Day 13: Your favorite LGBT role model/celebrity?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not completely out of the loop or one of those pretentious assholes that claims to pay no attention to actors/musicians/celebrities, because I do. I love film. I love music. And I have a healthy helping of pop culture in my life. But I don't really have a favorite LGBTQ specific celebrity. The celebrities I like, I like wither because I like their music or I think they're hot...or both.
If I had to pick...I guess I'd say Neil Patrick Harris. I feel like he is an excellent example to the straight community that LGBTQ people are more similar than not. He's married. He has kids. He's not a crazy flamboyant queen (not that there's anything wrong with that, but it doesn't usually help convince the skeptics that we're not all crazy).
He also convincingly plays a straight man exceedingly well. And not just a straight man, a womanizer. This is great because there is this idea that once an actor is out, an audience can never take him/her seriously in a role as a straight character. Be completely debunks this! And I have to applaud him for that.
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