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"Modern Family" Star Eric Stonestreet Said "No" To Photo With Rick Santorum : Today In Gay

Eric Stonestreet—a.k.a. Cam, Jesse Tyler Ferguson's hubby on Modern Family—isn't gay in real life, but he's a longtime supporter of the LGBT community. So when homophobic pol Rick Santorum asked for a photo op with the Emmy winner, Stonestreet shot him down.

The actor, 42, told Huffington Post that the right-wing presidential candidate made the request at a recent White House Correspondents Dinner. "Rick Santorum wanted a picture with me," he recalled. "It was at a time when he was publicly saying, 'Gay marriage [is wrong],' and I'm like, 'You know, I can't do it.' It was with him and his kids or something like that, and I said, 'I'd be happy to take a picture with the kids, but I can't just be in a picture with [Santorum.]'" Stonestreet said he's been surprised how many right-wing politicians love the show and want to get photos.

Does he think Modern Family has had a part in advancing same-sex marriage and LGBT equality? Stonestreet says:

"President Obama mentioned in an interview like three weeks ago, just casually, that Michelle and the kids watch Mitch and Cam and they're in tears,. To hear the leader of the free world, the president of the United States, say that—and to know we have that sort of reach and that the people in power and leadership are watching the show [is amazing]."

We can't say Cam and Mitch's relationship is an ideal representation of a gay couple, but if it's affecting people in the right way, we're all for another ten seasons.


philly-150x100-r-kennedy-giovannis-roomGiovanni's Room, the oldest gay bookstore in America, is reopening after speculation the Philadelphia institution was about to close its doors for good.

Last fall, current owner Ed Hermance announced that he couldn't keep the business afloat and was looking to sell.

“I’ve been looking for a successor for 25 years,” Hermance told Publisher’s Weekly. “It just can’t go on like this.”

The name of the LGBT organization responsible for the purchase has yet to be released, ownership will transfer in August and the store is slated to reopen in the fall.

Since its opening in 1973, Giovanni's Room (named after a James Baldwin novel) has been a essential resource and meeting place for the City of Brotherly Love's LGBT community.


In a Facebook post from last month, Sweet Cakes included several photos of the treats it made for the Restored Hope Network, writing "What a wonderful ministry!"

Restored Hope has declared in its mission statement that "Jesus Christ provides hope for transformation to broken sexual sinners... For some, this transformation may take shape as a significant reduction of unwanted sexual desires."

The group also believes "Jesus’ view of a male-female requirement for sexual relations is [consistent with] Scripture’s depiction of homosexual practice as a severe violation of God’s standards for sexual purity."

In 2012, Sweet Cakes by Melissa's owners Aaron and Melissa Klein argued they had a constitutional right to reject a lesbian couple's request for a wedding cake. "We don't have anything against lesbians or homosexuals," said Melissa . "It has to do with our morals and beliefs."

In August 2013, the Kleins closed their storefront bakeshop and moved the business into their home.


UNICEF has launched a new video promoting acceptance of HIV-positive people—using Katy Perry’s song “Unconditionally” as the backdrop to scenes of people hugging, smiling and crying.

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It’s part of an online campaign, #ShowYourLove, featuring young people writing messages of support—including “Love is everything," "Positive sympathy," and "Survivor”—and awareness—like "#GetTested" and "If you love me, use condoms”—on chalkboards.

The CDC released a study this month showing that HIV diagnoses have doubled among young gay and bi men in the past decade.

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