[The Defense of Marriage Act was stck down June 2013, a cisn that allowed cizens of the Uned Stat to marry the person they love regardls of their sexual orientatn. It was an excg day for gay upl who had been hopg to legally tie-the-knot (and an excg day for everyone who believ #loveislove), and we're celebratg wh a pri-filled celebry weddg roundup.]" emprop="scriptn
Contents:
- 10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
- 10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
- ACTORS, CELEBRI WHOOP WH JOY AT U.S. GAY MARRIAGE LG
- 13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
- 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 supporting gay marriage *
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.
10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
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 supporting gay marriage *
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.
ACTORS, CELEBRI WHOOP WH JOY AT U.S. GAY MARRIAGE LG
From Anne Hathaway to Lena Dunham, we look at the celebri pavg the way advotg gay, bisexual and transgenr rights * celebrities supporting 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. 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. 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.
13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
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 * celebrities supporting gay marriage *
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. 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.
Years after makg history as the first gay lead character on TV, DeGener helped brg a lbian-themed edy, One Big Happy, to NBC 2015 (the short-lived seri was ncelled after one season) and also lnched a Gap Kids clothg le aimed at breakg down genr stereotyp. Power uple Brad Pt and Angela Jolie e to md when we thk of celebri who support gay rights bee of their bold claratn (back before was ol) that they would not get married until all people n get married. 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.
CELEBRI SHARE THEIR REACTNS TO THE GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY
Actors, sgers and Hollywood celebri, many of whom have played a major role drivg acceptance of gay rights mastream culture, whooped wh joy at the U.S. Supreme Court's lg that ma gay marriage legal natnwi on Friday. * celebrities supporting gay marriage *
She told GayDar Rad, “I thk that the bt day will be when we no longer talk about beg gay or straight — ’s not a ‘gay weddg, ’ ’s jt a ‘weddg.