From Miley Cys to Anne Hathaway, the stars have all taken stris advotg for lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights.
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- 13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
- MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
13 CELEBS WHO REALLY SAID "GAY RIGHTS" AND ACTUALLY BACKED IT UP
From Anne Hathaway to Lena Dunham, we look at the celebri pavg the way advotg gay, bisexual and transgenr rights * celebrities for gay rights *
In 2014, the Juno star me out as gay at the Human Rights Campaign's Time to Thrive nference which promot LGBT noted: 'I am tired of hidg and I am tired of lyg by omissn. Bet//Getty ImagBridgerton actor Bailey has long been a proponent for LGBTQ+ rights, and recently opened up about his dream of seeg gay men play their own experience. 'I thk shouldn't matter at all what character people play, but of urse there is a narrative that's very clear, that openly gay men aren't playg straight leadg rol, ' the actor - who is gay and plays a straight character the 2020 Netflix seri - told Digal Spy.
Bee much like the women Bridgerton, there are a lot of hurdl and there's a lot of self-growth, and there's a real strength to gay men.
So the fact that a lot of straight men have gone on to play inic gay rol and to be ld for that is fantastic, that that story is beg told. In a vio shared on his social media acunts June 2020, the gay actor spoke out support of black gay and trans people jog the global Black Liv Matter protts. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below6 Josh HutchersonGetty ImagYou might regnise Hutcherson om his role The Hunger Gam but we know him bt for his work as an LGBTQ+ equaly 2013, the Hunger Gam actor and gay rights supporter opened up about beg bisexual, tellg the gay and lbian liftyle magaze Out: 'I would probably list myself as mostly straight.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR
The 1975 mician was 'banned' om the event after llg for gay rights and kissg his bandmate Ross MacDonald. * celebrities for gay rights *
'The actor also found Straight But Not Narrow, a youth group aimed at fightg homophobia after two of his gay uncl died of 2012, Hutcherson beme the youngt person to receive the prtig Vanguard Award at the GLAAD Media Awards Los Angel. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below7 Ellen DeGenerGetty ImagThe edian and talk show host has worked endlsly to advance gay rights sce the 1990s and me out on natnal televisn 2016, DeGener was award the Printial Medal of Freedom, the hight honour given by the print to a US civilian, for her work to advance LGBTQ+ rights.
The goal now is to e my platform to support emergg Black artists, BIPOC artists, LGBTQ artists [sic], ’ she award-wng wrer prevly admted she wouldn’t get married until gay marriage was legal all 50 stat. 'If you are Black or you are brown or you are gay or you’re a lbian or you are trans — or maybe you’re jt a sissy sgg boy om Tennsee, ' he noted. Advertisement - Contue Readg Below13 Oprah WeyGetty ImagThe Amerin talk show host is a long supporter of gay rights and has talked out agast the racism she faced after supportg openly gay edian Ellen DeGener' cisn to e out 1997 a s-down terview on Wey's talk show.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * celebrities for gay rights *
'In a public claratn supportg DeGener and the LGBTQ+ muny, spe receivg backlash for dog so, Oprah said on her show: 'The God I serve don't re whether you're tall or short, or whether you were born Black or Asian or gay, so that's jt a difference of belief. From takg part Natnal Equaly March and wearg Alexanr McQueen signs to prott agast Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (a former policy that banned open homosexualy), to makg history wh 'Born This Way' (2011), which Sir Elton John dubbed 'the new gay album', Gaga do her upmost to fight for equal LGBTQ+ rights and regnn.
'On wng the Internatnal Vio of the Year Award 2009, she sent her thanks 'to God and the gays' and her ver terview wh Out magaze the same year she said: 'I very much want to ject gay culture to the mastream. ' In 2013, she performed Rsia and spoke out agast the untry's 'gay propaganda' laws, tellg the crowd: 'Tonight this is my hoe, Rsia.
MALAYSIA CUTS SHORT MIC FT AFTER BRISH BAND SLAMS ANTI-GAY LAWS, SGER KISS MALE BANDMATE
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * celebrities for gay rights *
'Advertisement - Contue Readg Below15 Anne HathawayGetty ImagHathaway, who has a gay brother and is an advote for anisatns such as the It Gets Better Project and The Trevor Project, livered a speech at the Human Rights Campaign dner and spoke about LGBTQ+ rights. In 2008, she received the Human Rights Campaign Ally Award and told the room of guts: '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. 'I threw my bt iend's weddg my backyard — [she] is gay and she married her wife, and was absolutely betiful, she reportedly explaed, per Digal Spy.
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.
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.
Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport * celebrities for gay rights *
Hilton also told one of her gay acquatanc that she would be horrified if she were a homosexual bee she would fely have HIV or AIDS. The rapper also ma no sense when he said he wasn’t okay wh gay men, but that he didn’t have too much of a problem wh lbians. ” 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.