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So ... Anna Paquin is bisexual
Hot on the heels of Ricky Martin's announcement on his personal blog that he's gay, "True Blood" star Anna Paquin used an unusual medium of her own to announce that she is bisexual.
Alongside celebrities such as Elton John, Clay Aiken, and Wanda Sykes, Paquin declared her sexual orientation in a public service announcement for Cyndi Lauper's Give a Damn Campaign, which promotes equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Two videos were shot in Los Angeles on January 30 and were released April 1 at 9 a.m. EST.
I don't get why this is so "unusual" for her to do.
What makes 27-year-old Paquin's spot particularly surprising is that, unlike some of the other openly gay celebrities involved in the campaign, the actor had never before discussed being bisexual. According to RadarOnline.com, even people at the shoot were surprised when Paquin made the revelation.
Yeah, because bi people are really not like everyone else. We're all hypersexual and chasing everything that moves. And no way are you going to go tell EEEEEEEEVVVVVERRRRRRRRYONNNNE at your workplace oh by the way I'm bi.
Paquin follows an interesting trend of celebrities forgoing the traditional "coming out" People magazine interview -- à la Clay Aiken and Lance Bass -- and instead controlling the message themselves. Ricky Martin buried his announcement at the bottom of an otherwise banal blog post, and now Paquin is using her announcement to drive attention to a cause she supports. So much attention, in fact, that servers at wegiveadamn.org crashed shortly after the news broke of Paquin's statement.
Why in the world would you NOT want to control the message yourself?
Paquin -- who at age 11 became the second-youngest Oscar winner in history when she won for best supporting actress for "The Piano" -- has been notoriously shy about discussing her private life and has never before discussed her sexuality.
Which is just like ... anyone else? I don't see straight actors talking about their private lives and sexuality all the time.
In 2007, she was romantically linked with actor Kieran Culkin. In August 2009, she and "True Blood" costar Stephen Moyer announced their engagement.
This rubs me the wrong way. Who cares who she's dated in the past? What does who she's engaged to have anything to do with her sexuality? (why the hell is this even news?) This feels like a subtext of not believing she's really bi, or the whole bi=lesbian meme.
Ugh.
Hot on the heels of Ricky Martin's announcement on his personal blog that he's gay, "True Blood" star Anna Paquin used an unusual medium of her own to announce that she is bisexual.
Alongside celebrities such as Elton John, Clay Aiken, and Wanda Sykes, Paquin declared her sexual orientation in a public service announcement for Cyndi Lauper's Give a Damn Campaign, which promotes equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. Two videos were shot in Los Angeles on January 30 and were released April 1 at 9 a.m. EST.
I don't get why this is so "unusual" for her to do.
What makes 27-year-old Paquin's spot particularly surprising is that, unlike some of the other openly gay celebrities involved in the campaign, the actor had never before discussed being bisexual. According to RadarOnline.com, even people at the shoot were surprised when Paquin made the revelation.
Yeah, because bi people are really not like everyone else. We're all hypersexual and chasing everything that moves. And no way are you going to go tell EEEEEEEEVVVVVERRRRRRRRYONNNNE at your workplace oh by the way I'm bi.
Paquin follows an interesting trend of celebrities forgoing the traditional "coming out" People magazine interview -- à la Clay Aiken and Lance Bass -- and instead controlling the message themselves. Ricky Martin buried his announcement at the bottom of an otherwise banal blog post, and now Paquin is using her announcement to drive attention to a cause she supports. So much attention, in fact, that servers at wegiveadamn.org crashed shortly after the news broke of Paquin's statement.
Why in the world would you NOT want to control the message yourself?
Paquin -- who at age 11 became the second-youngest Oscar winner in history when she won for best supporting actress for "The Piano" -- has been notoriously shy about discussing her private life and has never before discussed her sexuality.
Which is just like ... anyone else? I don't see straight actors talking about their private lives and sexuality all the time.
In 2007, she was romantically linked with actor Kieran Culkin. In August 2009, she and "True Blood" costar Stephen Moyer announced their engagement.
This rubs me the wrong way. Who cares who she's dated in the past? What does who she's engaged to have anything to do with her sexuality? (why the hell is this even news?) This feels like a subtext of not believing she's really bi, or the whole bi=lesbian meme.
Ugh.