‘Charmed’ actress: ‘Gay misogyny is a huge problem’
By Will Stroude
Rose McGowan has described misogyny among gay men as a “huge” problem, saying that they are failing to stand up for women’s rights.
The former Charmed actress made the comments while speaking to American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis during his podcast last month (October), Female First reports.
“Gay men are as misogynistic as straight men, if not more so,” the 41-year-old said. “I have an indictment of the gay community right now, I’m actually really upset with them.”
Discussing her decision to hold a ‘gay-in’ party at the Brunei-owned Beverly Hills Hotel earlier this year (June) despite a widespread boycott of the establishment over Brunei’s new anti-gay laws, McGowan said: “You wanna talk about the fact that I have heard nobody in the gay community, no gay males, standing up for women on any level?
“I think it’s what happens to you as a group when you are starting to get most of what you fought for. What do you do now? What I would hope they would do is extend a hand to women.
“Women, by-and-large, have very much helped the gay community get to where they are today. And I have not seen a single peep from these people, who supposedly represent lesbians as well… when the equal pay act was shut down by Republicans in the Senate, not a single man mentioned that.
“I see now people who have basically fought for the right to stand on top of a float wearing an orange speedo and take molly [MDMA]. Gay misogyny is a huge problem.”
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