Words included "gay," "straight," "homosexual" and "heterosexual," while the pictures showed straight and gay couples. The studies involved college students from Germany and the United States.įor the implicit measure, students had to categorize words and pictures flashed onto a computer screen into "gay" or "straight" groups. In four studies, the researchers looked at the discrepancies between what people say about their sexual orientation and their implicit sexual orientation based on a reaction-time test. Ryan cautioned, however, that this link is only one source of anti-gay sentiments.
"In addition, it appears that sometimes those who would oppress others have been oppressed themselves, and we can have some compassion for them too, they may be unaccepting of others because they cannot be accepting of themselves." "Sometimes people are threatened by gays and lesbians because they are fearing their own impulses, in a sense they 'doth protest too much,'" Ryan told LiveScience. The research, published in the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, reveals the nuances of prejudices like homophobia, which can ultimately have dire consequences. "Those intense emotions should serve as a call to self-reflection." "This study shows that if you are feeling that kind of visceral reaction to an out-group, ask yourself, 'Why?'" co-author Richard Ryan, a professor of psychology at the University of Rochester, said in a statement. The prejudice of homophobia may also stem from authoritarian parents, particularly those with homophobic views as well, the researchers added. … I think that was an isolated event, and I love and trust all of my theatergoing fans just as much as I did before this.Homophobes should consider a little self-reflection, suggests a new study finding those individuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselves have same-sex desires, albeit undercover ones. "Maybe we'll see a surge now of those plays, who knows? But no.
I don't think those match up too often on stage," Ferguson told journalists. " 'Take Me Out' is a very unique play with shower scenes and celebrities. The footage was later leaked online last month. "I would sit in there and I would be folding my 'Phantom of the Opera' T-shirts, watching actors walk by the windows, and I thought, 'Oh God, I hope that's me someday,' " Ferguson said in his speech, before thanking his parents and husband, actor/producer Justin Mikita.īackstage, Ferguson was asked whether he worries about having his privacy invaded by theatergoers in the future, after his co-star Jesse Williams ("Grey's Anatomy") was illegally filmed by an audience member during a nude scene.
Ferguson, who plays the gay business manager of a newly out baseball player in the show, recalled his early days working in a theater gift shop in Times Square while accepting the award. The "Modern Family" favorite earned his first Tony for best featured actor in a play for "Take Me Out," which also won best play revival. Jesse Tyler Ferguson addresses co-star's nude leak backstage "I need someone to do a post-show interview with (her)," added. "Special award to Laurence Fishburne's embarrassed daughter," Twitter user joked. His daughter's hilarious reaction was an instant hit on social media. 'We just want to be seen': 'Black-ish' creator Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson reflect on show's legacy
"And thank you for your contribution to the American theater." "Well, thank you and welcome to the Tony Awards," Fishburne replied, doing a pitch-perfect voice of the Looney Tunes character as his horrified daughter looked on. "Laurence Fishburne, he does an incredible Daffy Duck," DeBose said, putting a microphone up to the actor's face. In between awards, DeBose wandered into the audience for some genuinely amusing banter with presenters and nominees: singing on Andrew Garfield's lap while he hugged her, and doing the "Rich Man's Frug" dance from the 1969 musical "Sweet Charity" with Sam Rockwell.īut most memorable of all was when she walked over to Fishburne, who stars in "American Buffalo" on Broadway and was seated with his teenage daughter, Delilah. Laurence Fishburne stuns with random Daffy Duck impression