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Jodie Foster’s Golden Globe Speech

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Jodie Foster’s sexuality is a trending topic after her recent Golden Globe coming out speech.

Her sexuality has been assumed for years, though on Sunday January 13 when accepting her Cecil B. De Mille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards, it was confirmed.

“So while I’m here being all confessional and I guess I just have a sudden urge to say something that I’ve never really been able to air in public, so a declaration that I’m a little nervous about,” said Foster

“I’m just going to put it out there, right? Loud and proud, right? So I’m going to need your support on this. I am single.

I hope that you’re not disappointed that there won’t be a big coming out speech tonight because I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago back in the Stone Age in those very quaint days when a fragile young girl would open up to trusted friends and family, co workers and then gradually, proudly to everyone who knew her, to everyone she actually met.”

She went on to talk about privacy and the expectation put on celebrities.

“Now apparently, I’m told that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance, and a primetime reality show.

So I guess you could say it was not a coming out as such? More a statement that celebrities shouldn’t have to make the details in their life official to the public.

Either way though, all I kept thinking through the whole speech was..”Is she even allowed to be up there that long. Shouldn’t they be forcing her off the stage with music right now?This is one mighty long speech!” I guess if your name is Jodie Foster, the rules can be bent…(excuse the pun).

Below are some celebrity comments on the speech. Unlike a lot of media outlets, the celebrity commentary seems to be all very supportive.

Kathy Griffin: “I’m a big #JodieFoster fan, especially 2nite. Her speech tells LGBT youth: America has evolved, b proud of who u are!”

Rosie O’Donnell: “jodie foster – rather amazing speech

Lena Dunham: “The highlights of my evening (aside from the obvious) were Bill Clinton and Jodie Foster. Also seeing Adele turns out to be like seeing G-d”

Ricky Gervais: “Jodie Foster’s a lesbian? No way. In other news: Elton John isn’t completely heterosexual either.”

Marlee Matlin: “Jodie Foster at the #GoldenGlobes. Pure Jodie, rightfully defending her privacy while doing it with brains and a smile. She is pure class.”

Kat Dennings: “KEEP SECRETS, Y’ALL #jodiefoster”

Chelsea Clinton: “Thank you #JodieFoster for your sharing your grace & grit over 47 yrs, and most of all tonight. #AnExample #GoldenGlobes”

Ricky Martin: “Jody Foster On your terms. Its your time! Not before nor after. Its when it feels right!”

Zach Braff: “Jodie Foster’s seizure/speech was moving.”

Melanie Griffith: “‘@katebosworth: “Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” – Jodie Foster’. Awesome!”

What did you think of the speech?

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Friday’s Fashion Post – Everyone Is Gay

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Need a conversation starter? Try and ‘Everyone Is Gay’ t-shirt. LEZ be honest, t-shirts never go out of fashion, ESPECIALLY gay ones!

Not only is it totally gay, but it comes from a queer duo who post weekly videos to help people in the LGBTQ community. They’ve traveled to colleges around the U.S to spread the love and have a habit of keeping you in stitches.

To find out more about what they do visit their website at everyoneisgay.com.

To check out more of their cool t-shirts and accessories click here.

Wednesday’s ‘Where Are They Now’ Post – Leisha Hailey

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So here I am trying to think of interesting individuals to talk about and the name Leisha Hailey comes to mind. Anyone who is a fan of the show The L Word will know exactly who I am talking about.

Leisha Hailey played Alice Pieszecki in the show, a funny,  quirky, usually loud, bisexual freelance writer, living in Los Angeles.  It is her most well known role to date with the show itself a huge success in the queer community world-wide. Not only did it contain an all female lead cast, but also an all queer identified cast. I can probably count the amount of times this has happened on one hand, which is saying something…”WATCH IT.”

Since then, Hailey  has appeared in a couple of CSI episodes, played the voice of Lily on ‘American Dad’ and more memorably Emily Weaver in the 2011 movie ‘Fertile Ground‘ just to name a few. However, her acting career has for the most part been put on the back bench while she has been concentrating more on her music. Teamed with musician Camila Grey, in 2007 the band Uh Huh Her was formed.

In 2011 it came out (pun totally intended) that her and her “band mate” Grey were more than just friends. Remember Hailey’s PDA plane incident last year where her and her partner were asked to leave the plane for kissing? Well it was Grey on the other end of that affection.

Anyway, I digress. Uh Huh Her have released two EPs and two albums. I can’t say much for their 2011 album Nocturnes as I haven’t listened to it much, however I can say that their 2008 album Common Reaction is very addictive! ‘Wait Another Day’ and ‘Everyone’ are my favourite songs.

They are still yet to have made it to my home city; Perth (or Australia to my knowledge) but I still have my fingers crossed.

To keep up with all things Leisha,  follow her on twitter here.

Friday’s Fashion Post – Bow Tie Mania!

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So what’s better than a bow tie? A Superman bow tie of course! Or a Batman one for that matter.

My friend recently bought me a comic bow tie and so naturally, as a new lover of this item of clothing, I jumped at my first chance to where it out. My event of choice; my local Pride Parade! There’s nothing that says Queer than a little bit of bow tie love!

People seemed to loved them, and at one point a stranger even commented on how he loved the costume (my friend wearing her superman bow tie, and I wearing my Batman).  In short, they just just look so darn cute, and they are something just a little different to your average black bow tie.

They were ordered online from a website called ‘Etsy’. Etsy  allows artists to be creative and market and sell their products online. So not only are you looking super fly, but you’re also helping a community of artists; a win win in my opinion.

Check out the website at www.etsy.com.