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Forced "Out"
YaadPyar:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on July 28, 2006, 10:00:25 am ---
but emphatically responding with "I'm not gay" is not the answer. All that does is contribute to the stigma. Jerk. God, she's such an idiot.
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What is the right answer?
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: YaadPyar on July 28, 2006, 10:19:48 am ---What is the right answer?
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The right answer is not to say what you are not, but to say what you are. Jake handled it perfectly when the rumors were flying about him and Austin Nichols. "We are good friends." Period.
Kelda:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on July 28, 2006, 10:00:25 am ---Couldn't have said it better myself.
I would like to add, though, that anyone gay or not (initials OPRAH WINFREY!!!) who specifically tells the world "I'm "NOT gay"" belongs in the same category. Yes, they're just as wrong to be trying to "out" her, but emphatically responding with "I'm not gay" is not the answer. All that does is contribute to the stigma. Jerk. God, she's such an idiot.
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whats this please explain! romours about oprah winfrey that shes gay??
henrypie:
I remember on an episode of The West Wing, there were rumors of gayness swirling around C.J. the press secretary (played by the great Allison Janney). If I recall, she made a statement at a press conference saying "it's none of anyone's business," even though she was in fact not gay and couldn't be blamed for being tempted to play the straight card.
But alas, that's fantasy-land.
My other president is Martin Sheen, as my friend Betsy would say, rolling her eyes heavenward.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: thierryhenrypie on July 28, 2006, 12:31:59 pm ---I remember on an episode of The West Wing, there were rumors of gayness swirling around C.J. the press secretary (played by the great Allison Janney). If I recall, she made a statement at a press conference saying "it's none of anyone's business," even though she was in fact not gay and couldn't be blamed for being tempted to play the straight card.
But alas, that's fantasy-land.
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Yep. That's really the best answer. But yes, most people in the real world don't have the cajones (or their press agents don't allow them to use them if they do) to actually say that.
Kelda, I didn't know there were rumors afloat that Oprah was gay until I read all over the place here where she emphatically said she is not. Apparently, she's been close friends with a woman named Gayle for 30 years and has said that their connection is "otherworldly" and that our culture doesn't have a word to decribe a friendship as close as theirs. That's cool. And I may be being too hard on her (NO! Really???) - it may be that the press are the only ones saying "Oprah: I'm not gay" when really she didn't say that verbatim. It's been known to happen before. ::)
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