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Jehovah's Witness Leader Lets Loose on Tight Attire From 'Homosexual Designers'
A member of the church's Governing Body proscribed tight-fitting attire for both men and women and suggested that gay fashion designers were to blame for the "metrosexual" look for men.
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Anthony Morris III
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A Jehovah’s Witness leader this weekend blamed gay fashion designers for what he considers immodest attire, ranting against tight pants and suggesting that the “metrosexual look” was engineered by gay fashion designers.
Anthony Morris III, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, let loose on tight-fitting attire for women and men during a meeting for the church’s U.S. branch Saturday, reports JW Survey, a website for dissident Witnesses and former Witnesses.
Here are some highlights from Morris’s rant:
“Worldly women … even some of our sisters now … what it is is this spanx, this skin-tight stuff they wear ... when they exercise. They leave their home and they’re jogging in this stuff … is that appropriate? To wear skin-tight spanx, or whatever they call it? It’s not modest … It’s really not appropriate….
“For these young fellas … it’s the metrosexual look … Metrosexual — that’s the tight suit jacket and the tight pants … and they are tight, I mean tight, all the way down to the ankles and that is not modest, brothers …
“This is a fact. The homosexuals that are designing these clothes—they like you in tight pants. That’s who likes it — not spiritual people.”
Although Morris uses the word “spanx,” he seems to be referring to spandex workout attire rather than the undergarments that bear the brand name Spanx.
Audio of Morri's anti–tight pants rant was posted to YouTube with accompanying transcription:
Morris previously sounded off on tight pants and the gay fashion designers he blames for creating them in a speech he delivered at the church branch office in Rome, according to a blog post published on JW Survey in January.
JW Survey blogger John Cedars, a former Jehovah’s Witness, summarized that the speech,which included a denunciation of flashy clothing that “enters the room before [you] do” and an admonishment of families that don’t eat daily meals together that “the devil has attacked you.”
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A member of the church's Governing Body proscribed tight-fitting attire for both men and women and suggested that gay fashion designers were to blame for the "metrosexual" look for men.
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Anthony Morris III
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A Jehovah’s Witness leader this weekend blamed gay fashion designers for what he considers immodest attire, ranting against tight pants and suggesting that the “metrosexual look” was engineered by gay fashion designers.
Anthony Morris III, a member of the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses, let loose on tight-fitting attire for women and men during a meeting for the church’s U.S. branch Saturday, reports JW Survey, a website for dissident Witnesses and former Witnesses.
Here are some highlights from Morris’s rant:
“Worldly women … even some of our sisters now … what it is is this spanx, this skin-tight stuff they wear ... when they exercise. They leave their home and they’re jogging in this stuff … is that appropriate? To wear skin-tight spanx, or whatever they call it? It’s not modest … It’s really not appropriate….
“For these young fellas … it’s the metrosexual look … Metrosexual — that’s the tight suit jacket and the tight pants … and they are tight, I mean tight, all the way down to the ankles and that is not modest, brothers …
“This is a fact. The homosexuals that are designing these clothes—they like you in tight pants. That’s who likes it — not spiritual people.”
Although Morris uses the word “spanx,” he seems to be referring to spandex workout attire rather than the undergarments that bear the brand name Spanx.
Audio of Morri's anti–tight pants rant was posted to YouTube with accompanying transcription:
Morris previously sounded off on tight pants and the gay fashion designers he blames for creating them in a speech he delivered at the church branch office in Rome, according to a blog post published on JW Survey in January.
JW Survey blogger John Cedars, a former Jehovah’s Witness, summarized that the speech,which included a denunciation of flashy clothing that “enters the room before [you] do” and an admonishment of families that don’t eat daily meals together that “the devil has attacked you.”
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As season 7 of American Idol heats up, I wonder why no contestant has ever sung one of your songs. Are you withholding the rights, or are you on the outs with your old choreographer, Paula Abdul?
You know, I haven’t seen or spoken to Paula in years. I ran into her at someone’s concert at the Forum [near Los Angeles], but that’s been about, oh, my God, maybe 12 years ago? No, they’ve just never asked, but if they do, I’d be more than happy to see my songs performed by one of the kids. “I Get Lonely” would be good. “Together Again” would be fun to hear and one they could have a lot of fun singing.
Tell me about some of the friends you honor in “Together Again,” 1997’s tribute to AIDS casualties.
The first friend that I lost to the disease was one of the kids that I danced with on Fame, Derrick, and then Gene Anthony [Ray] and a couple of other dancer friends. And there was José, a makeup artist that I worked with every time I would go to Europe, and he was such a sweetheart.
As suggested by your guest-starring role in the 2004 Will & Grace episode “Back Up, Dancer,” do you think that conflicts in the real world should be settled with a dance-off?
[Laughs] Well, a lot of the street kids used to. You’d have these gangs, but instead of fighting they’d battle it out by dancing. I hear that some of the kids still are doing it to this day with krumping, so it would be nice if it stays that way.
Which move would you pull out to guarantee victory?
Oh, my God. Well, we kid around a lot in rehearsals and we fall out — the way the kids do in the balls — just flat on your back, but you keep your legs in the air, completely extended, with your toes pointed. We’ll dance around and out of nowhere just fall out.
In 1993’s Poetic Justice your character asked Tupac Shakur’s character if he wanted to smell her “punani” before letting him take a whiff of her girlfriend’s breath. Have you ever pretended to be a lesbian to make a scrub leave you alone?
[Laughs] That’s funny, but no, I never did.
Lesbian rumors have followed you, though. Have people left you alone about that yet?
I don’t know if they’ll ever leave me alone. I’ve always gotten that, and I really don’t know why.
Settle another long-standing rumor: Did you really ask Tupac to take an AIDS test before you’d kiss him?
No, and I think John Singleton, the director, has actually talked about it [and set the record straight] that it was a joke or prank that someone had pulled on Pac. So, no.
In Discipline’s title track you ask a “daddy” to dominate you. Do you like men to take control in bed, Miss Jackson?
Yeah, I definitely have my moments, but there are times when it goes the other way around. My friend asked me the other day, “Are you a T or a B — a top or a bottom?”
Straight people use that terminology? Well, he wasn’t straight!
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Taking back control with Discipline, her 10th studio album, the 41-year-old triple threat sounds off on closeted celebrities, her nasty pleasure principles, and which new track is all for you.
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February 22 2008 1:00 AM ET
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As season 7 of American Idol heats up, I wonder why no contestant has ever sung one of your songs. Are you withholding the rights, or are you on the outs with your old choreographer, Paula Abdul?
You know, I haven’t seen or spoken to Paula in years. I ran into her at someone’s concert at the Forum [near Los Angeles], but that’s been about, oh, my God, maybe 12 years ago? No, they’ve just never asked, but if they do, I’d be more than happy to see my songs performed by one of the kids. “I Get Lonely” would be good. “Together Again” would be fun to hear and one they could have a lot of fun singing.
Tell me about some of the friends you honor in “Together Again,” 1997’s tribute to AIDS casualties.
The first friend that I lost to the disease was one of the kids that I danced with on Fame, Derrick, and then Gene Anthony [Ray] and a couple of other dancer friends. And there was José, a makeup artist that I worked with every time I would go to Europe, and he was such a sweetheart.
As suggested by your guest-starring role in the 2004 Will & Grace episode “Back Up, Dancer,” do you think that conflicts in the real world should be settled with a dance-off?
[Laughs] Well, a lot of the street kids used to. You’d have these gangs, but instead of fighting they’d battle it out by dancing. I hear that some of the kids still are doing it to this day with krumping, so it would be nice if it stays that way.
Which move would you pull out to guarantee victory?
Oh, my God. Well, we kid around a lot in rehearsals and we fall out — the way the kids do in the balls — just flat on your back, but you keep your legs in the air, completely extended, with your toes pointed. We’ll dance around and out of nowhere just fall out.
In 1993’s Poetic Justice your character asked Tupac Shakur’s character if he wanted to smell her “punani” before letting him take a whiff of her girlfriend’s breath. Have you ever pretended to be a lesbian to make a scrub leave you alone?
[Laughs] That’s funny, but no, I never did.
Lesbian rumors have followed you, though. Have people left you alone about that yet?
I don’t know if they’ll ever leave me alone. I’ve always gotten that, and I really don’t know why.
Settle another long-standing rumor: Did you really ask Tupac to take an AIDS test before you’d kiss him?
No, and I think John Singleton, the director, has actually talked about it [and set the record straight] that it was a joke or prank that someone had pulled on Pac. So, no.
In Discipline’s title track you ask a “daddy” to dominate you. Do you like men to take control in bed, Miss Jackson?
Yeah, I definitely have my moments, but there are times when it goes the other way around. My friend asked me the other day, “Are you a T or a B — a top or a bottom?”
Straight people use that terminology? Well, he wasn’t straight!
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Taking back control with Discipline, her 10th studio album, the 41-year-old triple threat sounds off on closeted celebrities, her nasty pleasure principles, and which new track is all for you.
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February 22 2008 1:00 AM ET
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Though her last two albums were commercial disappointments, there are more good times ahead for Janet Jackson, proving that a controversial “wardrobe malfunction” doesn’t really matter in the long run. Taking back control with the dance club–friendly Discipline, her 10th studio album and first with Island Def Jam, the 41-year-old triple threat sounds off on closeted celebrities, her nasty pleasure principles, and which new track is all for you.
The Advocate: In April the GLAAD Media Awards will honor you for your contributions to the LGBT community. What have you done for us lately?
Janet Jackson: I’ve always loved the gay community, and I think they know that. I’m always involved in projects concerning AIDS, and I’ve just always tried to make myself available. We all have a job in this world, and I think that my job that God has given me is to help people. I don’t think I do enough. I want to do a lot more.
Do you specifically keep gay fans in mind during your writing and recording process?
For certain songs, yeah, for sure I do. I was thinking about ’em when I was making “Rock With You” on the new album — it just has that feel, that beat to it. I kept stressing that I have to have something for the kids, I need to have something for the children! I talked about doing the song on the last album, but it wasn’t quite completed by the cutoff date. I felt badly about it, so I wasn’t about to let that happen again.
Growing up as Jehovah’s Witnesses, how was the subject of homosexuality treated in your household?
Well, it’s something that would be considered a sin for the religion. But the one thing I absolutely love about my mother is that she’s so open-minded. We had our friends that were gay growing up, and she didn’t have a problem with them. She never said “No, you can’t hang out with this person” or “This person can’t come over.” They would call her “Mother” as everyone else did and does, and she embraced them just like everyone else.
But how might it have gone over had, say, Tito or one of your other siblings come out as gay?
I honestly don’t know. But one thing I do know is that she wouldn’t have kicked them out of the house. Would it have crushed her heart? Maybe it would have, but I know she never would’ve treated them differently than the rest of us. That’s just how Mother is.
You’re notoriously secretive when it comes to your love life. Do you ever feel like you’re in the closet?
I hear you, but I never really set out to keep my relationships private — except for when I got married the last time [to René Elizondo] and I didn’t tell people, only because I wanted to keep something for us. I felt that if the world were to know that we were married, it wouldn’t have lasted as long as it did, and I was married for a very long time. It is my life, and there are certain things that should be kept to oneself.
Do you think gay celebrities have a certain responsibility to the community to be open about their sexuality?
I think every little bit obviously makes it easier for those coming up, just the way it does in the music industry; Diana [Ross] held the door open long enough and wide enough for me to come through. It would be nice for it to happen, but at the same time, I don’t think they should be forced. Everybody has their own timing that’s right for them for whatever reason.
Have you ever advised a closeted celeb to come out?
No, I never have. But if I did see that, I would, because I think it would make their lives a lot simpler. But they still have to do it at their own pace.
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Though her last two albums were commercial disappointments, there are more good times ahead for Janet Jackson, proving that a controversial “wardrobe malfunction” doesn’t really matter in the long run. Taking back control with the dance club–friendly Discipline, her 10th studio album and first with Island Def Jam, the 41-year-old triple threat sounds off on closeted celebrities, her nasty pleasure principles, and which new track is all for you.
The Advocate: In April the GLAAD Media Awards will honor you for your contributions to the LGBT community. What have you done for us lately?
Janet Jackson: I’ve always loved the gay community, and I think they know that. I’m always involved in projects concerning AIDS, and I’ve just always tried to make myself available. We all have a job in this world, and I think that my job that God has given me is to help people. I don’t think I do enough. I want to do a lot more.
Do you specifically keep gay fans in mind during your writing and recording process?
For certain songs, yeah, for sure I do. I was thinking about ’em when I was making “Rock With You” on the new album — it just has that feel, that beat to it. I kept stressing that I have to have something for the kids, I need to have something for the children! I talked about doing the song on the last album, but it wasn’t quite completed by the cutoff date. I felt badly about it, so I wasn’t about to let that happen again.
Growing up as Jehovah’s Witnesses, how was the subject of homosexuality treated in your household?
Well, it’s something that would be considered a sin for the religion. But the one thing I absolutely love about my mother is that she’s so open-minded. We had our friends that were gay growing up, and she didn’t have a problem with them. She never said “No, you can’t hang out with this person” or “This person can’t come over.” They would call her “Mother” as everyone else did and does, and she embraced them just like everyone else.
But how might it have gone over had, say, Tito or one of your other siblings come out as gay?
I honestly don’t know. But one thing I do know is that she wouldn’t have kicked them out of the house. Would it have crushed her heart? Maybe it would have, but I know she never would’ve treated them differently than the rest of us. That’s just how Mother is.
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I hear you, but I never really set out to keep my relationships private — except for when I got married the last time [to René Elizondo] and I didn’t tell people, only because I wanted to keep something for us. I felt that if the world were to know that we were married, it wouldn’t have lasted as long as it did, and I was married for a very long time. It is my life, and there are certain things that should be kept to oneself.
Do you think gay celebrities have a certain responsibility to the community to be open about their sexuality?
I think every little bit obviously makes it easier for those coming up, just the way it does in the music industry; Diana [Ross] held the door open long enough and wide enough for me to come through. It would be nice for it to happen, but at the same time, I don’t think they should be forced. Everybody has their own timing that’s right for them for whatever reason.
Have you ever advised a closeted celeb to come out?
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Nilo Cantonjos · Top Commenter · Bayonne, New Jersey
Wow...a lot of people here are really advocates of baby-murder through abortion. I bet you rejoice in seeing a dismembered child from an Abortion by dilation and curettage
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Robert Anthony · Top Commenter
It's a shame that the subject of a case that brought the right to choose and a new level of safety to so many women, would about-face with a head full of shit, sold to her by religion.
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Derek Zhang
Your comment is a textbook example of a bulverism, a type of genetic fallacy. If I were writing a book about logical fallacies, I would quote your comment, verbatim. I assume that your friends don't consider you to be a master of logic and persuasive argument.
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Anna Sauber Kuntz · Top Commenter · Works at Stay-at-home parent
Thanks for writing about this in a just-the-facts way that doesn't presume every GLBT person reading it is pro-choice. I really appreciate it.
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Sevrin Caswell · Top Commenter · Swansea University
Just goes to show the power of religion to corrupt even the strongest of wills.
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This comment is a common example of a question-begging argument.
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I personally dislike the idea of abortions but I stand for the law. Roe v. Wade was necessary for women to gain freedom from unwanted pregnancy and it should remain the law of the land.
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Brooks Austin · Top Commenter · Chattanooga, Tennessee
It sounds like she got too addicted to being a political martyr.
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Laquita Hilton · Top Commenter · U of New Mexico
Were there not money in it for her, she still would be admitting to being a lesbian. It is all about how to make the fastest buck.
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Of course, this is not based on facts but on wishful thinking.
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Terry Purdue · Top Commenter
The only men who should tell a woman what to do with her body: Personal trainers, choreographers and doctors...I think women can make their own decisions about their bodies. I just don't want a woman using it as an everyday contraceptive is all.
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Harry Martin · Top Commenter · Works at Catholic Cemeteries of Santa Rosa
A story of a woman on the journey of life. I commend her courage to do, believe as her heart dictates. The matter of labels aside I also commend her commitment and love for her partner as well as her faith. She has guts! Why is it so many people are all pro-choice only if another's choice meets their approval? And why are we so addicted to labels? Perhaps she is in denial. Or perhaps she simply accepts she is more than a label.
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Susan Figueiredo Reaves · Top Commenter · New College of California, San Francisco
I met this woman and heard her speak about her current beliefs vis a vis abortion. She is entitled to her opinion and to change her mind, as we all are. She seemed sincere in her beliefs. Who knows, they might change again.
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Wow...a lot of people here are really advocates of baby-murder through abortion. I bet you rejoice in seeing a dismembered child from an Abortion by dilation and curettage
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Robert Anthony · Top Commenter
It's a shame that the subject of a case that brought the right to choose and a new level of safety to so many women, would about-face with a head full of shit, sold to her by religion.
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Your comment is a textbook example of a bulverism, a type of genetic fallacy. If I were writing a book about logical fallacies, I would quote your comment, verbatim. I assume that your friends don't consider you to be a master of logic and persuasive argument.
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Thanks for writing about this in a just-the-facts way that doesn't presume every GLBT person reading it is pro-choice. I really appreciate it.
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Sevrin Caswell · Top Commenter · Swansea University
Just goes to show the power of religion to corrupt even the strongest of wills.
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This comment is a common example of a question-begging argument.
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John Kirk · Works at Retired
I personally dislike the idea of abortions but I stand for the law. Roe v. Wade was necessary for women to gain freedom from unwanted pregnancy and it should remain the law of the land.
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Brooks Austin · Top Commenter · Chattanooga, Tennessee
It sounds like she got too addicted to being a political martyr.
Reply · · 2 · January 25, 2013 at 8:51pm
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Laquita Hilton · Top Commenter · U of New Mexico
Were there not money in it for her, she still would be admitting to being a lesbian. It is all about how to make the fastest buck.
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Derek Zhang
Of course, this is not based on facts but on wishful thinking.
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Terry Purdue · Top Commenter
The only men who should tell a woman what to do with her body: Personal trainers, choreographers and doctors...I think women can make their own decisions about their bodies. I just don't want a woman using it as an everyday contraceptive is all.
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Harry Martin · Top Commenter · Works at Catholic Cemeteries of Santa Rosa
A story of a woman on the journey of life. I commend her courage to do, believe as her heart dictates. The matter of labels aside I also commend her commitment and love for her partner as well as her faith. She has guts! Why is it so many people are all pro-choice only if another's choice meets their approval? And why are we so addicted to labels? Perhaps she is in denial. Or perhaps she simply accepts she is more than a label.
Reply · · 1 · January 30, 2013 at 7:02am
Susan Figueiredo Reaves · Top Commenter · New College of California, San Francisco
I met this woman and heard her speak about her current beliefs vis a vis abortion. She is entitled to her opinion and to change her mind, as we all are. She seemed sincere in her beliefs. Who knows, they might change again.
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PLAGAL - The Prolife Alliance of Gays and Lesbians.
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Meet Norma McCorvey, the LGBT Roe in Roe v. Wade
As anti-abortion groups blanket Washington to protest the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, read up on the legendary case's LGBT plaintiff and her little known story.
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McCorvey (left) with attorney Gloria Allred
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On Friday, thousands of anti-abortion protestors descended on the National Mall to voice their dissent at Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that 40 years ago struck down abortion bans. Probably the most contentious high court decision ever, Roe always seems to hang by a thread. What many don't know is that the woman behind Roe, Norma McCorvey, identified as a lesbian at one point. Read her fascinating story below:
One of the most famous cases involving a lesbian has little to do with sexual orientation — but it effected a sea change in women’s rights for a lifetime. Norma McCorvey was a part-Cajun high school dropout who grew up a Jehovah’s Witness in Louisiana and Texas. She dropped out of high school at 14, married at 16, and divorced her abusive husband soon after. Pregnant, she resumed living with her mother in Dallas, and she eventually gave birth to a daughter. McCorvey’s mother, however, kicked her out and took custody of the daughter away after McCorvey confessed that she was attracted to women. Her occasional relationships with men led to a second pregnancy at 19, and she gave the child up for adoption. In 1969, when she was 21, she became pregnant again and tried to obtain an abortion in Texas first by claiming rape, which failed because there were no police reports. Later she attempted to visit an illegal clinic, but also failed because the clinic had been shut down recently by police.
She hired an attorney and sued for the right to an abortion, and her case became known as the landmark Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that broke new ground regarding women’s reproductive rights. After the Supreme Court handed down its decision January 22, 1973, it ruled all anti-abortion laws unconstitutional, thus nullifying them in every state. After the ruling, McCorvey told the Baptist Press, a news service, that she was the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade, saying she initiated the case, she had no job, a 10th-grade education, and no money to travel to a jurisdiction where abortions were legal. “I felt there was no one in the world who could help me,” she said.
In her 1994 memoir, I Am Roe, McCorvey discussed being a lesbian, and after the book’s publication she talked to dozens of reporters from mainstream and LGBT media about her longtime partner, Connie Gonzales, and their life together in Texas. “We’re not like other lesbians, going to bars. We’re lesbians by ourselves. We’re homers,” she told The New York Times.
But soon after, McCorvey sang a different tune. First she converted to Christianity and became a part of the anti-abortion movement, telling reporters she was sorry about the precedent she set with Roe v. Wade. Then she was baptized as Catholic and told reporters she was also no longer a lesbian, even though she continued to live with Gonzales.
The anti-abortion movement was galvanized by McCorvey’s changed tune and she became a public leader on the issue, speaking at ministries, colleges, and rallies against abortion. In 2005 she petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, but the court refused to take the case.
In 2006, however, The Washington Times reported that she was caring for her “longtime friend Connie Gonzales” who had suffered a stroke, and destitute because she could no longer travel for speaking engagements (her main source of income for many years). But by 2009 she was back on the circuit, with Randall Terry’s Operation Rescue and her own organization Roe No More, even getting booted by cops while protesting at a confirmation hearing for then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. —additional reporting by Neal Broverman
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Meet Norma McCorvey, the LGBT Roe in Roe v. Wade
As anti-abortion groups blanket Washington to protest the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, read up on the legendary case's LGBT plaintiff and her little known story.
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McCorvey (left) with attorney Gloria Allred
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On Friday, thousands of anti-abortion protestors descended on the National Mall to voice their dissent at Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that 40 years ago struck down abortion bans. Probably the most contentious high court decision ever, Roe always seems to hang by a thread. What many don't know is that the woman behind Roe, Norma McCorvey, identified as a lesbian at one point. Read her fascinating story below:
One of the most famous cases involving a lesbian has little to do with sexual orientation — but it effected a sea change in women’s rights for a lifetime. Norma McCorvey was a part-Cajun high school dropout who grew up a Jehovah’s Witness in Louisiana and Texas. She dropped out of high school at 14, married at 16, and divorced her abusive husband soon after. Pregnant, she resumed living with her mother in Dallas, and she eventually gave birth to a daughter. McCorvey’s mother, however, kicked her out and took custody of the daughter away after McCorvey confessed that she was attracted to women. Her occasional relationships with men led to a second pregnancy at 19, and she gave the child up for adoption. In 1969, when she was 21, she became pregnant again and tried to obtain an abortion in Texas first by claiming rape, which failed because there were no police reports. Later she attempted to visit an illegal clinic, but also failed because the clinic had been shut down recently by police.
She hired an attorney and sued for the right to an abortion, and her case became known as the landmark Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that broke new ground regarding women’s reproductive rights. After the Supreme Court handed down its decision January 22, 1973, it ruled all anti-abortion laws unconstitutional, thus nullifying them in every state. After the ruling, McCorvey told the Baptist Press, a news service, that she was the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade, saying she initiated the case, she had no job, a 10th-grade education, and no money to travel to a jurisdiction where abortions were legal. “I felt there was no one in the world who could help me,” she said.
In her 1994 memoir, I Am Roe, McCorvey discussed being a lesbian, and after the book’s publication she talked to dozens of reporters from mainstream and LGBT media about her longtime partner, Connie Gonzales, and their life together in Texas. “We’re not like other lesbians, going to bars. We’re lesbians by ourselves. We’re homers,” she told The New York Times.
But soon after, McCorvey sang a different tune. First she converted to Christianity and became a part of the anti-abortion movement, telling reporters she was sorry about the precedent she set with Roe v. Wade. Then she was baptized as Catholic and told reporters she was also no longer a lesbian, even though she continued to live with Gonzales.
The anti-abortion movement was galvanized by McCorvey’s changed tune and she became a public leader on the issue, speaking at ministries, colleges, and rallies against abortion. In 2005 she petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, but the court refused to take the case.
In 2006, however, The Washington Times reported that she was caring for her “longtime friend Connie Gonzales” who had suffered a stroke, and destitute because she could no longer travel for speaking engagements (her main source of income for many years). But by 2009 she was back on the circuit, with Randall Terry’s Operation Rescue and her own organization Roe No More, even getting booted by cops while protesting at a confirmation hearing for then-Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. —additional reporting by Neal Broverman
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So there I was in London, thumbing through the June issue of Gay Times, the closest thing the United Kingdom has to The Advocate, when I'm startled on page 29 by Luke Evans. Three-dimensionally handsome, the 23-year-old actor costars in Boy George's musical Taboo, the hit West End show chronicling George's rise and fall and rise again. It isn't just the photograph — it's what he says that leaves me slack-jawed: "People come up to me in pubs, gay pubs mind you, and can't believe that I'm gay," he says. What did he just say? I'm thinking. Did this young actor in his first major role really announce that he's gay? Doesn't he have handlers or agents who know what's best for him?
Off I went to see the show — and found Luke to be a fine actor, a terrific singer, and completely at home playing the straight guy who's the object of the Boy George character's affections. So I decided I'd better talk to this young man — before Luke Evans becomes a household name here in the States and changes his mind!
Has Taboo met your expectations for your career?
Definitely. I hadn't really done a lot before Taboo. I graduated from drama college 2 1/2 years ago, played a small part in a musical called La Cava in the year 2000, then I did 15 episodes of a soap. I played their first baddie in a new soap on telly. And I didn't do anything for eight months, so this is my big break.
Where did you grow up?
I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed.
A small town?
Oh, very small, yeah, too small for me and my ego! [Laughs] I had a very difficult upbringing. I was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. And I'm the only child. And my mom and dad still are Jehovah's Witnesses, so I was never able to sort of naturally come out. It would have been very difficult anyway, even if my parents weren't Witnesses, to come out in the village that I was brought up in. [But] they both know now and they're both fantastic and they love Taboo. My mom and dad said, "You know, you're our boy and no matter how much we love our religion and our God, we're sure he's going to understand that we can never turn our backs on you."
How did you decide you're going to be open about your sexuality?
Well, it was something I'd spoken to a lot of people about, including my boyfriend at the time — we've broken up now — but at the time when I just got Taboo, I knew that even though my part was a straight character everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London I never tried to hide…. I knew I was going to have to do interviews with gay magazines; I knew this was going to happen. So I thought, Well, I'm going to have to be open. It's who I am. And if people don't like it, then I don't want their jobs. I've never been a very good liar, which is another thing…
Aren't actors all good liars?
Well, it's not nice. Look at George Michael, let's say. I mean, he hid it for so many years, and then he gets found out in a really awful way…. Y'know, you start a slippery slope downward, and I didn't want to start that at 22. If that means I'm going to be a poor man at 60, then at least I've lived a happy, open, gay life and not had to hide it from anybody.
I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, "I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future." As far as I'm concerned it's not a big issue. You come out, that's it, the end.
Do you think it might be different in the U.K. than in America?
Well, it depends on how big you are. It's not a big issue, and it's never going to be a big issue for me; whether I'm successful or if I weren't successful, at least I'll never have that skeleton in the closet they can rattle out. Y'know what I mean?
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August 09 2011 5:25 AM ET
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[This is an archived interview that was first published in the September 3, 2002 issue of The Advocate.]
So there I was in London, thumbing through the June issue of Gay Times, the closest thing the United Kingdom has to The Advocate, when I'm startled on page 29 by Luke Evans. Three-dimensionally handsome, the 23-year-old actor costars in Boy George's musical Taboo, the hit West End show chronicling George's rise and fall and rise again. It isn't just the photograph — it's what he says that leaves me slack-jawed: "People come up to me in pubs, gay pubs mind you, and can't believe that I'm gay," he says. What did he just say? I'm thinking. Did this young actor in his first major role really announce that he's gay? Doesn't he have handlers or agents who know what's best for him?
Off I went to see the show — and found Luke to be a fine actor, a terrific singer, and completely at home playing the straight guy who's the object of the Boy George character's affections. So I decided I'd better talk to this young man — before Luke Evans becomes a household name here in the States and changes his mind!
Has Taboo met your expectations for your career?
Definitely. I hadn't really done a lot before Taboo. I graduated from drama college 2 1/2 years ago, played a small part in a musical called La Cava in the year 2000, then I did 15 episodes of a soap. I played their first baddie in a new soap on telly. And I didn't do anything for eight months, so this is my big break.
Where did you grow up?
I come from south Wales. A place called Aberbargoed.
A small town?
Oh, very small, yeah, too small for me and my ego! [Laughs] I had a very difficult upbringing. I was brought up as a Jehovah's Witness. And I'm the only child. And my mom and dad still are Jehovah's Witnesses, so I was never able to sort of naturally come out. It would have been very difficult anyway, even if my parents weren't Witnesses, to come out in the village that I was brought up in. [But] they both know now and they're both fantastic and they love Taboo. My mom and dad said, "You know, you're our boy and no matter how much we love our religion and our God, we're sure he's going to understand that we can never turn our backs on you."
How did you decide you're going to be open about your sexuality?
Well, it was something I'd spoken to a lot of people about, including my boyfriend at the time — we've broken up now — but at the time when I just got Taboo, I knew that even though my part was a straight character everybody knew me as a gay man, and in my life in London I never tried to hide…. I knew I was going to have to do interviews with gay magazines; I knew this was going to happen. So I thought, Well, I'm going to have to be open. It's who I am. And if people don't like it, then I don't want their jobs. I've never been a very good liar, which is another thing…
Aren't actors all good liars?
Well, it's not nice. Look at George Michael, let's say. I mean, he hid it for so many years, and then he gets found out in a really awful way…. Y'know, you start a slippery slope downward, and I didn't want to start that at 22. If that means I'm going to be a poor man at 60, then at least I've lived a happy, open, gay life and not had to hide it from anybody.
I've had letters from people who have read my articles and said, "I'm a guy, I'm 18, and I've not come out to my mom and dad yet, but it was so nice to hear your story, and you know, I wish your article would have been longer, because you gave me hope for the future." As far as I'm concerned it's not a big issue. You come out, that's it, the end.
Do you think it might be different in the U.K. than in America?
Well, it depends on how big you are. It's not a big issue, and it's never going to be a big issue for me; whether I'm successful or if I weren't successful, at least I'll never have that skeleton in the closet they can rattle out. Y'know what I mean?
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Prince to play 21 concerts in London
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Prince, whose
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shows in London this summer.
The pansexual pop
superstar, who is a Jehovah's Witness, said he wouldn't
be playing any other European dates in 2007 because he must
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Fans will receive
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''Last time I was
here, a lot of people didn't get to see me, so we are
trying to make it affordable for everybody,'' said Prince,
who spoke to the media in a darkened room lined with
purple drapes. ''That's why we are doing such an
extended stay.''
The tour will
begin with seven nights at London's O2 Arena. It will also
include some secret club gigs. Tickets for the O2 Arena
shows go on sale Friday morning.
Prince said he's
prepared about 150 songs and will play a different
selection at each show—including a version of the
Beatles' ''The Long and Winding Road.''
''There are going
to be so many nights here that we are going to change
the show every night,'' he said.
Prince also
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Prince to play 21 concerts in London
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May 09 2007 12:00 AM ET
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Prince, whose
hits include ''Purple Rain'' and ''Kiss,'' will play 21
shows in London this summer.
The pansexual pop
superstar, who is a Jehovah's Witness, said he wouldn't
be playing any other European dates in 2007 because he must
devote time to studying the Bible.
Tickets for the
Earth Tour, set to begin August 1, will be priced at $62
in tribute to his last album, 3121, he said
Tuesday at a press conference.
Fans will receive
a copy of his new album with their ticket.
''Last time I was
here, a lot of people didn't get to see me, so we are
trying to make it affordable for everybody,'' said Prince,
who spoke to the media in a darkened room lined with
purple drapes. ''That's why we are doing such an
extended stay.''
The tour will
begin with seven nights at London's O2 Arena. It will also
include some secret club gigs. Tickets for the O2 Arena
shows go on sale Friday morning.
Prince said he's
prepared about 150 songs and will play a different
selection at each show—including a version of the
Beatles' ''The Long and Winding Road.''
''There are going
to be so many nights here that we are going to change
the show every night,'' he said.
Prince also
declared himself ''a big fan'' of English chanteuse Amy
Winehouse and said he hoped she would show up at one of his
shows. (AP)
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Prince's halftime imagery questioned
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Matthew Van Atta
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February 08 2007 1:00 AM ET
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In the sensitive
post–wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning
whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince's Super
Bowl halftime show.
Prince's
acclaimed performance included a guitar solo during the
''Purple Rain'' segment of his medley in which his
shadow was projected onto a large flowing beige sheet.
As the 48-year-old rock star let rip, the silhouette
cast by his figure and his guitar (shaped like the singer's
symbol) had phallic connotations for some.
A number of
bloggers have decried ''Malfunction!''--including Sam
Anderson in New York magazine's Daily
Intelligencer. Daily News television critic
David Bianculli called it ''a rude-looking shadow show''
that ''looked embarrassingly rude, crude, and
unfortunately placed.''
CBS spokesman
Dana McClintock said Tuesday that the network has received
''very few'' complaints on Prince's performance. CBS last
aired the Super Bowl in 2004 when Janet Jackson and
Justin Timberlake's ''wardrobe malfunction'' sparked
criticism and a subsequent crackdown on broadcast
decency from the Federal Communications Commission.
But this time, it
was the NFL that produced the halftime show (MTV had in
2004). Spokesman Greg Aiello said the league has received no
complaints.
''We respect
other opinions, but it takes quite a leap of the imagination
to make a controversy of his performance,'' Aiello said.
''It's a guitar.''
The majority of
the reaction to Prince's performance has been laudatory,
including positive reviews from the Associated Press, The
New York Times, and USA Today, all of
which noted the lack of controversy in this year's
halftime show. AP entertainment writer Douglas J. Rowe
wrote: ''He delivered one of the best Super Bowl halftime
shows--ever.''
For decades, the
electric guitar, by nature, has been considered phallic.
From Jimi Hendrix's sensual six-string swagger to Eddie Van
Halen's masturbatory soloing, the guitar has often
been thought an extension of a male player's
sexuality.
Was Prince's pose
phallic?
''The short
answer is, of course it is,'' says Rolling Stone
magazine contributing editor Gavin Edwards, who points
out that on Prince's ''Purple Rain'' tour in the mid
'80s, he performed with a guitar that would ejaculate,
squirting water out of its end during the climax of
''Let's Go Crazy.''
"All that said,
it didn't seem like a sniggering little puppet show,''
adds Edwards. ''I think it was one of those things because a
guitar at waist level does look like an enormous phallus. By
enlarging his shadow, it's possible Prince intended to
accentuate this aspect of his solo, but it's just as
likely it was accidental." (You can find videos of the
halftime show at YouTube.com.) A message left with Prince's
publicist Tuesday wasn't returned.
The late-night
shows have taken notice. On CBS's The Late Late Show
on Sunday night, host Craig Ferguson said of Prince:
''He was obviously very happy to be there, wasn't
he?''
Stephen Colbert
reacted with mock outrage on Comedy Central's The Colbert
Report Monday night: ''They knew that they were
dealing with a lustful, pansexual rock-and-roll deviant,''
said Colbert, who joked that the sheet hid (not
enhanced) Prince's ''demonic guitar phallus."
''In recent
years, Prince has scaled down his performances, which were
once renowned for their gymnastics. His mini concert at the
Colts-Bears game in Miami included parts of ''Purple
Rain,'' ''Let's Go Crazy,'' ''Baby I'm a Star,'' Bob
Dylan's ''All Along the Watchtower,'' the Foo
Fighter's ''Best of You,'' and Creedence Clearwater
Revival's ''Proud Mary.''
The Minnesota
native has attracted controversy before. Tipper Gore
launched a campaign to place a warning sticker on his 1984
album Purple Rain because of the lyrics to the song
''Darling Nikki.'' Though his musical style has been
expansive, he's best known for funky, sexually charged
songs like ''I Wanna Be Your Lover'' and ''Get Off.''
Prince's
previously most talked-about performance came at the 1991
MTV Video Music Awards, where he donned yellow,
butt-baring pants, (a stunt later spoofed by Howard
Stern). Always eccentric, he famously changed his name
to the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, then to simply a
symbol, and finally back to Prince. He also became a
Jehovah's Witness in the mid '90s.
But Prince's
halftime performance, though celebrated, came in a much
different cultural environment, where even the fleeting
outline of a man and his guitar could, for some,
suggest shaded depravity.
''If people want
to be hypersensitive, they can be hypersensitive,'' says
Rolling Stone's Edwards. ''Those trombones are
phallic too. What are you going to do?'' (Jake Coyle, AP)
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Prince's halftime imagery questioned
BY
Matthew Van Atta
.
February 08 2007 1:00 AM ET
.
In the sensitive
post–wardrobe malfunction world, some are questioning
whether a guitar was just a guitar during Prince's Super
Bowl halftime show.
Prince's
acclaimed performance included a guitar solo during the
''Purple Rain'' segment of his medley in which his
shadow was projected onto a large flowing beige sheet.
As the 48-year-old rock star let rip, the silhouette
cast by his figure and his guitar (shaped like the singer's
symbol) had phallic connotations for some.
A number of
bloggers have decried ''Malfunction!''--including Sam
Anderson in New York magazine's Daily
Intelligencer. Daily News television critic
David Bianculli called it ''a rude-looking shadow show''
that ''looked embarrassingly rude, crude, and
unfortunately placed.''
CBS spokesman
Dana McClintock said Tuesday that the network has received
''very few'' complaints on Prince's performance. CBS last
aired the Super Bowl in 2004 when Janet Jackson and
Justin Timberlake's ''wardrobe malfunction'' sparked
criticism and a subsequent crackdown on broadcast
decency from the Federal Communications Commission.
But this time, it
was the NFL that produced the halftime show (MTV had in
2004). Spokesman Greg Aiello said the league has received no
complaints.
''We respect
other opinions, but it takes quite a leap of the imagination
to make a controversy of his performance,'' Aiello said.
''It's a guitar.''
The majority of
the reaction to Prince's performance has been laudatory,
including positive reviews from the Associated Press, The
New York Times, and USA Today, all of
which noted the lack of controversy in this year's
halftime show. AP entertainment writer Douglas J. Rowe
wrote: ''He delivered one of the best Super Bowl halftime
shows--ever.''
For decades, the
electric guitar, by nature, has been considered phallic.
From Jimi Hendrix's sensual six-string swagger to Eddie Van
Halen's masturbatory soloing, the guitar has often
been thought an extension of a male player's
sexuality.
Was Prince's pose
phallic?
''The short
answer is, of course it is,'' says Rolling Stone
magazine contributing editor Gavin Edwards, who points
out that on Prince's ''Purple Rain'' tour in the mid
'80s, he performed with a guitar that would ejaculate,
squirting water out of its end during the climax of
''Let's Go Crazy.''
"All that said,
it didn't seem like a sniggering little puppet show,''
adds Edwards. ''I think it was one of those things because a
guitar at waist level does look like an enormous phallus. By
enlarging his shadow, it's possible Prince intended to
accentuate this aspect of his solo, but it's just as
likely it was accidental." (You can find videos of the
halftime show at YouTube.com.) A message left with Prince's
publicist Tuesday wasn't returned.
The late-night
shows have taken notice. On CBS's The Late Late Show
on Sunday night, host Craig Ferguson said of Prince:
''He was obviously very happy to be there, wasn't
he?''
Stephen Colbert
reacted with mock outrage on Comedy Central's The Colbert
Report Monday night: ''They knew that they were
dealing with a lustful, pansexual rock-and-roll deviant,''
said Colbert, who joked that the sheet hid (not
enhanced) Prince's ''demonic guitar phallus."
''In recent
years, Prince has scaled down his performances, which were
once renowned for their gymnastics. His mini concert at the
Colts-Bears game in Miami included parts of ''Purple
Rain,'' ''Let's Go Crazy,'' ''Baby I'm a Star,'' Bob
Dylan's ''All Along the Watchtower,'' the Foo
Fighter's ''Best of You,'' and Creedence Clearwater
Revival's ''Proud Mary.''
The Minnesota
native has attracted controversy before. Tipper Gore
launched a campaign to place a warning sticker on his 1984
album Purple Rain because of the lyrics to the song
''Darling Nikki.'' Though his musical style has been
expansive, he's best known for funky, sexually charged
songs like ''I Wanna Be Your Lover'' and ''Get Off.''
Prince's
previously most talked-about performance came at the 1991
MTV Video Music Awards, where he donned yellow,
butt-baring pants, (a stunt later spoofed by Howard
Stern). Always eccentric, he famously changed his name
to the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, then to simply a
symbol, and finally back to Prince. He also became a
Jehovah's Witness in the mid '90s.
But Prince's
halftime performance, though celebrated, came in a much
different cultural environment, where even the fleeting
outline of a man and his guitar could, for some,
suggest shaded depravity.
''If people want
to be hypersensitive, they can be hypersensitive,'' says
Rolling Stone's Edwards. ''Those trombones are
phallic too. What are you going to do?'' (Jake Coyle, AP)
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Never was a fan. I disagree with the author's title of the article speaking of LaToya as the most fabulous - um...no. The most fabulous Jackson has always been and will always be, Janet.
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Never was a fan. I disagree with the author's title of the article speaking of LaToya as the most fabulous - um...no. The most fabulous Jackson has always been and will always be, Janet.
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La Toya Reminds Us Why She's Still the Most Fabulous Jackson
La Toya Jackson on the joy of witnessing a same-sex wedding for the first time and inspiring others by sharing her story as a survivor of domestic abuse.
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La Toya and her father, Joe Jackson. Photo: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
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As part of one of the most famous families in entertainment, La Toya Jackson may have been destined to be a pop culture icon from the moment she first appeared with her siblings in the 1976 variety TV show The Jacksons. But it’s been her ability to persevere in the face of adversity — escaping an abusive relationship with her ex-husband, mending her strained relationship with her family after being exiled, and willingness to stand up for LGBT equality long before it was accepted by the mainstream — that gained the entertainer a loyal gay fan base.
These were only a few of the reasons Jackson was invited to be a celebrity grand marshal at the 2013 San Diego Pride festival, where she and thousands of others celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Proposition 8 and a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, just a few short weeks prior. That was where she witnessed a same-sex wedding for the first time, and was overcome with joy.
“You fight for equal rights and you fight for what you want in life, but to actually see a moment like that come to fruition — it was so amazing to me,” she says. “To actually see that wedding take place and to see the freedom that [some people] now have — my heart sang.”
The joy Jackson felt as she watched a same-sex couple legally say “I do” for the first time — which will air when her docu-series Life With La Toya returns with new episodes on Saturday on OWN — isn’t something the singer says sprang from an evolved point of view. Despite being raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, marriage equality and equal rights for LGBT people has never been a question for her.
“I’ve always felt this way,” she says, adding that delightfully unmistakable giggle before her voice shifts into a more serious tone. “I’ve always felt that there’s enough hatred in the world. If two people can find each other and they love each other — whether that’s a man and a man, a female and a female, or a male and a female — so be it. Why not embrace each other and get married? Let them live and enjoy it, because life is too short.”
Toy — as she’s called by those closest to her — doesn’t hide her irritation with antigay bigotry when asked if she’s surprised to see the rapidly increasing amount of LGBT visibility in entertainment.
“I think it’s something that should have been done a long time ago and it’s a shame that we’ve had to wait to get this far,” she says, before adding, “but we should also be grateful and thankful that we are there and I know it only gets better from here… because people are more open-minded today. It’s so different than the way it was years ago and I think that’s because we’re putting it out there.”
But Jackson hasn’t only been “putting it out there” on behalf of the LGBT population; she’s been facing demons of her own as a survivor of domestic abuse through her TV series since it debuted last year in hopes of inspiring others who have endured similar experiences. It’s a process she says viewers will continue to see unfold throughout the show’s new season as well. She agreed to have her sessions with a therapist recorded for the show’s new season when she decided to further confront her fears of intimacy and the emotional scars which were a result of horrors she faced during her seven-year marriage to her abusive ex-husband.
“I’ve always had a problem with people invading my privacy and being touched by people and expressing things like that… it was embarrassing for me in the beginning,” Jackson says, adding the idea of “going through therapy before the world” initially “terrified” her. “But then [a friend told me], “Toy, there’s no reason for you to be embarrassed about it. A lot of people go through this and you’re going to help a lot of people by letting them know that this is who you are, this is what you’re going through, and this is what you’ve been through. And look at you now, you’ve changed. You’re different now.”
In addition to giving people the chance to learn “who I really am,” Jackson says sharing her story in hopes of encouraging others was one of the primary reasons she agreed to open up her life for a reality series. “I wanted people to see what I was doing and know you can own yourself and do whatever you want.”
Life With La Toya airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. / 9 p.m. Central on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Watch the first five minutes of this Saturday’s episode below.
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These were only a few of the reasons Jackson was invited to be a celebrity grand marshal at the 2013 San Diego Pride festival, where she and thousands of others celebrated the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Proposition 8 and a key section of the Defense of Marriage Act, just a few short weeks prior. That was where she witnessed a same-sex wedding for the first time, and was overcome with joy.
“You fight for equal rights and you fight for what you want in life, but to actually see a moment like that come to fruition — it was so amazing to me,” she says. “To actually see that wedding take place and to see the freedom that [some people] now have — my heart sang.”
The joy Jackson felt as she watched a same-sex couple legally say “I do” for the first time — which will air when her docu-series Life With La Toya returns with new episodes on Saturday on OWN — isn’t something the singer says sprang from an evolved point of view. Despite being raised as a Jehovah’s Witness, marriage equality and equal rights for LGBT people has never been a question for her.
“I’ve always felt this way,” she says, adding that delightfully unmistakable giggle before her voice shifts into a more serious tone. “I’ve always felt that there’s enough hatred in the world. If two people can find each other and they love each other — whether that’s a man and a man, a female and a female, or a male and a female — so be it. Why not embrace each other and get married? Let them live and enjoy it, because life is too short.”
Toy — as she’s called by those closest to her — doesn’t hide her irritation with antigay bigotry when asked if she’s surprised to see the rapidly increasing amount of LGBT visibility in entertainment.
“I think it’s something that should have been done a long time ago and it’s a shame that we’ve had to wait to get this far,” she says, before adding, “but we should also be grateful and thankful that we are there and I know it only gets better from here… because people are more open-minded today. It’s so different than the way it was years ago and I think that’s because we’re putting it out there.”
But Jackson hasn’t only been “putting it out there” on behalf of the LGBT population; she’s been facing demons of her own as a survivor of domestic abuse through her TV series since it debuted last year in hopes of inspiring others who have endured similar experiences. It’s a process she says viewers will continue to see unfold throughout the show’s new season as well. She agreed to have her sessions with a therapist recorded for the show’s new season when she decided to further confront her fears of intimacy and the emotional scars which were a result of horrors she faced during her seven-year marriage to her abusive ex-husband.
“I’ve always had a problem with people invading my privacy and being touched by people and expressing things like that… it was embarrassing for me in the beginning,” Jackson says, adding the idea of “going through therapy before the world” initially “terrified” her. “But then [a friend told me], “Toy, there’s no reason for you to be embarrassed about it. A lot of people go through this and you’re going to help a lot of people by letting them know that this is who you are, this is what you’re going through, and this is what you’ve been through. And look at you now, you’ve changed. You’re different now.”
In addition to giving people the chance to learn “who I really am,” Jackson says sharing her story in hopes of encouraging others was one of the primary reasons she agreed to open up her life for a reality series. “I wanted people to see what I was doing and know you can own yourself and do whatever you want.”
Life With La Toya airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. / 9 p.m. Central on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. Watch the first five minutes of this Saturday’s episode below.
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Shunned by their former religion, Nemesis Rising's gay twin brothers Jacob and Joshua Miller are looking for answers.
BY
Michelle Garcia
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January 16 2007 1:00 AM ET
.
Jacob and Joshua Miller of the pop rock band
Nemesis Rising defied their Jehovah’s Witness
past by coming out together on national
television. Unfortunately, their risky yet entertaining
venture caused the Witnesses to disfellowship, or
excommunicate, the duo in late December. Joshua,
the “free spirit,” elaborated about his ordeal.
Coming out on national TV was risky, knowing that
the Jehovah’s Witnesses would not be very
accepting. Why did you do it?
We knew that they wouldn't be accepting going
into it. I had already decided I wasn't a
Jehovah’s Witness, and that at some point you either
have to step up or shut up. I wasn't that concerned about
that because I knew the repercussions of coming out
and the possible repercussions with my family.…
It wasn't that I was worried in that way, but I was worried
as far as the music industry, and making sure that Jacob and
I would be able to find an audience that would be
willing to listen to our music even though they saw
that we were gay.
How did you hear about the Jehovah’s
Witnesses’ decision to disfellowship you
and Jacob?
One of the oddest parts was that we didn't have
any discussion or communication with them, which is
procedurally very unusual. I was born and raised as a
Jehovah’s Witness my whole life until I was about 24
years old, when I decided it wasn't for me. It just was
an announcement that was made, without contacting
Jacob or me, even though they had access to us, as
some of the elder body are family of mine. So I
thought that was strange.
A girl friend of
mine wrote me a text message that said, “I’m
really upset right now. I can't believe you didn't
warn me that they were disfellowshipping you
tonight.” And my stomach just dropped. So I wrote
her back and said, “They’re not. Nobody said
anything to me. That’s not happening.”
And then she called—she was crying—and said
that they just announced it, and she ran out upset
when it happened.
Have your family or friends reached out to you
despite you being disfellowshipped?
Nobody in any official capacity has called,
which I still find unusual. My parents were on
vacation when it happened. During their cruise,
several people came up to them and thanked them for doing
such a great job on the television series [Jacob
and Joshua: Nemesis Rising on Logo] and
maintaining such composure, and for being such cool
parents. They were surprised by that because they're not
used to people recognizing them.
But then they
arrived home, and all of this had gone down without them
knowing, so I think they were upset. It all happened so
quickly while they were out of town. I haven't spoken
to my dad at all, which I do find a little bit
strange. I have talked to my mom twice. The first time was a
very emotional conversation. She was upset and trying to
figure out how all of this could happen without anyone
being around. It’s one of those weird things
for her, Dad, Sarah, and Jordan. They’re lucky
because there’s the little loophole for
immediate family—they can have only very
limited contact with us, but at least they can speak to us.
Like yesterday, my mom said a piece of mail she had
sent me was returned, so that was an excuse to call.
But it’s
very hard on them. As far as my other friends go, I haven't
spoken to any one of them on the telephone. The one girl who
called and told me what had happened said she was
getting pressure—crazy pressure—but she
was going to try to maintain the relationship with us.
Looking forward, is there anything that you might
do to help others who may be in your position?
I’ve gotten so many e-mails, letters, and
MySpace messages from people of all ages who admire us
and want to share their stories. It’s actually
overwhelming. I’m still trying to wrap my head around
the impact we're able to have. I’d like to find
something a little more organized to be a part of that
may be helpful to others. I’m lucky to have Jacob,
who is my identical twin brother, and not to be
completely alone, but I think most people in this
situation are alone. Also, Jacob and I live in West
Hollywood [Calif.], which is a support structure in and of
itself. Many people don't have that. If my story
helps, and I hope it does, I definitely want to reach
out to more people as soon as I figure out how to do
it.
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Joshua Miller loses his religion
Shunned by their former religion, Nemesis Rising's gay twin brothers Jacob and Joshua Miller are looking for answers.
BY
Michelle Garcia
.
January 16 2007 1:00 AM ET
.
Jacob and Joshua Miller of the pop rock band
Nemesis Rising defied their Jehovah’s Witness
past by coming out together on national
television. Unfortunately, their risky yet entertaining
venture caused the Witnesses to disfellowship, or
excommunicate, the duo in late December. Joshua,
the “free spirit,” elaborated about his ordeal.
Coming out on national TV was risky, knowing that
the Jehovah’s Witnesses would not be very
accepting. Why did you do it?
We knew that they wouldn't be accepting going
into it. I had already decided I wasn't a
Jehovah’s Witness, and that at some point you either
have to step up or shut up. I wasn't that concerned about
that because I knew the repercussions of coming out
and the possible repercussions with my family.…
It wasn't that I was worried in that way, but I was worried
as far as the music industry, and making sure that Jacob and
I would be able to find an audience that would be
willing to listen to our music even though they saw
that we were gay.
How did you hear about the Jehovah’s
Witnesses’ decision to disfellowship you
and Jacob?
One of the oddest parts was that we didn't have
any discussion or communication with them, which is
procedurally very unusual. I was born and raised as a
Jehovah’s Witness my whole life until I was about 24
years old, when I decided it wasn't for me. It just was
an announcement that was made, without contacting
Jacob or me, even though they had access to us, as
some of the elder body are family of mine. So I
thought that was strange.
A girl friend of
mine wrote me a text message that said, “I’m
really upset right now. I can't believe you didn't
warn me that they were disfellowshipping you
tonight.” And my stomach just dropped. So I wrote
her back and said, “They’re not. Nobody said
anything to me. That’s not happening.”
And then she called—she was crying—and said
that they just announced it, and she ran out upset
when it happened.
Have your family or friends reached out to you
despite you being disfellowshipped?
Nobody in any official capacity has called,
which I still find unusual. My parents were on
vacation when it happened. During their cruise,
several people came up to them and thanked them for doing
such a great job on the television series [Jacob
and Joshua: Nemesis Rising on Logo] and
maintaining such composure, and for being such cool
parents. They were surprised by that because they're not
used to people recognizing them.
But then they
arrived home, and all of this had gone down without them
knowing, so I think they were upset. It all happened so
quickly while they were out of town. I haven't spoken
to my dad at all, which I do find a little bit
strange. I have talked to my mom twice. The first time was a
very emotional conversation. She was upset and trying to
figure out how all of this could happen without anyone
being around. It’s one of those weird things
for her, Dad, Sarah, and Jordan. They’re lucky
because there’s the little loophole for
immediate family—they can have only very
limited contact with us, but at least they can speak to us.
Like yesterday, my mom said a piece of mail she had
sent me was returned, so that was an excuse to call.
But it’s
very hard on them. As far as my other friends go, I haven't
spoken to any one of them on the telephone. The one girl who
called and told me what had happened said she was
getting pressure—crazy pressure—but she
was going to try to maintain the relationship with us.
Looking forward, is there anything that you might
do to help others who may be in your position?
I’ve gotten so many e-mails, letters, and
MySpace messages from people of all ages who admire us
and want to share their stories. It’s actually
overwhelming. I’m still trying to wrap my head around
the impact we're able to have. I’d like to find
something a little more organized to be a part of that
may be helpful to others. I’m lucky to have Jacob,
who is my identical twin brother, and not to be
completely alone, but I think most people in this
situation are alone. Also, Jacob and I live in West
Hollywood [Calif.], which is a support structure in and of
itself. Many people don't have that. If my story
helps, and I hope it does, I definitely want to reach
out to more people as soon as I figure out how to do
it.
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Nemesis twins excommunicated by Jehovah's Witnesses
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December 22 2006 1:00 AM ET
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Jacob and Joshua
Miller of the band Nemesis Rising have been officially
shunned by their church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and
they released a statement Thursday in response.
According to the
statement, a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting took place
in the Millers' hometown of Kalispell, Mont., where it was
announced that they had been "disfellowshipped,"
or excommunicated, because of their homosexuality and
their show on Logo, Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising.
To be
disfellowshipped is to limit one or cut one off
from all contact with any Jehovah's Witnesses,
including family members. While the twins are no
longer practicing the religion, they said that they are
willing to stay in contact with anyone who is willing to
speak with them
"We find it
ironic that a religion whose members are asked to knock
on the doors of strangers with a message of acceptance into
paradise on Earth will not accept two of its own
children for who they really are," they wrote in the
statement. "Our wish for them is one of tolerance and
understanding, and we send to all of them a message of
peace and love." (The Advocate)
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Nemesis twins excommunicated by Jehovah's Witnesses
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December 22 2006 1:00 AM ET
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Jacob and Joshua
Miller of the band Nemesis Rising have been officially
shunned by their church, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and
they released a statement Thursday in response.
According to the
statement, a Jehovah's Witnesses meeting took place
in the Millers' hometown of Kalispell, Mont., where it was
announced that they had been "disfellowshipped,"
or excommunicated, because of their homosexuality and
their show on Logo, Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising.
To be
disfellowshipped is to limit one or cut one off
from all contact with any Jehovah's Witnesses,
including family members. While the twins are no
longer practicing the religion, they said that they are
willing to stay in contact with anyone who is willing to
speak with them
"We find it
ironic that a religion whose members are asked to knock
on the doors of strangers with a message of acceptance into
paradise on Earth will not accept two of its own
children for who they really are," they wrote in the
statement. "Our wish for them is one of tolerance and
understanding, and we send to all of them a message of
peace and love." (The Advocate)
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