Here's a couple of thing about the famous gay British singer, Elton John, that I thought was interesting. I'm a big fan of Elton John myself and I thought these articles about him were both kinda interesting and that the articles relate to some of the stuff we talked about in class. One article is about how fed up Elton John is with all the anti-gay rhetoric and the other is about him and his partner adopting a baby boy recently. These articles do some how relate to how gays & lesbians having a hard time having kids and having to put up with people like the church who are saying hateful speech about them.
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7390&MediaType=1&Category=22
http://www.ontopmag.com/article.aspx?id=7380&MediaType=1&Category=22
The US Weekly cover was actually censored by a family shield in a grocery store in Mountain Home, Arkansas. http://www.styleite.com/media/elton-john-us-weekly-cover-censored/
ReplyDeleteAfter the corporate office received complaints, they dealt with the situation. http://www.styleite.com/media/elton-john-us-weekly-cover/
However, it is completely ridiculous that we can have similar photos of straight celebrities and their partners and children. Compare the Elton John photo to this which, if censored (which is highly doubtful) was not reported. http://www.accesshollywood.com/content/images/119/0x600/119314_eric-dane-rebecca-gayheart-and-baby-billie-dane-on-the-cover-of-us-weekly-may-5-2010.jpg