10 Celebri who stand up for gay marriage – SheKnows

Contents:

• 10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• 10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE
• CELEBRI SHARE THEIR REACTNS TO THE GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY
• GAY CELEBS WHO ARE MARRIED OR ENGAGED
• HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE
• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET

10 CELEBRI WHO STAND UP FOR GAY MARRIAGE

"Obvly, the lotn was credible but everythg else was really relaxed, was jt so normal, " Daley wrote a social media post, acrdg to the London Gay Men's Choir sang "Marry You" by Bno Mars durg the weddg and Daley even reportedly baked the ke himself. 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.

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.

10 MOST FAMO CELEBS TO SPEAK OUT AGAST GAY MARRIAGE

"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.

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.

CELEBRI SHARE THEIR REACTNS TO THE GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY

" She add that her goal on Girls, which portrays several gay characters, is to show "non-stereotypil exampl of a wi range of 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. 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.

GAY CELEBS WHO ARE MARRIED OR ENGAGED

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.

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.

HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE

By the way, Ellen announced her plans to wed Portia durg a tapg of The Ellen Show, after California's Supreme Court reversed their ban on gay marriage. Lance and Michael ma history as the first gay uple to have their weddg televised on Amerin TV, and their special, Lance Lov Michael: The Lance Bass Weddg, is fely worth watchg.

The uple are pretty private about their relatnship, but Wanda did open up about her thoughts on the ristance toward gay marriage beg legalized. 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. ” She went on to talk about the dismal fancial problems wh the state, baffled that people would be so preoccupied wh gay marriage.

WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET

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.