Jodie Foster did not make a "coming out" speech during Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony. She previously acknowledged a loving relationship with a woman when she received the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at a Women In Hollywood
Reuters/Reuters - Actress Jodie Foster poses with her Cecil B. DeMille award at the Weinstein Company after party following the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California January 13, 2013. …more REUTERS/Jason Redmond less
We assume that public figures should automatically use the platform that comes with their celebrity status. We believe that they owe it to us to utilize their voices for agendas that we might share, and we get disappointed and
Whatever you thought of last night, you'd have to agree that it was another indication of how it's becoming harder and harder for anyone in public life to have any real credibility and still be living in the closet.
I honor Jodie's worldwide television speech and the underlying recognition of the costs of stepping out of the protective shell of privacy about loving someone of the same sex.
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