Back in April, funnyman Jay Leno was in the LGBT community’s dog house because of the way he teased Ryan Philippe for playing a gay teen on the soap One Live to Live and asking the actor to give him his best “gay face” on the show.
Leno eventually apologized, but it was his attendance at Wednesday’s “Vow to Vote No” commitment ceremony benefiting Matthew Shepard’s “Erase Hate” campaign that got him 100% back in the good graces of gay rights advocacy group GLAAD.
“You stood alongside Judy Shepard and T.R. Knight, you spoke about your gay friends and co-workers, and how you’re supportive of their relationships and desire to marry,” Damon Romine, Director of Media Entertainment at GLAAD wrote in an open letter to Leno posted on GLAAD’s web site, US Weekly reports.
Romine also said, “Straight allies like Jay can be some of the most effective and powerful voices in our struggle for fundamental freedoms.”
GLAAD is a useless org, but Jay’s actions and words ARE very helpful!
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