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GaySay: "...even suggesting that the struggle of gays and lesbians for the right to marry is similar to our own civil rights struggle is often perceived as an insult."

You have got to read Sheryl McCarthy's piece on USA Today.  Man, we need more of that. 

In her article, Sheryl states that "as the debate rages over whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry, I'm disappointed whenever I hear other African-Americans say, "No, they shouldn't."  We're more opposed to same-sex marriage than whites are, according to a June survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, which found that 65% of African-Americans are against it compared with 53% of whites."

Go Sheryl!  Saw it first on Towle.  Seriously, go read the article.

GaySay: "I'll wear them to, like, premieres and big events like that. Is that kind of odd?"

I can only imagine how many of you would like to be Hugh Jackman's lucky charm...

The quote is from the July 28, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly.

A few more pics after the jump.

UDPATE: Hugh, come on, kiss Bartlett already!

GaySay: "It's not about his gayness; it's about the quality of the relationship."

Night Listener director Stettner on new Armistead Maupin film adaptation, which stars Robin Williams and opens Today: "The producers are gay. The writer is gay. It was not an issue at all. The gayness of the film's characters is matter-of-fact. It is an advancement for gays, and Armistead is very proud of that. Here is a film that is being widely released, and it's not about his gayness; it's about the quality of the relationship." All snatched from Towle.

GaySay: "I am not interested in playing for the other team."

Darn it.  I saw that on the August 15 issue of The Advocate. 

More Nick Lachey after the jump.

GaySay: "I began to understand the argument’s appeal: it sounds nicer to gays."

I bet you were as mad as I was with the decision from the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) which deemed that state's legislative ban on same-sex marriage constitutional.  You can read the decision here (make sure you read at least the dissent from Chief Judge Kaye, it's excellent -- the dissent starts on page 43 of the pdf).

Yale Law School Professor Kenji Yoshino wrote a great op-ed article for The New York Times about the decision.  Yoshino's article brought us today's GaySay. 

Read the article after the jump.

GaySay: "You have an extra ration of rum. 'Cabin boy!"

I had mentioned before that Johnny Depp's pirate sent my gaydar haywire a few times (read my updated Pirates of the Caribbean review), so, it was nice to see the declaration above from Depp on the August 15 issue of The Advocate.

In Love With Howard Stern and Charlize Theron

They both vowed to get married (not to each other, certainly), only when gays and lesbians were allowed to. 

Granted, their statements could actually only reveal their already declared celibacy, but should we not celebrate them anyway?  Love them! Love them! Love.  Them.

Charlize had made her comments a while ago: "We [Charlize and Stuart Townsend] came up with a new idea that we said that we would get married the day that gays and lesbians can get married - when that right is given to them,” Theron explained to Extra. “We've decided that we're gonna use that in a positive way, so the day that law gets passed, then we'll get married.” Read more about it here, here.

Howard's comments were on the July 18 issue of The Advocate (page 15, which is included in full after the jump).

GaySay: "I want a marriage of convenience...with a wealthy gay guy"

That was Kathy Griffin on Larry King Live.  In her interview, Kathy said she wanted to get married to a wealthy gay guy.  When inquired about what she would do for sex she said she would just look the other way when her gay husband hooked up with the pool boy -- and she would go shopping. 

A little later in the show, she said she wanted to hook up with Coop.  Isn't that just perfect?  Larry sort of grinned at that, I know he was thinking to himself..."man, she really wants to hook up with a gay guy."

A few random Coop pics after the jump.  Go see clips of the interview at Queerty and Malcontent.  Watch Tucker calling Coop for a catfight over at Joe, and read why Coop should come out of the closet already, here.

GaySay: "Why is sex on film necessarily pornographic?"

The line is from John Cameron Mitchell in the May 22, 2006 issue of The New York Times:

John did pretty much everything in one of my very favorite movies of all times: Hedwig and The Angry Inch.  I listen to the soundtrack quite often. It's superb.

Well, a nice GaySay like that inspired me to create a new category here at Queer Beacon: "I Can't Believe It's Not Porn!"  Coming soon.

GaySay: "To me there was no other way to play it. He’s gay."

Out.com just posted an interview with Stanley Tucci about his role in The Devil Wears Prada (read my movie review here). 

Tucci discusses the matter of his sexuality in the movie: "Nigel’s demeanor implies he’s gay, but he never really discusses it. He glances at an attractive man in the film, and he discusses how in his youth he would hide under the covers reading the latest issue of Runway instead of going to soccer practice. Was it your choice to not focus on Nigel’s sexuality? [Tucci's answer:] That’s the way it was written. To me there was no other way to play it. He’s gay. No need to spell it out."

I disagree with Tucci, I think there is a need to spell it out.  As pointed out by Dan in his comments to my review "I think it is just the "love that dare not speak it's name" crap in 2006. Why can't they utter the word gay or have some mention of this obvious fact. Perhaps not to offend?  You can't have a movie about fashion without gay characters, yet here we have don't ask don't tell movie about the gayest industry in the world."

Out.com had another provocative question for Tucci: "Barney’s creative director, Simon Doonan, and E!’s Robert Verdi also auditioned for the part of Nigel. In his column Doonan claimed the casting was “nothing more than a carefully orchestrated piece of unpaid research. We gays had been dragged in to swish it up—on film, no less—for the delectation of some pre-cast, overpaid straight actor.” Why do you think you—the straight actor—got the part? [Tucci's answer:] I don’t know why someone would write such a piece. They really did not know what they wanted to do with this part. I think he’s imagining a much more Machiavellian scenario than actually exists. All I know is somebody called me, and I realized this was a great part."

I thought Stanley did a great job in The Devil Wears Prada.  I loved his performance.