Sexuality
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princesslu39 — 19 years ago(March 12, 2007 06:26 AM)
Hi Gingerr. I don't think anyone here is getting 'worked up' over your original question. I think we all just said that we didn't care one way or another. Except Kryssi, who said she'd love it if Dianne were gay. LOL These boards are the place to be curious.
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roodlemania — 18 years ago(August 13, 2007 10:30 AM)
i thought these message boards were for discussing actors, not replying WHY DO WE CARE?? to every question, especially about sexuality. i was actually wondering the same thing about her; that does not make me homophobic, only curious. it wouldn't change my opinion if someone were or were not gay.
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kharabear97 — 18 years ago(September 04, 2007 10:12 AM)
I keep wondering, though why people do wonder? I mean I know curi111cosity and stuff, but we all agree it doesn't matter. I'm not judgeing anyone, I'm just really curious! It's funny how in recent years it's become a facination and a serious topic of discussion. Not just fans wondering about celebrities, in every corner of socialization. Not that I expect a full conversation about it here, just throwing it out to ponder.
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sagefoole — 18 years ago(September 04, 2007 08:58 PM)
I think that people wonder simply because they are so emotionally invested in their favorite celebrities that they have to know, quite frankly, a whole lot that isn't their business. I've been a fan of Lily Tomlin's for a while-I love her Ernestine bits, still apropos today! And I had no idea, until I read about it in her bio, that she
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gay! Wow, I had no idea-and still don't care! To be honest, the only thing that I'd be concerned about is that my favorite celebrity is happy. Not what their orientation is
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sagefoole — 17 years ago(April 06, 2009 10:41 PM)
Unless you feel that everybody should be like you and feel as you do, is that what you are saying?
OK, now that is just absolutely ridiculous. Where you got that silly idea is beyond me. The world would be a much saner place if they did, but I would get bored with so many clones of me running around I would be able to hold an intelligent conversation but not be able to debate with anyone because everyone would already know I'm right!
it matters to some if not to you.
But that is what I cannot wrap my head around-why does it matter? Does someone's sexuality, etc., reflect in anyway on their worth as a human being or their performance in their chosen profession? Case in point; one of my all time favorite performers, Freddie Mercury, stated "I am as gay as a daffodil, my dear." Personally, I could care less-I loved his music and hate it when Queen tries to put another singer in there! Make sense yet? Help me understand
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jr502 — 18 years ago(February 23, 2008 12:01 AM)
Why do we care anything about a celebrity's life? Why is everyone willing to talk about the most minute details of Britney Spears's latest hospitalization, or Heath Ledger's overdose, but whenever sexuality is brought up, there's a lot of hushing, shaming, and/or turning the question so it's about the asker?
I'm interested in knowing if Dianne Weist is a lesbian, because I am nosey. Same reason I read TMZ. Nothing more than that, and nothing less. -
auntjennyp — 17 years ago(September 20, 2008 04:23 AM)
Very true. There's a lot of curiosity about celebrities' personal lives and always has been. Gay, straight, bi, married, single, cat person, dog person, Democrat, Republican, vegetarian, carnivore, allergic to peanuts, etc., etc. interest in famous people and what they're "really" like is as old as the spoken word.
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jgeesaman — 16 years ago(May 27, 2009 12:49 PM)
As a out lesbian and a writer and comedian, I find it comforting when stars come out. It makes me feel like if they can make it living out and proud I can too. I understand why some people keep it under wraps, it's not exactly sought after in this industry. But I applaud those who do come out and can't help but speculate about those who haven't or those who I suspect play for my team.
It helps that Dianne's a stone cold fox and that I've written a screenplay where she plays a closeted actress struggling with her sexuality.
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BloomInBloom — 17 years ago(April 06, 2009 02:05 PM)
NOBODY SAID SHE WASN'T A WONDERFUL ACTRESS REGARDLESS.
The question is whether she is gay or not and I was wondering the same thing as there is no mention of a relationship with any man.
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Gus-69 — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 06:40 PM)
Aren't we allowed to ASK?
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sagefoole — 15 years ago(September 19, 2010 07:45 PM)
Where does her privacy rights begin? If she doesn't speak about it then no, leave it alone. It's not my business, or yours, who she sleeps with. And I don't see how it affects her job one way or the other. I have always thought she is a fantastic actress and her sexuality has nothing to do with it. All we have the right to is her performance because we pay her to entertain us. Everything else is her business unless she decides to make it public. Just like gays in the military-sexuality shouldn't preclude service because one has nothing to do with the other.
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rascal67 — 9 years ago(September 02, 2016 08:05 PM)
that is still a valid question; why do we care if Diane is gay or not
I think a more valid point is why aren't they posts questioning if an actor is straight? No-one is asking questions if someone if heterosexual, as that is the accepted norm and what is expected of most people. Yet people DO care who they are connected with and how many partners they have etc. So why do we have to ask
"why should we care if an actor is gay or lesbian"?
Goes to show the rampant homophobia and hypocrisy of many even if veiled, and not seeing homosexuality on equal footing with heterosexuality.
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nabors76 — 9 years ago(September 03, 2016 08:11 AM)
I disagree. Asking the question of "is {so and so] straight?" is also irrelevant. I don't care. I don't want to know who is sleeping with whom, it is none of my business and I do not appreciate my limited, valuable leisure time to be taken up with tabloid bullstein. That is a huge reason on why I don't watch much TV anymore. It has truly become an idiot box. "Homophobia," an invalid, made up term. I have yet to see it in the DSM. "Hypocrisy?" How so? Or are you throwing out the standard knee jerk bullstein terms to strengthen your weak argument? Not trying to be nasty or anything, just wondering.
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