Gay Teen Honored on Glamour Magazine's 'Women of the Year' List
To be honored as one of Glamour magazine’s “Women of the Year,” a woman must have made a huge impact, changed the world for good, broken boundaries, stereotypes, etc. Except when she doesn’t. Sometimes all she needs to do is complain to the ACLU that her high school is refusing to let her bring a lesbian date to prom.
Constance McMillen, a high school senior in Fulton, Mississippi, received national attention this past spring when her school rejected her idea to come to prom, in a tuxedo, hand-in-hand with her girlfriend. McMillen reported Itawamba Agricultural High School to the ACLU, and was heralded as a hero by prominent lesbian activists such as Ellen Degeneres and Melissa Etheridge. When asked why McMillen deserved to be honored as one of Glamour’s “Women of the year,” Etheridge (a 2005 Glamour WOY winner) said, “She stood up and said, ‘This is who I am.’ When someone does that, it changes the world. It gives hope.”
McMillen was honored among truly great women that did significantly more than display stubbornness at a young age and wreck everyone else’s prom. For example, this year Glamour honored the 18 female heads of state from all over the world, record-breaking sports stars Mia Hamm and Lindsey Vonn, and Cher, who, unpleasant though she is, has real accomplishments in the form of Oscars, Emmys and Grammys. Perhaps the more accurate comparison for McMillen is the young, ground-breaking activist Katie Spotz.
Spotz, 23, rowed alone across the entire Atlantic Ocean, in order to raise awareness and funds for clean drinking water. According to Glamour, Spotz’s adventure “raised money for Blue Planet Network, which buys water purifiers and digs wells in Haiti, India and Kenya.” Not only was her lonely journey more than 2,500 miles, she was the youngest person to complete this selfless mission.
Among those honored with Spotz, McMillen and Cher, was a mother-daughter team that fought violent Islamist militants in the dangerous country of Somalia. Dr. Hawa Abdi, an OB/GYN, and her daughters Dr. Amina Mohammed and Dr. Deqo Mohamed, survived a hostage situation in 2003 and continue to promote the health and education of Somali women. In the face of real persecution, these women flatly rejected their captors’ threats and commands that “Women can’t do things like this.”
The fact that Glamour honored McMillen is not surprising since the magazine has a history of promoting lefty causes, and honoring liberal women with their annual “Women of the Year” issue. In 2007, the Culture and Media Institute noted that liberal women Elizabeth Edwards (wife of then Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards) and CBS correspondent Lara Logan were among those honored, while conservative women were nowhere to be found.
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Pass the barf bag...
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 8:20am.
'nuff said.
Good for her and good for
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Sun, 11/07/2010 - 11:16am.
Good for her and good for them.
It's nice to see someone rewarded for sticking to their principles.
Good for you too guttermouth.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 7:11am.
There is also the principle of telling the truth and being honest about who you are even though you have an anonymous moniker on a website. Like only having one account, not lying about your gender, not lying about your race, not lying about having children.
Good for you for sticking to the principles of honesty like 99.99% of users here. Oh wait.... Yeah, you didn't after all, did you?
You know, it just hit me.
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 1:13pm.
You know, it just hit me.
I'm the thorn in your side - I had it the other way around.
What ever nwahs.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 1:41pm.
Trollie whines about thorns in sides. Yeah, I is gonna be real concerned because you think something. Crybaby whines about thorns in the side. Yeah, I am the only one to evah bother trollie.
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Kangaroo, why is it that youMon, 07/06/2009 - 18:08 ET by Another Dead Kennedy
Kangaroo, why is it that you hunt me out on every single day just to tell me my argument doesn't work, and never have anything to back it up? Can you answer that? I must really be a thorn in your side for you to be so obsessed with me that you really feel the need to do this same thing, day after day.
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Oh look boys and girls. A twofer. guttermouth/nwahs/arkansaszippers used another favorite word of his - obsessed. Don't you dare respond to nwahs. You iz obsezzed! You violate Terms of Services. You jolly rat bat turd! You no say nuthin to trollie. OBZEZZED.
You jolly rat bat turd! We
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 1:41pm.
You jolly rat bat turd!
We need a better class of troll hunter here ©
Or. Or. Or
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 1:54pm.
We could get some trollies that don't go into full on whine mode whenever someone dares, I say oh sweet mumzietroll how dare you, expose their trolliness.
Full on whine mode trollies that can't come up with an original thought. Why don't you post the same thing over and over again trollie. That will convince everyone that you iz riformulated trollie now.
Obsessed! Thorns in side! Woodshed! Terms of Use! Meltdown! Troll! Liar! Better Classmates! Betty! Girly! I gonna watch your children in the park! I cross county lines! Go back to kitchen womans!
Tell us again how reformed you are trollie.
I'm at a crossroads here.
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 2:00pm.
I'm at a crossroads here. Not sure if I love all the attention you give me, or if I'm just truly disinterested in your silly little posts.
If you don't want to discuss the topic, if you're only going to dig up dirt on me, make up constant lies, and talk like an OC girl, you're wasting the time of everyone here except matthewdean, who will certainly show up soon to cheer you on.
Not trollies. Not trolliz at allz.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 2:19pm.
Not trollie at all to take a slap at another user when he is not even here.
Not full on whiney crybabytroll to complain the above post from 2009 is dirt. Right full on whiney crybaby?
Not trollie at allz callinz nudder uzer girlytalkmanz. Sniffies. Word bulliez talk like trollies and trollies iz OX grils.
Trollie gon go full on whine mode nah.
The topic is "Gay Teen
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 2:22pm.
The topic is "Gay Teen Honored."
Please stick to it.
Oh you in charge now trollie.
Submitted by The Vet on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 7:13pm.
Were you stickng to the topic harassing women, talking about their children like a freakshow stalker, scaring them? Were you on topic through your 16 monikers, getting booted for sayiing some of the vilest things ever uttered on this site?
You. Do. Not. Give. Me. Orders. Ever.
You got that troll? Quit acting like you run the show here.
Now whine for all you are worth about how obessesed everyone is with you when you think you can give orders and tell people what to do.
How is my meltdown working out for you troll?
Full on Whine Viscous Sticky Trud Troll.
Top to the Sticket sez the creepy stalker freakshow troll that constantly talks about other peoples children.
I demand that you apologize
Submitted by Guttermouth's Return on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 7:14pm.
I demand that you apologize for making up lies about me.
You hear me???
I DEMAND IT!!!
; )
Dead One---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 7:39pm.
here I be, with a slight correction for your prior post --
The Vet needs no one to cheer him on while giving you hard time; but if you haven't noticed by now, that at the very least, as a liberal, you fit NewsBusters as a pair of brown shoes goes with a tuxedo.
The Vet just doesn't suffer what he deems dishonesty, gladly.
Even if you were as honest as the day is long, to coin a phrase, as a lib, your beliefs and the way you present them, are not conducive to being a hail fellow, well met, around these parts.
I am pleased as punch to bring your latest prediction to fruition.
That brings your batting average in the game against conservatives up to, what, an even .010?
MD
Hey, Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 8:02pm.
Do you recall who uttered the tuxedo/brown shoes quip on Johnny Carson?
Also, your inappropriate comma in hail fellow well met is distracting.
Can you tell I'm bored?
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 8:08pm.
That would be George Gobel.
The misplaced comma (maybe) is on him, too. :^)
Buck up, something worth haggling over seriously will show up on a thread sooner or later.
MD
Matthew--
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 8:38pm.
Yeah, figured you would know that one. I remember it really cracking Carson up.
I'm hungry. Let me know if anything interesting happens while I'm gone.
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 11:46pm.
Remember Dean Martin sitting to Gobels right, and every time Gobel looked at Carson on his left to make conversation, Martin would flick the ashes from his cigarette into Gobels coffee cup?
Too funny.
MD
My gripe with Carson is that
Submitted by Radical1979 on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 11:51pm.
My gripe with Carson is that he never put his shows in a collection for sale, at least that I saw. I'd love to sit down and watch those old shows, but it would probably embarras the current crop of late night jokers.
Rad...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:04am.
I believe there is a set of The Best of Carson or The Best of the Tonight Show or something like that. It was offered a few years ago on TV, I'm pretty sure. I'll try to find out.
Jer
He did.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:07am.
Johnny Carson Ultimate Collection.
A lot of the early stuff was destroyed. He did not have rights over the early days. Going from memory here. Don't hold me to it.
Carson DVDs.
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:11am.
Here's another site with Carson DVDs. Maybe the same.
Jer
md...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:00am.
Now that you mention it, yes. I was trying to recall who else was a guest--another big star, I think, which prompted George, after being introduced and seated, said something like "did you ever feel like the whole world was a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?"
Probably googleable.
Jer
Where is that $8000 old man? I ain't going to jail over you.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:13am.
Only The Vet is allowed to make up words here. I head the Word Creation committee. Please submit form NB-105 (Request for word creation) in tripicate and wait 4 to 6 weeks for approval.
I can tell you now you are in for an uphill battle with your word googleable. Googlerable (goog-ler-a-bull) is currently up for nomination by Mr. Shy.
Egads! Vet...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:25am.
I'm up against Shy? Well, then, I surrender. How can I possibly compete with someone whose name appears in a colossal blazing-orange box on every freakin' page of NewBusters I open.
Well also matthewdean.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:43am.
googleragermatonicator it.
I have used matthewdean in enough fake examples for the month. I was trying to give him a rest. Your turn in the next fake example mister! Those is the rules.
Dang it to hell.
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:20am.
Must I make this clear. All military matters. All flag related matters. Contact The Vet.
Johnny Carson - refer to The Vet if he ain't too busy.
George, Dean, and who?
From memory - Bob Hope.
I have the ultimate collection on VHS and Laserdisc and will get the DVD once Uncle Jer finds that $8000.
I thought it was, Vet.
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:33am.
I thought it was, Vet. Honest I did. But I just wasn't quite sure enough to type it out before verifying it.
Jer
Just wondering...what is the protocol for displaying the flag in inclement weather?
Official or off the cuff?
Submitted by The Vet on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 12:48am.
Off the cuff - If you can make it to the pole, the flag can go up. It ain't a puppy.
Uncle Jer has a line tied from his house to his flagpole. Blinding Blizzards don't stop the Uncle Jer. Wait. I can't use Uncle Jer as an example in a response to Uncle Jer. Can I?
Something was violated there. I think I just created a rip in space. Hang on to something Uncle Jer.
I think you can [use Uncle Jer as an example]
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/09/2010 - 1:03am.
...but I'm holding on to a marble bust of myself just in case.
U J
What I find wierd is...
Submitted by mawendt on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 6:43am.
What I find wierd is how a sexual proclivity/preference/orientation has anything to do with success. Why do libs make a big deal always pointing out sexual activity (mostly homosexual activity) as some kind of special aspect of success.
I hpoe when I become 'successful' a big mention is made of me being straight, loyal to my wife, having had a fantastic mom and dad that gave me an incredible childhood and education, and three kids I don't deserve.
Somethings not right in the world today, and I don't know what its is...
Congrats Constance
Submitted by goldwaterfan on Mon, 11/08/2010 - 8:03am.
Way to go.
Amanda Carrington
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