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Kristin Chenowethhas long been a devout ally to the LGBTQ community.
The Emmy Award winner, 53, recently admitted that she dated a gay man “only once,” and they shared a love of footwear. “Herecognized my Louboutins,” she toldLos Angeles Magazine.
“When you’re dating a man and he knows the brand of your shoes, immediately break up with him and become best friends,” Chenoweth advised. “You know, I love my gays. I just don’t want to marry one. That’s all.”
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Chenoweth, who is a proud Christian herself, drew inspiration from the people she grew up around in Oklahoma. “I’velived it,” she recently told PinkNews. “I am a Christian, I also am an LGBTQIA [ally]. To me, my message – not just in musical theatre or film or whatever – is that God made us all how he made us, and he loves us.”
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“First of all, I’m an artist, but secondly, as long as I’m on this planet, my message will be that God loves us because he made us in his image. That doesn’t mean we’re perfect, that doesn’t mean there’s not bad people in the world,” Chenoweth added. “I don’t want to be judged for not accepting people for where they are, who they are, in their life.”
TheWickedstar has long been known as an LGBTQ ally and gay icon of sorts, appearing in fan favorites likePushing Daisies,GleeandGCB. She was alsothe recipient of GLAAD’s vanguard awardin 2011, for increasing visibility and awareness of the LGBTQ community through her work. Most recently, shereceived the HRC’s ally for equality awardin December, for continuing to use her platform to uplift the LGBTQ community.
source: people.com
