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Trans Ex-Navy SEAL Going Hollywood ... LGBT Actors Need More Opportunities!!!
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Trans Ex-Navy SEAL Going Hollywood ... LGBT Actors Need More Opportunities!!!
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Trina Braxton I"m with LGBT Community But I Gotta Have My Chick-fil-A!!!
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Trina Braxton I"m with LGBT Community But I Gotta Have My Chick-fil-A!!!
Friday, August 3, 2018
Ne-Yo Says It"s Time for Hip-Hop Stars to Embrace LGBT Models
Ne-Yo believes there’s an opportunity for a hip-hop artist to be a champion for the LGBT community … and the job’s open for the taking. The singer and “World of Dance” judge was leaving LAX Friday when we brought up the controversy over a…
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
Celebrity Chef Art Smith Rallies LGBT Bakers After Supreme Court Decision
Ex-“Top Chef Masters” star Art Smith is imploring all Americans to avoid cake made with hate … and he’s also rallying all LGBT bakers to help the cause. Art, who’s been the personal chef of both Oprah and former Florida…
Celebrity Chef Art Smith Rallies LGBT Bakers After Supreme Court Decision
Ex-“Top Chef Masters” star Art Smith is imploring all Americans to avoid cake made with hate … and he’s also rallying all LGBT bakers to help the cause. Art, who’s been the personal chef of both Oprah and former Florida…
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
"RuPaul"s Drag Race" Star Says Caitlyn Jenner"s No LGBT Mother Teresa
Caitlyn Jenner should be stepping up her game repping the transgender community in the U.S. before she jets to the U.K. to address Parliament … according to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Carmen Carrera. There’s been backlash over the diversity…
"RuPaul"s Drag Race" Star Says Caitlyn Jenner"s No LGBT Mother Teresa
Caitlyn Jenner should be stepping up her game repping the transgender community in the U.S. before she jets to the U.K. to address Parliament … according to “RuPaul’s Drag Race” star Carmen Carrera. There’s been backlash over the diversity…
Monday, April 9, 2018
Jimmy Kimmel Apologizes to LGBT Community, Aims to Squash Beef with Sean Hannity
All Jimmy Kimmel is saying to Sean Hannity is…
… let’s give peace a chance.
Of course, this is not ALL Kimmel has been saying to Hannity, which is why the talk show host issued a lengthy statement on Twitter over the weekend.
Over the past several days, Kimmel and Hannity have been embroiled in quite a feud.
It started when the former made a few cracks about Melania Trump’s accent, which prompted Hannity to call Kimmel an “ass clown.”
(Kimmel had quipped about the First Lady pronouncing “this” as “dis” and setting a poor example for some school kids to whom she was reading.)
Kimmel made some jokes online in response, calling out Hannity for never exactly defending women or immigrants in the past, to which Hannity replied by playing clips of Kimmel as host of The Man Show many years ago.
He referred to Kimmel as “Harvey Weinstein Jr” and as a “pervert” for the way in which he interacted with women on this program back in the day.
From there, Kimmel made cracks about Hannity leaving lipstick on President Donald Trump’s rear end and wondering whether Hannity was a “top” or a “bottom” in his relationship with the Commander-in-Chief.
It was these jabs that, at least in part, have caued Kimmel to put an end to his back-and-forth with Hannity.
“By lampooning Sean Hannity’s deference to the President, I most certainly did not intend to belittle or upset members of the gay community and to those who took offense, I apologize,” wrote Kimmel, adding that he did “have fun” exchanging barbs with Hanniyu.
HOWEVER…
“After some thought I realize that the level of vitriol (mine and me included) does nothing good for anyone and, in fact, is harmful to our country.”
The comedian also touched on “vile attacks” against his wife and “wishes for death” on his infant son that he had received as a result of the exchange, expressing hope that the instigators would “give their words and actions thought.”
Tongue firmly planed in cheek at times, Kimmel got in a few shots at Hannity while still seeking to calm tempers, writing:
I will take Sean Hannity at his word that he was genuinely offended by what I believed and still believe to be a harmless and silly aside referencing our First Lady’s accent.
I am hopeful that Sean Hannity will learn from this too and continue his newly-found advocacy for women, immigrants and First Ladies and that he will triumph in his heroic battle against sexual harassment and perversion.”
Hannity did not respond to this statement with one of his own.
Not yet at least anyway.
“Just had this pop up. I am at a tournament with my daughter. I’ll have a full and comprehensive response tomorrow on Hannity. 9 EST FOX,” the Fox News veteran Tweeted on Sunday.
Even before this argument with Hannity, Kimmel was often a target of disdain from conservatives.
He has used his platform often of late to advocate for various causes, breaking down in tears at one point over a failure of Congress to pass gun control legislation.
Kimmel also pushed hard and emotionally for universal health care after his newborn son had to undergo emergency heart surgery last year.
You can watch Kimmel and his child together in the following video while the world anxiously waits to see if Hannity responds to Kimmel’s statement with class and maturity or…
… LOL, who are we kidding?
While we wait to see just how Hannity brags about how he clearly won this ongoing debate.
Thursday, March 15, 2018
"Teen Mom" Star Jenelle Evans and Husband Duck LGBT Apology
“Teen Mom 2” star Jenelle Evans’ husband is pleading ignorance, saying he doesn’t even know what LGBT means … so how could he possibly say he’s sorry to the community? We got David Eason and Jenelle Wednesday at LAX, and he said he…
"Teen Mom" Star Jenelle Evans and Husband Duck LGBT Apology
“Teen Mom 2” star Jenelle Evans’ husband is pleading ignorance, saying he doesn’t even know what LGBT means … so how could he possibly say he’s sorry to the community? We got David Eason and Jenelle Wednesday at LAX, and he said he…
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Duggar Family: Did One Member Just Come Out in Favor of LGBT Rights?!
Being in the Duggar fertility cult means following a host of deeply fundamentalist beliefs espoused by Jim Bob Duggar, setting men back by decades and women back by a couple of centuries at least.
But the best-laid plans of domineering patriarchs don’t always work out, and it seems almost inevitable that some of the Duggars will break free of their family’s oppression and form their own ideas.
Well one members of the Duggar family is shocking fans — and appears to be warming to the idea of LGBT rights.
Derick Dillard isn’t a Duggar in name or by birth, but he’s undeniably part of the Duggar clan.
As far as that group goes, Derick can come across as almost likable — despite having cut his hair — though his likability may just come from being compared to the likes of Josh Duggar and Jim Bob Duggar.
It’s easy for anyone to look good in that context, you know? But he seems to be an okay guy.
Derick and Jill have been dedicated to their missionary work — which was controversial even among people who think that missionary work is an acceptable thing to do.
Derick and Jill also dedicated parents and generally part of a very conservative subculture.
Which is why this apparent deviatin on Derick’s part sent shockwaves through fans of Counting On.
Richard Grenell, a long-serving spokesman for the United States at the UN, tweeted.
“No one should be fired for being gay. And no one should be fired for being a Christian. We should be able to work through these issues.”
He’s absolutely right, of course.
Don’t get us wrong, because Grenell tweets a lot of absolute nonsense (honestly he tweeted praise about Trump making a “fast and bold move” on foreign policy and it’s like reading something from a parallel universe where Trump isn’t an evil living trashcan fire).
But “No one should be fired for being gay. And no one should be fired for being a Christian,” is a pair of statements with which most people should be able to agree.
Of course, one of those is a real thing that happens all of the time with zero legal reprocussions in many states. The other is so rare that it’s weird that he’d bring it up.
(It’s kind of like hearing a news report about a series of car thefts and tweeting: “Those monsters shouldn’t steal people’s cars! Also, graverobbing is awful.” Maybe he was just trying to appeal to his followers who might hesitate about his first sentence)
One person who liked that tweet, which acknowledged gay rights (admittedly just about the bare minimum in terms of anti-discrimination, but still), was Derick Dillard.
To say that some people were surprised was an understatement.
While it’s not unusual for Ben Seewald to clash with Jim Bob Duggar over theology, you don’t usually think of Derick as being a “radical” by Duggar standards.
And yes, for these folks, acknowledging even basic human rights for LGBT folks is considered radical.
So “liking” that tweet might be a big deal.
(And yes, likes and favorites are publicly visible on almost every social media platform)
Some fans still don’t think that Derick is necessarily deviating from fundamentalist beliefs or supporting LGBT rights.
There were three sentences in that tweet, and Derick may have been focusing on the second.
“And no one should be fired for being a Christian.”
That’s not exactly an epidemic, and anti-discrimination laws tend to include religion already, but we have to remember that for some conservative Christians and especially for fundamentalists, there’s an emphasis on “persecution” and the need to believe that they’re oppressed.
(For the record, there are absolutely places where Christians are oppressed, but in the US they are 70% of the population and hold majorities in every branch of government at every level, and their God is literally mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance)
So there’s a chance that Derick was not only glossing over the first sentence, but expressing his religiously conservative beliefs.
Still, plenty of conservatives — including Richard Grenell, the man who wrote that tweet — are warming to the idea that gay people exist and might even be treated like people.
Derick Dillard is relatively young and has traveled beyond the isolation of Arkansas.
It’s probably easy for the LGBT community to seem frightening to people who don’t watch television or ever meet people who don’t share their exact same views.
Maybe Derick has seen enough of the world to know better.
One way or the other, it would be nice to see him address the subject of that tweet.
Friday, July 14, 2017
Floyd Mayweather Called Out By LGBT Org. After Gay Slur
An LGBT group is firing back at Floyd Mayweather for using a homophobic slur at Friday’s press conference in London … saying his reason behind using the word is complete B.S. Floyd ripped into Conor McGregor at the final stop on the superfight’s…
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
"Stranger Things" Star Shannon Purser Comes Out as Bisexual, Apologizes to LGBT Fans (PHOTO)
Shannon Purser — who plays Barb on “Stranger Things” — came out as bi this week, and apologized to fans who thought her show was misleading the LGBT community. Shannon posted the news Tuesday night in response to online backlash over her show,…
Friday, March 31, 2017
"Walking Dead" Star Daniel Newman Says LGBT Kids Triggered Decision to Come Out (VIDEO)
“The Walking Dead” star Daniel Newman was mentoring an LGBTQ kids group when he made the choice to tell the world what his friends and family already knew. Daniel came out on Twitter Thursday … the same day we ran into him outside an L.A.…
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Meryl Streep Goes Into Trump Again At LGBT Gala (VIDEO)
Meryl Streep took another shot at Donald Trump in a new speech defending LGBT rights … and added a new title to her “over-rated” stature. Meryl delivered the anti-Trump remarks Saturday night in NYC at a gala for the Human Rights Campaign…
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Jennifer Holliday Makes Good with LGBT Community, Singing On All-Gay Cruise (VIDEO)
Jennifer Holliday is making up with gay fans who might have been pissed she initially accepted an invitation to sing at the Trump inauguration … by headlining an all-gay Caribbean cruise. Sources with Atlantis — a gay and lesbian charter…
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Mara Wilson Comes Out as Bisexual, Shows Support for LGBT Community
As previously detailed, there have been a slew of inspiring celebrity reactions in light of this weekend’s horrific shooting in Orlando.
But none along the lines of what Mara Wilson just did.
Following Sunday’s tragic massacre at a gay club in Orlando, the 28-year old actress took to Twitter and confirmed to followers that she is bisexual.
She did so in a series of Tweets that include a photo of her 18-year old self at a gay club (below).
“Me at a gay club when I was eighteen. I feel embarrassed looking at it now…,” Wilson wrote as a caption to the following image, kicking off her announcement.
“Being a ‘straight girl’ where I clearly didn’t belong, but I will say, I felt so welcomed there,” she added.
“I have never had a better experience at a club than I did then. Great music and people. And one of my friends met his partner that night.”
Soon before writing that, yes, she is “bi,” Wilson Tweeted:
“I haven’t been to one since college, except once when a friend brought me along. I didn’t feel like I belonged there.
“But the LGBTQ community has always felt like home, especially a few years later when I, uh, learned something about myself. So thank you.”
Of course, because this is the Internet, critics jumped all over Wilson.
They accused her of exploiting the Orlando shooting for a personal reason, despite her simple desire of wanting to show support to the LGBT community.
“Apparently admitting to something personal in a reply on my own Twitter makes me an “attention whore” “co-opting a tragedy,” she wrote in response to these terrible people.
Wilson, who added links to President Obama’s recent speech on gun control and to a GoFundMe page created in honor of the shooting victims, said she has no plans to give interviews… and isn’t looking for any real attention.
“Can I go back to tweeting about Hamilton and cats now? Please,” she wrote, prior to concluding:
“I think I’m going to stay off Twitter for a few days. I had no idea this would be such a thing, but I guess it’s flattering.”
We salute Wilson for her courage.
Monday, May 23, 2016
Demi Lovato Supports LGBT Community on Stage
Demi Lovato did more than just perform a song at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards.
Yes, the singer blew viewers away with a rendition of "Cool for the Summer."
She showed off her vocal talent and a few dance moves and her overall stage presence during the number.
But most of the buzz surrounding Lovato afterward centered on her outfit, not her performance.
For while Lovato walked the red carpet in a revealing black lace ensemble, she switched it up on stage.
As you can see above, Demi donned a black jersey emblazoned with a gender-inclusive public restroom logo for the occasion; it featured a silhouette of a person wearing half skirt, half pants.
For what reason?
The gesture was in keeping with her and Nick Jonas’ recent stance against North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law, HB2.
This piece of legislation requires transgender individuals to use the bathroom designated to their gender at birth… and it has set off a national debate over the rights of those in the LGBT community.
Last month, Jonas and Lovato canceled their upcoming North Carolina tour date in opposition of the bill.
They are just two of many artists who have taken this step as a form of protest.
“After much thought and deliberation, we have decided to cancel our Honda Civic Tour: Future Now shows in Raleigh and Charlotte,” both musicians posted on Twitter at the time.
“One of our goals for the tour has always been to create an atmosphere where every single attendee feels equal, included, and accepted for who they are.”
What do you think of Lovato"s Billboard Music Awards move?
Is it an admirable one? Or was this not the place to get all political?
Watch the full performance below and decide for yourself:
Monday, April 18, 2016
Once Upon a Time Season 5 Episode 18 Introduces Show"s First LGBT Couple
Once Upon a Time went there on Sunday night, folks.
Back in September, executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis teased that their ABC series would depict its first-ever same-sex kiss at some point on Once Upon a Time Season 5, with Horowitz explaining that their goal was for their show to “reflect the world as it is now.”
Fast forward a few months to Once Upon a Time Season 5 Episode 18 and Ruby and Mula teaming up to take down the Wicked Witch.
After learning that Zelena had placed Dorothy in a sleeping curse, Ruby headed to the Underworld in an attempt to save her.
As we’ve seen before on this drama, the only cure for such a curse would be for the subject to be touched by True Love’s Kiss… and Ruby was the one to lay it on Dorothy’s lips in this case.
“True Love’s Kiss has been a staple of this show since the beginning,” Horowitz and Kitsis said about the development.
“This past Sunday’s episode was just another example of how in a fairy tale, as in life, love is love.”
While the smooch is receiving a lot of buzz this morning, the producers have continued to insist that the couple’s love story will be no different from what the series has showcased with Snow White and Prince Charming; or Emma and Hook.
This was not any kin of “very special episode,” Horowitz says, adding:
“We don’t want to marginalize… What we want it to be is normal.”
Click on the link below to watch Once Upon a Time online and react in our Comments section to this intriguing storyline.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
La"Porsha Renae: I Disagree with the LGBT Lifestyle
La’Porsha Renae failed to win the final season of American Idol, finishing second to Trent Harmon in a controversial vote last Thursday night.
But the talented 22-year old has gone ahead and created controversy of her own away from the Fox stage.
A native of Mississippi, Renae was recently asked by reporters for her take on her home state’s House Bill 1523, which permits people with faith-based objections to deny wedding services to same-sex couples.
Signed into law this month by Governor Phil Bryant, it also makes it legal for employers to cite religious beliefs when deciding on workplace policies such as dress code and restroom access.
“Although all of us may not agree with that particular lifestyle for religious reasons, whatever the reason is, you still treat each other with respect,” Renae told journalists on a conference call.
“Everybody is a human being. We should be able to coexist with one another.”
La’Porsha added that she plans on residing outside the state with her daughter, but then went on say the following:
“I am one of the people who don’t really agree with that lifestyle. I wasn’t brought up that way. It wasn’t how I was raised.”
Yes, the artist mentioned how she has “a lot of friends and a lot of people that I love dearly who are gay and homosexual and they’re such sweet, nice people,” concluding:
“We should just respect each other’s differences and opinions and move on.”
Yes, we should. But it’s hard to say you are showing “respect” for a lifestyle when you are saying you disagree with it.
On Periscope this past Sunday, Renae reacted to the backlash caused by her comments by saying:
“I can understand when I read it back why people were offended and for that I deeply apologize because I wasn’t trying to offend anyone by what I said, I was just trying to honestly answer a question that actually caught me off-guard.
“It was supposed to be an interview about singing, and it became political and I’m not a political person, at all.”
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