As a part of next week’s Fourth Annual Straight for Equality
Awards Gala in New York, Broadway stars Audra McDonald (The Gershwin' Porgy and Bess, Private Practice) and Will
Swenson (Priscilla Queen of the
Desert, Hair) will receive the
2012 Straight for Equality in Entertainment Award. Speaking on behalf of the
couple, McDonald said, “Will and I are thrilled and honored to be recognized by
PFLAG National.”
Tony Award-nominee Will Swenson has also been an outspoken
advocate for marriage equality, and sits on the advisory board, along with
McDonald, of the marriage equality advocacy organization Broadway Impact. Swenson, who was raised
in the Mormon faith, narrated “Bring them in from the Plains,”
a 10-minute video prepared by the Foundation for Reconciliation to help raise
awareness about the issue of gay suicides in the LDS community. He is set to
direct a film adaptation of Carol Lynn Pearson's play, Facing East, which follows a Mormon
couple struggling with their faith after their gay son dies by suicide.
“We couldn’t be more excited to honor Audra and Will,” said
Jody Huckaby, Executive Director of PFLAG National. “Their work together, and
separately, speaks volumes about what it means to be a straight ally, and goes
right to the heart of the mission of Straight for Equality. That they are also a
loving, straight couple, raising children in the spirit of equality for all,
goes a long way in supporting PFLAG’s 40-year mission of support, education,
and advocacy by and for parents, families, friends, and allies of GLBT people.”
Stay tuned this week for more about the 2012 Straight for Equality Awards
Gala award winners, Workplace honoree KPMG LLP.
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I can't imagine how many onlookers were present to witness such wedding. With the presence of celebrities, the catering people involved for the wedding reception should have commendable facade like the ones I saw for catering equipment mines.
Back home, celebrities usually go for long island weddings for a more controlled crowd. Audra and Will's wedding will definitely attract a lot of witnesses.
This couple definitely depicts equality in entertainment. The film Facing East would most probably land on varied award nominating bodies.
It's sad that this photo does not show the nice pearly whites of this couple. It's also one of their asset. I wonder who their dentist is.
Equality is the key! Well, our LGBT friends have their own right to get married and have the family that they want. I don't see anything bad about it. Special events in their lives should be respected. God said don't harm your brothers and sisters, but look who's doing bad to others.
I can't believe that even in casinos and entertainment field the issue of sexuality still exist. I think, people should start understanding the situation these people are into and consider as someone who is just a normal citizen in the community.
In the picture, are they implying the public has no say in the subject matter? I partially agree with them, public opinion is needed in this but they should have representatives to be formal.
Surely this kind of view can be attributed with how the culture of the society picturize people like them. And obviously, the view was partly by the way the society mold and nurture once belief.
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