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24.09 - 00:41
Jane Fonda Stands Up For LGBTQ Rights In Viral Clip From 1979
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etcanada.comJane Fonda has always been ahead of the curve. This week, a clip from a 1979 interview with the “9 to 5” star went viral in which she is asked about her support for the LGBTQ community.
RELATED: Jane Fonda Says She Was ‘Slipping Into Despair’ Before Launching Fire Drill Fridays Protests: ‘I Spent A Year Depressed’ The interview was done amid the White Night Riots in San Francisco, sparked sentencing of assassin Dan White in the killing of San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California.
In the clip, the interviewer asks Fonda, “Do you feel that the gays in San Francisco, who are very powerful and very strong, need support?
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09.02 / 03:49
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In a First, Asian-American Lesbian Confirmed to Ambassador-Level Post
press release described her as “a leading authority in international development policy with over 30 years of experience in the multi-disciplinary field that includes finance, technology, and the environment.”Wong has said she was inspired by the late Congressman John Lewis, a longtime civil rights leader. Lewis, she wrote in a Facebook post last year, “taught me about making good trouble but necessary trouble.” She accompanied Lewis on his annual visits to Selma, Ala., where he was beaten by police during a 1965 voting rights demonstration, and videotaped his appearances.Wong is founder of the Conference on APA Leadership, which encourages young Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders to pursue careers in public service. The LGBTQ Victory Institute, which advocated for Wong’s nomination and confirmation, issued a laudatory statement Tuesday.
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