From Anne Hathaway to Lena Dunham, we look at the celebri pavg the way advotg gay, bisexual and transgenr rights
Contents:
- 10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- 14 CELEBRI WHO DON'T REALLY LIKE GAY PEOPLE
- THE MOST ANTI-GAY US POLICIANS
- 10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- FORMERLY ANTI-GAY CELEBS WHO SWCHED SIS
- WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
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"Anyone who's followed my mic knows I'm agast bulli — that's why I hate that f---g bully Tmp — and I hate the ia that a kid who's gay might get s--- for . Wh more and more openly gay celebri gracg the stag at the annual award ceremoni, seems that the old fashned views of the lik of Walt Disney and Charlton Hton are buried along wh them. This is not the se, however, and many the Hollywood ele still like to steal the limelight by ocsnally shockg their terviewers wh some anti-gay sentiments.
Not all of the celebri on this list are explicly “anti-gay”, but they have all at some pot ma clear that they are opposed to the marriage of two people of the same sex. There are many lists out there that claim to have done the same thg, but they ually nfe homophobia wh right-wg views on marriage: the two are not necsarily synonymo. This list is certaly not exhstive – there are many other celebri who have shocked the world wh vrlic ments directed towards gay people - but the celebri on this list are the most proment to openly oppose, what many people nsir, a legimate form of love servg of legal regnn.
A rather nfg aspect of Donald Tmp’s posn is that he has been heard fendg the gay-marriage laws of the USA (note that fense of a law is not fense of a prciple). Ined, Tmp jumped to the fense of a judge who sentenced a man for refg to issue a gay marriage license, notg that “gay marriage is the law of the land. The star of Duck Dynasty, a show that shadows the Robertson fay while they n their bs that mak duck lls, Phil Robertson was actually recently rponsible for the spensn of the show followg some rather ntroversial remarks about gay people.
14 CELEBRI WHO DON'T REALLY LIKE GAY PEOPLE
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His show probably won’t suffer a signifint drop viewership – homosexuals are not renowned for their love of redneck republins – but has st the Robertson’s a signifint amount of advertisg revenue. Once scribed by Sarah Pal as her “favore Baldw brother”, Stephen Baldw is not exactly anti gay unn – he agre civil unns should be allowed – but he jt thks that gays should not be allowed to be married “his” church. One mt wonr what “his” church is, bee the church is supposed to belong to all members, but is clear that he is not keen on the ia of gay marriage licens beg granted.
His views on gay marriage are not the only thg that Voight has ma the headl for: he has also arntly fend Israeli foreign policy and acced other celebri, cludg his former Comg Home -star Jane Fonda, of supportg those who yearn for the stctn of the middle-eastern natn.
Other than the fact that she recently bought her granddghter a fairy stume, much to the annoyance of Angela, she has also exprsed rather homophobic views on Twter. People such as Ellen DeGener, Ellen Page, and Neil Patrick Harris have helped to shift the ti om rantg about anti-gay ments towards beg more clive and tolerant of others. The realy is that homosexual men and women are ls likely to e protectn, and that is why there is a much higher cince of HIV/AIDS and other STDs among them.
THE MOST ANTI-GAY US POLICIANS
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Still, Robertson stood by his beliefs and perspective and was even removed om Duck Dynasty for a time bee his anti-gay and lbian remarks were so offensive. ” 50 Cent also exprsed his distst around gay men bee he thks that all they are thkg about is gettg another guy’s pants, even if the other guy is straight. When he was terviewed and asked about how he felt towards gays, Mel stood up, poted to his butt, and said that gays “Take up” then he proceed to say “This is only for takg a s--t.
The edic actor was left to ny any accatns that he was homophobic, and he claimed that any hateful or offensive rhetoric related to the LGBTQ muny was not a direct reflectn of his own beliefs and opns, but the damage was done.
Not all of them, are some stars whose anti-gay views and ments have ed a n only image how they feel about the fact that gay marriage is now legal all 50 stat, urty of the Supreme Court cidg so June of 2015. The actor got to hot water wh homophobic tweets towards wrer Gee Stark, then a separate cint, lled a photographer a “c–ks–kg f–got” which he somehow said was not a gay slur. When the Girls actrs appeared on The Ellen DeGener Show recently, she sisted she won't marry her rocker boyiend of three years until gay marriage be legal all 50 stat.
10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
Who are the most anti-gay US policians? The list is a long one, cludg policians om both parti (though a majory are Republin). The ... * list of celebrities against gay marriage *
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It’s tough to cherry-pick our favore quote of funny-gal Griff’s as pertas to gay marriage, but we found a dandy om 2009 when she participated a Proposn 8 (a ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock) prott march Sacramento.
FORMERLY ANTI-GAY CELEBS WHO SWCHED SIS
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Jay Z, whose rap genre is known for s homophobic slurs (and who has ed a few his early reer) told CNN 2012, “What people do their own hom is their bs and you n choose to love whoever you love. He fend tradnal marriage a 2008 Christiany Today article, sayg he wasn’t sure he’d perform a same-sex blsg, although he did exprs support for gay and lbian civil rights.
After takg a leave of absence om Harvard Universy to study the Bible and homosexualy, Matthew V gave a speech at his church about acceptg gay Christians that has amassed over 1 ln views on YouTube sce 2012. He also started The Reformatn Project, a nonprof tryg to “reform church teachg on sexual orientatn and genr inty, ” and wrote the book “God and the Gay Christian: The Biblil Case Support of Same-Sex Relatnships.
In a post on his webse tled “My Comg Out Letter, ” Christian rock mician Trey Pearson told fans that he intified as a gay man, spe beg married wh children. In one of her old posts, “An Evangelil’s Rponse to Homosexualy, ” she ref to chose a si of the issue but do adm to wonrg if the evangelil church “has wrong. While he said recently that his church, Northland, A Church Distributed, will mata that the Bible prohibs gay relatnships, he now believ nservative church should wele and support those of all sexual orientatns.
WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
This list ntas rmatn about formerly anti-gay celebri who swched sis, loosely ranked by fame and populary. Several famo actors, ... * list of celebrities against gay marriage *
However, the Tony and Emmy-nomated gay actor has also played Victor Strand on several seasons of "Fear the Walkg Dead, " and appeared films like "If Beale Street Could Talk, " "Selma, " and "Zola. Gay actor Matt Bomer won a Goln Globe for playg a closeted journalist the TV film adaptatn of Larry Kramer's AIDS epimic-foced play "The Normal Heart. The actor explaed how he felt that "livg a gay life whout publicly acknowledgg is simply not enough to make any signifint ntributn to the immense work that li ahead on the road to plete equaly.
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It wasn't until she began watchg sci-fi TV seri "The X-Fil" that the first openly gay woman star of "SNL" Kate McKnon said she realized she was attracted to women. "When we get to the pot where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live fear that he'll be shunned by teammat or outed by tabloids … then g out won't be such a big al, " Colls wrote, but ultimately nced that we're "not there yet.
From Miley Cys to Anne Hathaway, the stars have all taken stris advotg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights. * list of celebrities against gay marriage *
" In 2013, he nfirmed that he is gay, though he hadn't exactly been hidg his LGBTQ+ stat—or his more than 20-year relatnship wh Raer Andreen, for that matter. After g out at a Prop 8 rally 2008, the edian claimed she was subsequently treated like a "unirn, " that most gay or bisexual Ain Amerins don't openly share their LGBTQ+ stat. " Carver has sce been vol about Hollywood's tenncy to perpetuate negative LGBTQ+ stereotyp, as well as pigeonholg openly gay actors to playg specific typ of rol.
Bt known for playg Obi-Wan Kenobi the origal "Star Wars" trilogy, Sir Alec Guns kept his sexual orientatn—and his arrt for a homosexual act 1946—away om the public eye for the entirety of his adult life.