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Janet Jackson Gets Gay Award!!!
Janet Jackson Gets Gay Award!!!
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Janet Jackson receives gay award
Janet Jackson accepts the "Vanguard Award" from television personality
Ellen DeGeneres at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Photo: AP Photo
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Janet Jackson has been honoured for her work in the gay community,
receiving the Vanguard Award at the 19th Annual GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation) Award.
The ceremony, held in Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre on Saturday, were
presented by lesbian US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Upon receiving her award, Janet said: "I love it. I never expected it
in a million years so when I heard they wanted to honour me, I was
really taken aback. It's just for the work that I've done with AIDS
and acknowledging the gay and lesbian community through my music and
so on. I'm just very appreciative."
Janet has always been vocal about gay rights, and even wrote her
number one single Together Again as a tribute to a close friend who
died from AIDS.
She added: "Even when I was younger, when I was growing up, my mother
was very religious but there were a lot of kids who were dancers that
she brought into the home and now that I think about it, they were
gay.
"They all called her 'Mother' and she treated every one of them like
they were her children. And that's where it kind of started, I
suppose. I've been around the community all my life."
Other recipients of accolades included TV shows Ugly Betty for
Outstanding Comedy Series and Brothers and Sisters for Outstanding
Drama Series.
Musician Rufus Wainwright was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak
Award by Sharon Stone, for being an openly homosexual professional who
has helped promote equal rights for gay, lesbian and bisexual
individuals.
Previous recipients of the Vanguard Award include Charlize Theron,
Antonio Banderas, Liza Minnelli and Whoopi Goldberg.
* w w w .smh . com .au/news/entertainment/janets-glaad-about-award/2008/04/29/1209234812030.html
Janet Jackson receives gay award
Janet Jackson accepts the "Vanguard Award" from television personality
Ellen DeGeneres at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
Photo: AP Photo
Advertisement
Janet Jackson has been honoured for her work in the gay community,
receiving the Vanguard Award at the 19th Annual GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian
Alliance Against Defamation) Award.
The ceremony, held in Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre on Saturday, were
presented by lesbian US talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.
Upon receiving her award, Janet said: "I love it. I never expected it
in a million years so when I heard they wanted to honour me, I was
really taken aback. It's just for the work that I've done with AIDS
and acknowledging the gay and lesbian community through my music and
so on. I'm just very appreciative."
Janet has always been vocal about gay rights, and even wrote her
number one single Together Again as a tribute to a close friend who
died from AIDS.
She added: "Even when I was younger, when I was growing up, my mother
was very religious but there were a lot of kids who were dancers that
she brought into the home and now that I think about it, they were
gay.
"They all called her 'Mother' and she treated every one of them like
they were her children. And that's where it kind of started, I
suppose. I've been around the community all my life."
Other recipients of accolades included TV shows Ugly Betty for
Outstanding Comedy Series and Brothers and Sisters for Outstanding
Drama Series.
Musician Rufus Wainwright was presented with the Stephen F. Kolzak
Award by Sharon Stone, for being an openly homosexual professional who
has helped promote equal rights for gay, lesbian and bisexual
individuals.
Previous recipients of the Vanguard Award include Charlize Theron,
Antonio Banderas, Liza Minnelli and Whoopi Goldberg.
