHEMARCH 27, 2019 / 2:15 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DO WE NEED MORE LGBTQ ALLI LIKE MEGHAN MCCA?","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2019-03-27T18:15:34.000+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":"MIKE MIKSCHE","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;}THIS WEEKEND, THE VIEW'S MEGHAN MCCA WILL BE AWARD THE HARVEY MILK FOUNDATN LILLA WATSON MEDAL, PART FOR HER ADVOCY FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY. NO DOUBT, MCCA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF STANDG UP FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE: SHE SUPPORTED THE GAY MUNY AT THE LOG CAB REPUBLINS’ NATNAL NVENTN, POSED FOR THE NOH8 MPAIGN AGAST PROP 8, AND WAS A PART OF GLAAD’S NATNAL BOARD OF {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;}BUT MCCA IS AN UNLIKELY LGBTQ ALLY FOR MANY: SHE’S A PRO-LIFE REPUBLIN AND "PROUD NRA MEMBER" WHO WAS RECENTLY HAVG OUT ON TWTER WH QUEER EYE’S BOBBY BERK OVER THE GREEN NEW DEAL. WHILE MANY PROGRSIVE QUEER PEOPLE MAY BE ABLE TO OVERLOOK THE FACTS, WHAT N'T BE IGNORED IS MCCA'S FIERCE ADMIRATN FOR RONALD REAGAN. SHE'S REFERRED TO THE LATE PRINT AS HER “ULTIMATE IN” AND REFERENCED HIM ON THE VIEW MORE THAN ONCE, EVEN THOUGH HE'S WILY NSIRED A VILLA BY MANY LGBTQ FOLKS FOR HIS HANDLG OF THE HIV/AIDS EPIMIC 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;}SO, N SOMEONE LIKE MCCA REVERE REAGAN AND ALSO BE NSIRED A QUEER ALLY? MOREOVER, DO THE LGBTQ MUNY BENEF OM RECEIVG SUPPORT— WHATEVER FORM TAK—OM NSERVATIV SUCH AS MCCA?{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;}MCCA SE A DIFFERENT REAGAN THAN MANY QUEER PEOPLE. IN A 2009 ARTICLE FOR THE DAILY BEAST, SHE URGED REPUBLINS TO SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALY, ARGUG THAT ’S LE WH THE VALU AND SELF-TERT OF NSERVATIV. IN THE PIECE, SHE PRAISED REAGAN AS AN LGBTQ HERO, CG HIS OPPOSN OF A 1978 BALLOT IATIVE THAT WOULD’VE PREVENTED LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE OM TEACHG PUBLIC SCHOOLS. IN NTRAST, MCCA RAILED AGAST PRINT BARACK OBAMA, WHO DIDN’T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE AT THE TIME. (HE WOULD LATER BEE A CHAMPN FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS.){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 TE THAT REAGAN FOUGHT AGAST A HOMOPHOBIC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL, BUT MCCA’S ARTICLE OMS THE PRINT’S GREATT STA ON QUEER HISTORY: IT TOOK FOUR YEARS AFTER THE FIRST HIV TRANSMISSN FOR REAGAN TO MENTN AIDS PUBLICLY SEPTEMBER 1985. AT THAT POT, 5,636 AMERINS HAD ALREADY DIED OF AIDS-RELATED PLITNS, AND THE EPIMIC WAS RECEIVG NATNWI ATTENTN OM EVERYONE BUT THE LEAR OF THE EE WORLD.DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGUS PRINT RONALD W. REAGAN SPEAKG AT A FUNDRAISER FOR SENATE CANDIDATE LDA CHAVEZ'S MPAIGN. (PHOTO BY DIRCK HALSTEAD/THE LIFE IMAG COLLECTN/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;}“HE IS ONE OF THE PERSONS MOST RPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWG THE PLAGUE OF AIDS TO GROW OM 41 S 1981 TO OVER 70 LN TODAY,” ACT UP FOUNR LARRY KRAMER WROTE 2007. “HE REFED TO EVEN SAY THE WORD OUT LOUD FOR THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF HIS PRINCY AND WHEN HE DID SPEAK ABOUT , WAS WH DISDA.”{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;}FOR MCCA TO SO STRONGLY IDOLIZE THIS FIGURE IS NGENT WH HER ADVOCY FOR QUEER RIGHTS. THE IRONY MAY HAVE BEEN BT PTURED A PHOTO OF MCCA WEARG A “SILENCE = DEATH” T-SHIRT, AN ACT UP SLOGAN THAT WAS BORN OUT OF REAGAN’S FIERCE NEGLECT OF THE HIV/AIDS {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 GET , I TOTALLY GET ,” MARK S. KG, HIV/AIDS ADVOTE, WRER AND CREATOR OF THE BLOG, MY FABULO DISEASE, TELLS NEWNOWNEXT ABOUT MCCA’S ADMIRATN FOR REAGAN. KG WAS DIAGNOSED WH HIV 1985 AND LIVED THROUGH THE REAGAN-ERA. STILL, HE BELIEV THAT HAVG THE SUPPORT OM “SOMEONE WHO OPERAT WH THE NSERVATIVE LANDSPE” IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR 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 THK THAT IS TREMENDOLY IMPORTANT, AND I THK THAT [MCCA] HAS THE ABILY TO MOVE THE BALL FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE A WAY THAT NO LOG CAB REPUBLIN ULD EVER DREAM OF.”JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA GETTY IMAGAIDS PROTT ONT OF THE WHE HOE. ACT UP ACTIVISTS HANG A "SILENCE = ATH" BANNER ON THE WHE HOE GAT. (PHOTO BY JEFEY MARKOWZ/SYGMA VIA 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;}KG BELIEV THAT LGBTQ PEOPLE LIM THEMSELV IF THEY EXPECT ALLI TO TICK EVERY BOX. “I WILL TAKE ALLI FOR MY ISSUE, WHICH IS LGBTQ RIGHTS AND HIV,” KG SAYS. “I WILL TAKE ALLI WHEREVER I MIGHT FD THEM.”{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;}AND KG IS NOT {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;}“EQUALY IS NO LONGER A PARTISAN ISSUE,” SARAH KATE ELLIS, PRINT AND CEO OF GLAAD, SAID A STATEMENT WHEN MCCA HAD JOED THEIR NATNAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014. “FOR YEARS, MEGHAN MCCA HAS LENT HER VOICE AND PLATFORM TO SPREADG MSAG OF ACCEPTANCE ACROSS PARTY L. NOW, AS THE AMERIN SOUTH AND OUR HEARTLAND MOVE CLOSER TO LGBT EQUALY, ’S CRIL THAT WE NTUE TO BUILD THE BRIDG THAT UNE OUR MON GROUND—WHETHER YOU’RE REPUBLIN OR DEMOCRAT, GAY OR STRAIGHT.”{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 IS DIFFICULT FOR ONE TO ARGUE AGAST MCCA’S NSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE LGBTQ MUNY, WHICH HAS NTUED TO HER TENURE ON THE VIEW. ON THE SHOW, SHE HAS EXPRSED SUPPORT FOR QUEER FAI; STOOD UP FOR WHAT BEME A NTROVERSIAL SAME-SEX KISS DURG LAST YEAR’S MACY’S THANKSGIVG DAY PARA; AND BELIEV SEX-POSIVY, FENDG PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO BE PROMISCUO—A TERM HURLED AT GAY MEN THROUGHOUT HISTORY—AND MAKG -HOSTS JOY BEHAR AND SUNNY HOST E OFF {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;}BUT A SOBERG FACT REMAS: FIFTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF NSERVATIVE REPUBLINS STILL OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 30% WHO OPPOSE . FIFTY-NE PERCENT OF THEM BELIEVE THAT SMALL BS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REFE SERVIC TO LBIAN AND GAY PEOPLE ON RELIG GROUNDS, PARED TO THE NATNAL AVERAGE OF 33%. IF NSERVATIVE ALLI ARE HELPG TO PROGRS ACCEPTANCE WHEN TO THE ISSU, THE LGBTQ MUNY WOULD NO DOUBT BE BETTER FOR {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;}“IF MEGHAN MCCA WAS STG ACROSS OM ME, THE FIRST THG I WOULD DO IS THANK HER FOR HER SUPPORT OF LGBTQ RIGHTS,” KG SAYS, “AND THEN HAVE A NVERSATN ABOUT REAGAN.”{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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