Contents:
- JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
- LLIE JORDAN TELLS SHANIA TWA 'GOD MA ME' GAY, WHY HE 'QU GOG' TO CHURCH: 'I'M NOT A MISTAKE'
JERROD CARMICHAEL OUT AS GAY HIS NEW EDY SPECIAL
The acclaimed edian out as gay his new HBO special, “Rothaniel, ” a few years after he first referenced relatnships wh men a prev film for HBO. In an terview wh Shania Twa on the first anniversary of her Home Now Rad show on Apple Mic Hs, Jordan, 66, opened up about his childhood and what was like to be gay growg up a relig fay, as he talked about his recently released Company's Com'.
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LLIE JORDAN TELLS SHANIA TWA 'GOD MA ME' GAY, WHY HE 'QU GOG' TO CHURCH: 'I'M NOT A MISTAKE'
He also embraced a role as a lear the LGBT movement as founr of the Internatnal Court System, one of the olst ntuoly nng activist groups fightg for gay rights. Sarria 1961 beme the first openly gay ndidate for polil office when he ran for the San Francis Board of Supervisors.
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