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02/26/2007
Hollywood Power Lesbians Represent at Academy Awards
Apparently there is a very strict dress code for lesbian power couples.
And AP reports on this bit of backstage banter: "Melissa Etheridge, a winner for her song 'I Need to Wake Up' from 'An Inconvenient Truth,' yelled 'you're funny' when she passed DeGeneres' dressing room. 'You're funny and pretty and sweet and a singer,' DeGeneres replied."
Hollywood seemed perfectly at home with the lesbian contingent as Etheridge thanked her "wife" Tammy Lynn.
Posted 9:01 AM EST by Andy Towle in Ellen DeGeneres, Melissa Etheridge, News | Permalink
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"All the rest is hearsay, speculation, witchhunting, and fingerpointing"
Excellent points DA, but you left out stupid, immature, tired...too name a few more.
Posted by: mark | Feb 26, 2007 4:29:51 PM
Where were the openly gay male couples? I suspect the Academy is afraid of them. Double standards, no doubt.
Posted by: mike | Feb 26, 2007 6:24:00 PM
As usual, to the Patriachy, lesbians i.e. biological females pose much *less* threat (perceived or real) to the status quo than gays i.e. biological males. Hence the higher (allowed) visibility of lesbians compared to gays.
Homophobia PLUS Sexism is still alive and well in Hollywood, y'all.
Posted by: just sayin' | Feb 26, 2007 11:26:01 PM
Sorry, should have been "Patriarchy". Andy, please incorporate Spellcheck in Comments!
Posted by: just sayin' | Feb 26, 2007 11:28:28 PM
Gay couples can be visible, but they choose not to.
When Ellen came out 10 years ago, it was not easy for her. The show got cancelled and she was depressed for a while.
Her visibility was in no way 'allowed'. She has earned the respect she enjoys now.
Posted by: Luciene | Mar 3, 2007 1:50:03 AM