This morning in North Hollywood, actors Joel McHale and Sofia Vergara announced the nominees for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. This year’s slate of nominees include a large number of openly LGBT actors, some of whom also play LGBT roles, as well as nominations for LGBT inclusive programs.
Earlier this week, GLAAD released a statement about the publication of “Straight Jacket,” a controversial Newsweek article by Ramin Setoodeh which cast doubt on the believability of openly gay actors in straight roles. Dustin Lance Black, the Academy Award-winning
On April 26, 2010, Newsweek printed an article entitled “Straight Jacket” in which contributor Ramin Setoodeh criticizes LGBT actors. Glee creator Ryan Murphy and actors including Kristin Chenoweth and Michael Urie have spoken out against the article. Today GLAAD joins Murphy
Stay tuned to Fox after The Adam Lambert Show (AKA: American Idol) and catch a very special sneak preview of Glee, the much anticipated new series from Ryan Murphy!
On the July 28 edition of Clear Channel’s nationally syndicated radio program The War Room with Quinn & Rose, host Jim Quinn made defamatory anti-gay comments while discussing a federal case in which a jury ruled that the city of Philadelphia could not bar a Boy Scouts chapter from city-owned property despite the organization’s anti-gay policy.
