“We should just be what we've always been,” Debra Messing's Grace says in new footage from the return of Will & Grace.
“A sad, middle-aged lady,” Sean Hayes's Jack offers.
Sounds like the laughs are going to keep coming when the series returns to NBC September 28 — keep reading for a very promising new teaser ...
For today's profile of a prominent LGBTQ person past or present, I'm focusing on Candace Gingrich, who is lesbian-identified and genderqueer. As the post's title implies, I am not impressed with anyone giving Ivanka Trump (or any adult Trump family member) a pass because they're “just related to the guy.”
In my opinion, when you find yourself related to someone who is doing dastardly things, you don't stand by them, let alone join in the fun. And if you are an LGBTQ person and those dastardly things are anti-gay, you have a special obligation to renounce the blood family member in favor of true family.
Candace, who turned 51 yesterday, did just that — and they did it in the '90s, when it was a hell of a lot harder than it is today.
In 1995, when Candace's half-brother Newt Gingrich was the rabidly anti-LGBTQ Speaker of the House, they came out as a lesbian, criticizing Newt's politics and embarrassing him by proving that anti-LGBTQ people are actually, literally, also anti-family.
Candace continued to use the unique position into which they'd been placed by publishing the well-received memoir Accidental Activist in 1996.
Candace was HRC's National Coming Out Spokesperson for 1995, attracting the admiration of both Esquire and Ms. Gingrich's affiliation with HRC continues to this day, as part of the Youth & Campus Outreach program.
“Nothing makes God happier than when two people — any two people — come together in love.” (GIF via NBC)
In pop culture, you couldn't miss Candace playing the reverend who married two lesbians on the iconic Friends episode, “The One with the Lesbian Wedding” (1996), a TV event that reached tens of millions of people at a time when a tiny fraction of the country supported the concept of gay marriage.
In short, if you find yourself related to someone working against you, don't let your shared DNA keep you from taking a stand for what's right. Candace has demonstrated that principle for over 20 years, and has never, ever reeked of Complicit.
Seth Rich's murder has been shamelessly politicized, even by Newt Gingrich. (Image via LinkedIn)
Huff Post: Seth Rich was NOT murdered by the DNC. Even Fox News now knows that. Finally, its Sean Hannity is giving up that ghost.
Str8UpGayPorn (Work Unfriendly): Men.com thought it was a good idea to show a guy impaled on a didgeridoo.
Gay Star News: On the other hand, Men.com was right in thinking a Pirates porn parody would be a good idea.
(Image via Men.com)
DListed: If you lie about your age, you can sue the media for pointing it out? Bizarre, Rebel Wilson.
Pink News: Taiwan is the first Asian nation to rule in favor of gay marriage!
BuzzFeed: Martyn Hett, the gay man confirmed dead after the Manchester blast, once used social media to thrill his depressed mother. So touching.
Met up with me mam for the first time since her viral fame. She's stocked up on materials and has had a very busy weekend knitting 😂💖 pic.twitter.com/fCO0fqoVnh
— Martyn (@martynhett) December 4, 2016
(Image via Instagram @katyperry)
Katy Perry went as Hillary Clinton for Halloween.
New York documents how the Trump staffers are planning their fates post-loss on Nov. 8.
Gingrich seems to think Hillary will win—and warns that Trump may be back in 2020.
Senate Democrats demand answers from Comey by Monday on his little email announcement.
Terri Lynn Rote voted twice, claimed polls were rigged (Image via Polk County Jail)
First case of voter fraud—and it was a Trump supporter. Naturally.
Eva Longoria comes for Donald Trump, excoriates him on immigration.
Longoria—don't mess with her (Image by James White for Ocean Drive)
(Video still via FOX News)
Megyn Kelly spars with Newt Gingrich over the alternate universes and “Bill Clinton sexual predator” ...
(Image via Barry Blitt/New Yorker)
New Yorker: “Hillary Clinton brings out the real Donald Trump.”
Hillary's debate performance has paid off in the form of very positive new polls.
Is this Trump's real strategy in hinting that he may bring up Bill Clinton's infidelities in the next debates?
Hillary makes appeal to voters who find her unappealing.
Trump Foundation isn't even properly certified, may have to give all its $ back. NY State probe into Foundation widens.
Fat slob Newt Gingrich agrees with fat slob Donald Trump that curvy bombshell Alicia Machado's weight is a problem.
Melania wishes she ever looked this good. Newt would kill another wife for this! (Image via Playboy)
... but they did a pretty good job.
Until Candace gave Newt Gingrich and Marco Rubio too much credit.
(Image via Pokémon Go)
Somehow, playing Pokémon Go is helping to battle the Westboro Baptist Church.
Obama links Dallas sniper attack to “racial hatred” in stirring eulogy, says, “We are not as divided as we seem.”
Trump begs to differ, labeling #BlackLivesMatter “inherently racist.”
IT'S GINGRICH: Why else would Newt and FOX News part ways a hair ahead of Trump's veep announcement?
Jack Falahee, about to get away with a BJ (TV still via ABC)
Raunchy How to Get Away with Murder gay sex scene snipped from Italian TV, cast objects, station apologizes.
Madonna is A-okay with David Banda's dad now; she has mended fences with him on her current Malawi trip.
Nick Jonas discusses being a “recovering teen star” with InStyle.
(Image by Billy Ballard for InStyle)
