I give a damn. Do you? No idea what I’m talking about? Well it’s a wave that’s sweeping across the United States and picking up motion around the world. It’s a simple concept, a movement if you will, to drive awareness and provide support for equality for the GLBT community, focusing on the basic rights they are currently denied in many countries.

In a conversation I was having with my sister, Michelle, she asked if I had heard of the latest celebrity-endorsed equal rights campaign that has recently been cropping up in different news and media outlets. I have to admit that I was pretty stoked that my sister had signed up on the website to show her support of my lifestyle and her belief that gays and lesbians around the world should have the equal rights as any straight counterpart. Thankfully I live in a country that has already produced equal rights for the GLBT community, but there are still several countries around the world including our neighbors to the south who haven’t woken up to what’s right.

The campaign is simply, www.wegiveadamn.org

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A new equality campaign has been launched called the “Give a Damn,” campaign. I think the message is clear, and powerful. It’s not easy coming out. It’s not right for some people to fear getting gay bashed when walking downt the street. And it’s not right to not give a damn about this. Equality is an ongoing battle and it’s far from over.

With the support of the following celebrities who give a damn, this message was made even more powerful. Even Anna Paquin comes out as a bisexual!

Cyndi Lauper, Anna Paquin, Elton John, Jason Mraz, Cynthia Nixon, Whoopi Goldberg, Wanda Sykes, Sharon Osbourne, Clay Aiken and Kevin Alejandro all give a damn about equality!

Video after the jump…GIVE A DAMN!

This post is so gay. Govern yourselves accordingly.

Someone within earshot the other day described the fact that her friend couldn’t come out and party with her that night as “that’s so gay.” I can’t STAND it when people say that. Seriously, ever since I was in high school I shudder when I hear those three words applied to describe everything from poor grades to the price of fuel.

I used to ignore it and think, well that sucks, one day they’ll learn and it’s not really my place to correct people or make them feel awkward. As you can imagine, that got old and I became more comfortable with who I was, and wanted to let people know that I wasn’t okay with that. So when some genius would think up some clever description for my favourite three word phrase sometimes I’ll react to it and tried to make it more of a joke so as to not fully go militant on them. Oh, you think that’s gay? Well the fact that your car’s tire is going flat is pretty f’ing hetero, buddy. It usually elicits a few nervous laughs “Oh, right…”, sometimes a red faced “Sorry, I forgot who I was speaking to.” People should realize how ridiculous it sounds to attach a random sexual identifier to anything that sucks. It is a kind of playful, non-aggressive way to respond that hopefully would cause people to think about it enough to change their habits. But mostly I just give them my ‘unimpressed’ look accompanied by a raised eyebrow that makes my face say: “Excuse me, did you just say that?” 

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In the wake of Carrie Prejean’s anti-gay answer during the Miss USA pageant, two of our fave celebrity girls have joined the ranks of so many others and stepped to our defense. (Yes… I said TWO because you can all pretend like you didn’t LOVE “See You Again” by Miley but we all know you’d be lying!) Because of the unique ability celebrities have to reach such a broad audience, I wanted to write this article.

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