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Yes,ifshe'd done it 20 years ago, 10 years ago, even five years ago, it would have had a much greater impact.
And yes, she was a nervous mess, her speech often incoherent and oblique -- never quite saying, "Yep, I'm gay" -- and at times defensive and angry.
But Jodie Foster did proclaim her "coming out" last night at the Golden Globes and thanked her "ex-partner-in-love," her "righteous mind sister in life," her "confessor," Cydney Bernard. It was another win for busting down the closet door among public figures. It was also another example of the modern way that celebrities are coming out, embarrassed in 2013 to have ever been in the closet and claiming that they've always been out (even if that sounds adorable ludicrous, as it does in this case). And that's a testament to the coming-out message that activists have made for years.
Jodie Foster's sexual orientation has been discussed since the '80s, when her face was plastered on "Absolutely Queer" posters pasted by activists all over the streets of major cities. I discussed the rumors in my column in OutWeek magazine at the time, when lgbtq+ activists charged that Foster's 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs was homophob
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If you looked up gay star in a dictionary, a picture of Jodie Foster is likely to enter up. The Oscar-winning, Golden-Globe-winning, queen of our hearts has featured in some of the most iconic films of our lifetime. From Taxi Driver to The Silence of the Lambs to The Accused, Jodie is one of the most famous actors out there.
Aside from picking up Hollywood awards, Jodie Foster also made the LGBTQIA society very proud when she came out during her speech at the 2013 Golden Globes. Although she had already sort of arrive out in 2007, this speech marked her brave announcement into the world.
She said: “Seriously, I hope 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 new girl would uncover up to trusted friends and family and co-workers and then gradually, proudly to everyone who knew her, to everyone she actually met.”
She finished off by saying, “But now I’m told, apparently that
Legendary actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster has won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series for her role in True Detective: Darkness Country. The two-time Academy Award winner joined the anthology series that first starred Matthew McConaughey, with a new season establish in Alaska.
Foster has been one of the most iconic actresses in Hollywood and has had her fair share of controversies. While the actress came out in 2013, she was still for a long time silent about her s*xuality. Despite existence the subject of widespread speculation about being gay in the ’90s, the actress still decided to come out on her own terms years later.
Jodie Foster’s ‘Gay Silence’ Was Deafening In The ‘80s and ‘90s
Actress Jodie Foster has been in the industry since she was three years old, starting out as a child model. She then graduated to roles on TV, with Paper Moon being one of her most popular roles. As a teen, Foster got her breakthrough in Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver, where she starred along with Robert De Niro and was nominated for an Oscar.
As Foster grew more well-liked with films like Bugsy Malone and Freaky Friday, the actress increasingly came unde
LGBT Activists Cringe and Praise Jodie Foster Coming Out
Jan. 14, 2013— -- Advocates praised Jodie Foster's coming out on the televised stage of the Golden Globe Awards last night, but some said she had done little over the years to set an example for others who are LGBT and struggling.
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"It was cryptic and defensive and we started thinking it was a joke," said Diane Anderson-Minshall, executive editor of The Advocate. "She sounded a minute passive-aggressive to a lot of LBGT activists. This female who obviously has been afraid to come out in the public sphere has been out in her confidential life for decades."
"By our stand, you are not out until you are publicly out," she said. "Even though she danced around being a female homosexual, at least it's finally done."
FULL TRANSCRIPT: Jodie Foster's Golden Globes Speech
Some said her long-awaited coming out may own underscored the generation gap in the LGBT world.
Foster, who just turned 50, touched on her career, family and her sexuality while accepting the Cecille B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.
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