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• 8 OPENLY GAY BILLNAIR
• WAS RICH MULLS GAY?AN EVANGELIL STAR HAS TO KEEP SECRETSJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·28 M READ·AUG 2, 2020--45SHAREAN EARLY SONGWRER FOR AMY GRANT, HE HELPED MAKE NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MIC A MERCIAL FORCE. IN 1988, HIS SONG “AWOME GOD” WAS A MEGA-H.LATER ALBUMS WERE FLUENTIAL. HE DIED 1997 AT AGE 41. READG UP ON SGER-SONGWRER RICH MULLS, I FD VAGUENS AND STRANGENS AROUND HIS PERSONAL LIFE. NEVER MARRIED, NO GIRLIENDS. ANDROGYNO.I WONRED IF HE WAS GAY.RICH MULLS C.1981IF THAT WAS TE, HIS ENTIRE VALUE TO THE CHRISTIAN MOGRAPHIC WOULD PEND ON BEG SUPPRSED. TRICKY. I MIGHT NEED AN ANGEL TO WHISPER MY EAR?I KEPT REARCHG, AND WAS WATCHG A 2014 DOCUMENTARY, RICH MULLS: A RAGAMUFF’S LEGACY. I PSED THE PLAYER, BACKED UP, WATCHED AGA.AMY GRANT SAID AGA, EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.“HE WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY— UM. HONT ABOUT HIS— EVERYTHG OM HIS SEXUALY, TO HIS APPET TO HIS— HE WAS JT SO RAW.”THAT’S NOT A VERY CHRISTIAN WAY TO BE.
• RICH GAY, POOR GAY
• ARE GAY MEN REALLY RICH?
• RICH GAY FOUND 19 PEOPLE CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND 21 OTHER STAT
• COUNTRY WTERN SGER JOHN RICH COM OUT ... AS A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2007/9:51 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2007 / 9:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY WTERN SGER JOHN RICH COM OUT ... AS A BIGOT","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-10-29T01:51:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-10-29T01:51:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I HAVE TO NFS BEFORE TODAY I HAD NEVER HEARD OF COUNTRY WTERN DUO BIG AND RICH FEATURG JOHN RICH (PICTURED). ALAS, I STILL WISH I HADN'T HEARD OF HIM. VIA PAM'S HOE BLEND WORD THAT RICH RECENTLY WENT ON THE THE STEVE GILL SHOW (A RH LIMBGH WANNABE) WHERE HE ANNOUNCED HE SUPPORTED FRED THOMPSON FOR PRINT -- AND PARED BEG GAY TO CT. SAID RICH:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK IF YOU LEGALIZE THAT [SAME-SEX MARRIAGE], YOU'VE GOT TO LEGALIZE SOME OTHER THGS THAT ARE PRETTY UNSAVORY. YOU N LL ME A RADIL, BUT HOW N YOU TELL AN NT THAT SHE N'T MARRY HER NEPHEW IF THEY ARE REALLY LOVE AND SHARG THE BILLS? HOW N YOU TELL THEM THEY N'T GET MARRIED, BUT SOMETHG ELSE THAT'S UNNATURAL N HAPPEN?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT AN ASS. SADLY, THERE ISN'T ANYTHG NEW ABOUT THIS KD OF BIGOTRY, BUT APPEARS THERE IS A BACKLASH BREWG NASHVILLE OVER RICH'S MENTS. HOWIE KLE OVER AT THE HUFFGTON POST REPORTS THAT GAY AND NON-GAY EMPLOYE AT WARNER BROTHERS -- RICH'S RERD LABEL -- HAVE BEEN MAKG THEIR UNHAPPS OVER RICH'S MENTS KNOWN AS HAVE SOME NASHVILLE RAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND RICH HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT HIS EARLIER MENTS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EARLIER MENTS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DON’T REFLECT MY FULL VIEWS ON THE BROAR ISSU REGARDG TOLERANCE AND THE TREATMENT OF GAYS AND LBIANS OUR SOCIETY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND WISH TO STATE CLEARLY MY VIEWS. I OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEE MY FATHER AND MISTER BROUGHT ME UP TO BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE IS AN STUTN FOR THE UNN OF A MAN AND A WOMAN. HOWEVER, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TOLERANCE, BIGOTRY AND HATRED ARE WRONG. PEOPLE SHOULD BE JUDGED BASED ON THEIR MERS, NOT ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD AND SHOULD BE VALUED AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO EXPRS THE BELIEF WE SHOULD BE VALUED AND RPECTED BY PARG OUR RELATNSHIPS TO CT? BLEAH. RICH N TAKE HIS DAMAGE NTROL STATEMENT AND BLOW THEM OUT OF HIS WBOY HAT. IT'S 2007 AND AFTER THE TIM HARDAWAYS AND JERRY FALWELLS AND THE HOMOPHOBIC ATHLET AND RAP STARS AND ALL THE RT OF THE BIGOTS WHO FEEL EE TO SLANR , I'M SICK OF THEIR LAME APOLOGI AND STATEMENTS. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. NOT BY A LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF RICH REALLY WANTS TO SHOW HIS RPECT HOW ABOUT A $25,000 DONATN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND A FUNDRAISER FOR THE TREVOR PROJECT? THEN MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO NVCE ME THAT RICH IS ANYTHG MORE THAN ANOTHER PRIVILEGED, STRAIGHT MALE BIGOT. GIVE ME TIM MCGRAW ANY DAY OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• IS ADAM RICH GAY?
• GAY RICH

8 OPENLY GAY BILLNAIR

He also vted Facebook and asked for his opn on why more CEOs aren't openly gay, Thiel said, "A lot of the bs are global reach, and when you have ctomers all over the world, be a qutn of ‘Will they hold that (beg gay) agast you? Geffen me out as gay 1992, and 2007 topped Out magaze’s list of the fifty “Most Powerful Gay Men and Women Ameri”.

WAS RICH MULLS GAY?AN EVANGELIL STAR HAS TO KEEP SECRETSJONATHAN POLETTI·FOLLOWPUBLISHED I’M JONATHAN. I BLOG GOD.·28 M READ·AUG 2, 2020--45SHAREAN EARLY SONGWRER FOR AMY GRANT, HE HELPED MAKE NTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN MIC A MERCIAL FORCE. IN 1988, HIS SONG “AWOME GOD” WAS A MEGA-H.LATER ALBUMS WERE FLUENTIAL. HE DIED 1997 AT AGE 41. READG UP ON SGER-SONGWRER RICH MULLS, I FD VAGUENS AND STRANGENS AROUND HIS PERSONAL LIFE. NEVER MARRIED, NO GIRLIENDS. ANDROGYNO.I WONRED IF HE WAS GAY.RICH MULLS C.1981IF THAT WAS TE, HIS ENTIRE VALUE TO THE CHRISTIAN MOGRAPHIC WOULD PEND ON BEG SUPPRSED. TRICKY. I MIGHT NEED AN ANGEL TO WHISPER MY EAR?I KEPT REARCHG, AND WAS WATCHG A 2014 DOCUMENTARY, RICH MULLS: A RAGAMUFF’S LEGACY. I PSED THE PLAYER, BACKED UP, WATCHED AGA.AMY GRANT SAID AGA, EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.“HE WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY— UM. HONT ABOUT HIS— EVERYTHG OM HIS SEXUALY, TO HIS APPET TO HIS— HE WAS JT SO RAW.”THAT’S NOT A VERY CHRISTIAN WAY TO BE.

Kors married his longtime partner Lance La Pere Augt 2011, shortly after gay marriage beme legalised New York. Near the tail end of the mercial area is the Boatslip hotel, where the early eveng tea dance is lettg out, spillg hundreds of gay men to the street. Friendly, flamboyant, overwhelmgly gay: Provcetown is still all the thgs and first imprsns are not wrong.

For nearly 30 years, Provcetown has attracted the spectm of people that the rabow flag reprents: gay and lbian, old and young, rich and poor.

RICH GAY, POOR GAY

"It's a microsm of a broar shift, of the slow seepage of gay culture to mastream culture, " said Andrew Sullivan, the gay wrer, who bought a small apartment here years ago when real tate was more affordable.

Sullivan has seen the wharf where he liv go om a seedy sex-and-dgs party spot to a spiffy ndomium peopled almost entirely by straight and gay upl. Wh nearly a sixth of all gay weddgs performed Massachetts takg place here, Provcetown, he said, is reventg self as a utopia for upper-middle-class gay upl.

ARE GAY MEN REALLY RICH?

In Provcetown, B & B's are beg bought by wealthy gay men and lbians and nverted to sgle-fay hom or ndos. Wh property valu paramount, privacy fenc and hedg are gog many here are envisng a gay versn of Nantucket, Mr. "I expect P-town is gog to bee ls gay, " he is nothg new to this historic village at the tip of Cape Cod, where the Pilgrims first land 1620 before movg on to Plymouth.

Squeezed to slightly more than eight square , Provcetown has been a fishg village, an art lony and, sce the late 60's, a largely gay rort.

RICH GAY FOUND 19 PEOPLE CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA AND 21 OTHER STAT

Built 1969, the 45-room hotel is not only the town's largt employer durg the summer but a social hub for gay men, offerg a lively daytime pool scene along wh s crowd tea dance. Patrick Lamerson, a high school teacher Boston who has been g to Provcetown for nearly 10 years, said that the rift town was ls between rich and poor than "between gays who need muny and gays who don't.

" And those who don't, he said, will probably prevail the end and the Provcetown that he has known will go the way of other bohemian bastns that had their moment and then any event, he said, gay Provcetown has had a good, long n. "A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn 9, Page 1 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: Rich Gay, Poor Gay. Among the openly-gay hyper-wealthy are Domeni Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, the duo behd fashn power hoe Dolce & Gabbana.

5% of Amerins intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr; statistilly, 19 of Ameri’s 492 billnair should intify as such. Billnair have exprsed their allegiance for their gay dghters and sons fancially: hedge fund billnaire Pl Sger has given more than $10 ln to support marriage equaly – his gay son, Andrew, tied the knot – while Progrsive surance’s Peter Lewis, recently ceased, donated $250, 000 to the Gay & Lbian Victory Fund 2008, as my lleague Clare O’Connor noted. Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban ss on the advisory board of Athlete Ally, a nonprof targetg homophobia sports.

COUNTRY WTERN SGER JOHN RICH COM OUT ... AS A {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2007/9:51 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENOCTOBER 28, 2007 / 9:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"COUNTRY WTERN SGER JOHN RICH COM OUT ... 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SAID RICH:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK IF YOU LEGALIZE THAT [SAME-SEX MARRIAGE], YOU'VE GOT TO LEGALIZE SOME OTHER THGS THAT ARE PRETTY UNSAVORY. YOU N LL ME A RADIL, BUT HOW N YOU TELL AN NT THAT SHE N'T MARRY HER NEPHEW IF THEY ARE REALLY LOVE AND SHARG THE BILLS? HOW N YOU TELL THEM THEY N'T GET MARRIED, BUT SOMETHG ELSE THAT'S UNNATURAL N HAPPEN?"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT AN ASS. SADLY, THERE ISN'T ANYTHG NEW ABOUT THIS KD OF BIGOTRY, BUT APPEARS THERE IS A BACKLASH BREWG NASHVILLE OVER RICH'S MENTS. HOWIE KLE OVER AT THE HUFFGTON POST REPORTS THAT GAY AND NON-GAY EMPLOYE AT WARNER BROTHERS -- RICH'S RERD LABEL -- HAVE BEEN MAKG THEIR UNHAPPS OVER RICH'S MENTS KNOWN AS HAVE SOME NASHVILLE RAD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND RICH HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT ABOUT HIS EARLIER MENTS:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MY EARLIER MENTS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DON’T REFLECT MY FULL VIEWS ON THE BROAR ISSU REGARDG TOLERANCE AND THE TREATMENT OF GAYS AND LBIANS OUR SOCIETY. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND WISH TO STATE CLEARLY MY VIEWS. I OPPOSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BEE MY FATHER AND MISTER BROUGHT ME UP TO BELIEVE THAT MARRIAGE IS AN STUTN FOR THE UNN OF A MAN AND A WOMAN. HOWEVER, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT TOLERANCE, BIGOTRY AND HATRED ARE WRONG. PEOPLE SHOULD BE JUDGED BASED ON THEIR MERS, NOT ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATN. WE ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GOD AND SHOULD BE VALUED AND {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO EXPRS THE BELIEF WE SHOULD BE VALUED AND RPECTED BY PARG OUR RELATNSHIPS TO CT? BLEAH. RICH N TAKE HIS DAMAGE NTROL STATEMENT AND BLOW THEM OUT OF HIS WBOY HAT. IT'S 2007 AND AFTER THE TIM HARDAWAYS AND JERRY FALWELLS AND THE HOMOPHOBIC ATHLET AND RAP STARS AND ALL THE RT OF THE BIGOTS WHO FEEL EE TO SLANR , I'M SICK OF THEIR LAME APOLOGI AND STATEMENTS. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. NOT BY A LONG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF RICH REALLY WANTS TO SHOW HIS RPECT HOW ABOUT A $25,000 DONATN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AND A FUNDRAISER FOR THE TREVOR PROJECT? THEN MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO NVCE ME THAT RICH IS ANYTHG MORE THAN ANOTHER PRIVILEGED, STRAIGHT MALE BIGOT. GIVE ME TIM MCGRAW ANY DAY OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Of urse, some untri are more equal than others terms of gay rights, which might expla why natns wh the send- and third-hight number of billnair – Cha, 152, and Rsia, 111 – do not list a sgle LGBT billnaire. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny. After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny.

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori. Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge  Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual.

IS ADAM RICH GAY?

I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate. Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight. Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon.

Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen.

GAY RICH

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng.

It was vigoratg and a ltle ighteng — well, ighteng to this sweet, gay, Southern boy who shi away om nontatn.

In addn to speakg, and sgg, publicly about his own gay relatnships, Platt plays bi on The Polician — acuntg for several of the seri' many entangled LGBTQ romanc.