Sally Field on her gay son: I'm horrified other parents would disapprove |

sally fields gay son

Read Sally Field's Impassned Open Letter About Her Gay Son

Contents:

SAM GREISMAN WIKI B, GAY, PARTNER. WHO IS SALLY FIELD’S SON?

WATCH: Sally Field Delivers AMAZING Speech On Behalf Of Gay Son * sally fields gay son *

Maybe 's bee gay men feel a certa unniable affectn for award-wng actrs. In 2016, he released another project entled “Dner wh Jefey”, about a 19 year old teenager g out of the closet, and his stggl to f wh other gay – Sally FieldGreisman’s mother Sally Field works as an actrs and director, wh her work the latter probably beg the spiratn for her son to pursue siar FieldShe’s won numero aclas over the urse of her reer, cludg two Osrs, three Primetime Emmys, two Goln Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

SALLY FIELD ON BEG A MOM WHO SUPPORTS HER GAY SON SPOILER ALERT

* sally fields gay son *

There have been no nfirmed affairs, perhaps bee he is gay and somewhat shy. His directg work often foc on the topic of g out and alg wh adjtg to a gay liftyle. He also jok about how the media always refer to him as Sally Field’s gay son – or Sally Field’s sgle son – stead of g his real name.

SALLY FIELD RECEIV HRC'S ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD, DELIVERS EMOTNAL SPEECH ON GAY SON SAM

When Sally Field's son, Sam, me out as gay at a teenage age, he went through a difficult patch. But thanks to his supportive mother, he was able to sle through. Years later, Sam would reveal that he wished his mom was ls supportive. * sally fields gay son *

On TV, she won an Emmy for her portrayal of Abby's (Mra Tierney) schizophrenic mom on ER and another for starrg as a lovg mom (Nora Walker) to a gay son played by Matthew Rhys on Brothers and Sisters at a time when gay characters on prime time were rare. In life, Field is an outspoken equaly activist for all margalized groups, and along wh her son Sam Greisman, who is gay, she's been particularly outspoken about phg to pass the Equaly Act, which would ban discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn, genr inty, and creds Brothers and Sisters shownner and Spoiler Alert wrer David Marshall Grant and director Michael Showalter (who directed her the die gem Hello, My Name Is Doris) for brgg her on to Spoiler Alert to play mom to Ben Aldridge's K and mother--law to Jim Parsons's Michael.

"Throughout her storied reer, Field has played a teen surfer girl Gidget, an airborne woman of God The Flyg Nun, and a unn activist Norma Rae, but her first groundbreakg role as a mom to a gay son is the one that seems to ronate to most lately. She rells her son's g-out scene Brothers and Sisters, where Kev asks why she didn't jt ask him about beg gay if she knew, and she rponds that wasn't her journey to take. And she didn't know I was gay.

READ SALLY FIELD’S IMPASSNED OPEN LETTER ABOUT HER GAY SON

Sally Field on her gay son: I'm horrified other parents would disapprove * sally fields gay son *

Sally Field livered an impassned speech on behalf of her openly gay son when acceptg the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) Ally for Equaly Award Washgton D. Greisman, an tern at the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) blog Towleroad, said of Mom, "Beg gay was jt one more thg she loved about me. The fabulo Sally Field released this open letter about her gay son today, and ’s more than enough to give you a Happy Friday.

SALLY FIELD ON HER GAY SON: I'M HORRIFIED OTHER PARENTS WOULD DISAPPROVE

Sam is my youngt son, by 18 years, and he’s gay. Fally, at 20, long after he beat his brothers at tennis and puter gam and knew as much as anyone about basketball, Sam was able to stand up proudly and say, “I am a gay man. Sally Field on her gay son: I'm horrified other parents would disapproveSally Field is an arnt advote of LGBT rights, even wng the Human Rights Campaign’s 2012 Ally for Equaly Award.

”Field noted Sam’s se was ially difficult for her son to bee acctomed to his inty as a gay man. Sam, also a wrer and director, me out as gay years ago, and his mom had his back. “It’s important to have a parent speak about raisg a magnificent, proud, telligent, funny, lovable, sexy gay son, ” she said another terview wh Oprah 2012.

SALLY FIELD AND HER GAY SON SAM TEAM UP TO PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL THAT PROTECTS LGBTQ AMERINS

Beg gay was jt one more thg she loved about me.

In the vio, the actrs vio chats wh her openly gay son Sam Greisman to talk about what the passg of this legislatn would mean. RELATED VIDEO: Teen Organiz First-Ever Gay Pri Ftival Mike Pence’s Hometown — and the VP Reacts to It.

Comg out as gay his teenage years was difficult for Sally Field's son, Sam.

SALLY FIELD IS PROUD MOTHER OF GAY SON WHO WISHED SHE 'WAS A LTLE LS SUPPORTIVE' WHEN HE CAME OUT

| Source: Getty ImagSamuel, better known as Sam, was only 19 when he openly me out as gay, and sce then, Field has been by his si, givg him all the support he uld ever image. | Source: Getty ImagDurg a 2016 chat ssn on EW Rad Town hall, the actrs nfsed that was difficult for Sam to get acctomed to his inty as a gay man at the begng.

| Source: Getty ImagField further noted that was horrifyg that there were parents who disapproved of gay sexualy and were brawashed to thkg that was ungodly or agast nature.

Multiple Amy Award and Emmy wner Sally Field has been a fierce advote for LGBTQ rights, pecially sce she spoke publicly about her gay son Sam Greisman at a Human Rights Campaign event 2012. Now she and Greisman appearg a vio together extollg the virtu of the Equaly Act and jt why the untry needs a vio for HRC, Field and Greisman chat back and forth via a vio ll about his beg gay and how the Equaly Act uld impact so many Amerin liv if Congrs were to pass legislatn, troduced Congrs earlier this month, would amend feral law to provi a wi range of protectns agast discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. "Greisman not that havg grown up Los Angel, where there are protectns for LGBTQ people, he hasn't faced discrimatn like people ci and stat where there are adds that spe there beg protectns Los Angel, her son faced prsure for beg gay.

SALLY FIELD’S SUPPORT OF HER SON GO WAY BEYOND TRYG TO SET HIM UP WH ADAM RIPPONSHE’S BEEN TALKG FOR YEARS ABOUT HER “MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON.”BY HILARY WEAVERFEBARY 21, 2018BY CARLO ALLEGRI/INVISN/AP/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEA FEW DAYS AFTER HIS TWO-TIME OSR-WNG MOM ATTEMPTED TO SET HIM UP ON A DATE, AND WENT VIRAL THE PROCS, SAM GREISMAN HAS BROKEN THE ICE WH OLYMPIAN ADAM RIPPON. ACRDG TO PAGE SIX, GREISMAN, THE 30-YEAR-OLD, YOUNGT SON OF SALLY FIELD, SENT A DIRECT MSAGE TO RIPPON TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS MOM’S YENTA HIJKS, WHICH HAD ALREADY EARNED A RPONSE OM A FLATTERED RIPPON. (“SAM, YOUR MOM—I ADMIRE HER. AND I’M SURE ONE DAY WE’RE GOG TO MEET! SO, THANKS, MOM.”)FIELD’S REP SAID WEDNDAY THAT SHE’S “BUTTG OUT” OF THE SUATN FOR NOW. BUT “BUTTG OUT” ISN’T SOMETHG THAT FIELD SEEMS TO DO PARTICULARLY WELL WHEN TO LOVG AND SUPPORTG HER SON.IN 2012, GREISMAN PRENTED HIS MOTHER WH THE ALLY FOR EQUALY AWARD AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN (H.R.C.) GALA. GREISMAN, WHO JOKED THAT HIS MOTHER SERVED THE AWARD BEE “THE FLYG NUN IS MPY,” SAID THAT HIS MOTHER WAS “ YOUR FACE, LIKE, ALL THE TIME.” IN THIS SE, ’S A VERY GOOD THG. “WHEN I ME OUT, SHE DIDN’T BAT AN EYE,” HE SAID. “IN FACT, SHE WAS OVERJOYED. BEG GAY WAS JT ONE MORE THG SHE LOVED ABOUT ME. SHE ULDN’T BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ME; IF ANYTHG, I WISH SHE WAS A LTLE LS SUPPORTIVE OF ME.” HE EVEN ADD THAT HE HAD TO S HER DOWN AND TELL HER THAT THERE WERE SOME THGS ABOUT HIS DATG LIFE THAT HE ULD JT NOT SHARE WH HER.WHEN FIELD FOLLOWED GREISMAN, HER YOUNGT SON OF THREE, ON THE STAGE THAT NIGHT, SHE MA AN IMPASSNED SPEECH THAT, NOT UNLIKE HER MONSTRATIVE 1985 OSR SPEECH (“YOU LIKE ME; YOU REALLY LIKE ME!”) WAS A MEMORABLE ONE.“YOU’VE CHANGED AND ARE CHANGG THE LIV OF LTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO REALIZED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THEY’RE JT DIFFERENT OM THEIR OTHER BROTHERS AND SISTERS,” SHE SAID, ADDRSG HER CROWD AT THE GALA. “AND SO THE FUCK WHAT.”SHE SPOKE TO OPRAH WEY LATER ABOUT THAT CHOICE OF WORDS. “. . . THERE WAS NO OTHER WORD, WORKS, WAS EXACTLY . . . HAD TO BE THERE BEE REALLY PERTAED TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PARENT SPEAK ABOUT RAISG A MAGNIFICENT, PROUD, TELLIGENT, FUNNY, LOVABLE, SEXY, GAY SON. AND THERE ARE SO MANY PARENTS WHO ARE IGHTENED OF THAT AND WHO DON’T EMBRACE THEIR CHILDREN AS THE STGGLE TO . . . EMBRACE WHO THEY ARE, WHAT NATURE TEND THEM TO BE.”IN HER H.R.C. SPEECH, FIELD SAID THAT SHE HAD TO TELL HERSELF TO BACK OFF WHEN HER SON FIRST ME OUT. “WHEN I SAW HIM STGGLG, I WANTED TO JUMP AND FE FOR HIM, BUT HIS BROTHERS HELD ME BACK, FIERCELY SISTG I TRY NOT TO TRAVEL DOWN THAT ROAD FOR HIM; WAS HIS TO TRAVEL, NOT ME, THEY KEPT TELLG ME . . . I ULD MAKE EASIER BY STANDG, VISIBLY, TO THE SI, CLEARLY LOVG HIM AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS THERE, EVEN IF WAS JT ON THE PHONE AT ALL TIM OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.”THE BT SIGHTS AT THE 2018 OLYMPICS OPENG CEREMONY1 / 18CHEVRONCHEVRONBY QUN ROONEY/GETTY IMAG.MOST POPULARJENNA ORTEGA REILS AT JOHNNY DEPP DATG RUMORS BY EVE BATEYDONALD TMP SPENDS LABOR DAY WEEKEND PLANNG A REVENGE TOURBY JACK MCCORDICKCHRIS ROCK AND JOEL KNAMAN FLEE BURNG MAN FTIVAL IN WAKE OF FLOODG, DEATHBY EVE BATEYHILARY WEAVER

” Field noted Sam’s se was ially difficult for her son to bee acctomed to his inty as a gay man.

Sam recently me out gay, and Field has exprsed her support for his sexualy, sayg:.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* SALLY FIELDS GAY SON

Sally Field on her gay son: I'm horrified other parents would disapprove .

TOP