quite an impact.
And while the Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient didn't
explicitly come out as a lesbian, the 50-year-old star
alluded to her sexuality and relationships in her
speech, concluding that she preferred to keep her
private life private. Spokesmen for GLAAD and the
Human Rights Campaign based in Washington D.C.
praised Foster for taking a stand.
"Whenever anybody of the stature of Jodie Foster, a
respected actress for almost 50 years, comes out and
talks about her personal life and sexuality it's a big
deal," Wilson Cruz, GLAAD spokesperson and actor on
My So-Called Life, told E! News.
Cruz noted that while "some people want [Foster] to be
more forthright...it is not our job to tell people how or
when to come out..." Cruz added that Foster used
Sunday as "a great opportunity for her to say I am not
ashamed of who I am."
Fred Sainz, spokesperson for Human Right Campaign,
thought Foster's speech "took an incredible amount of
guts and she should be commended for this and she
was under no responsibility to do so.
"While awkward and clearly uncomfortable, the sense
of the message I got was that she didn't want [her
sexuality] to be the headline," Sainz added. "She
merely wants to be known for the quality of her work
and relationships in her life and not her sexuality and
that is a lofty goal we are all working towards."
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