More than 1,500 New Yorkers gathered today in Manhattan to mourn the death of a 32 year-old gay man, who was shot down on Friday just blocks away from the historic Stonewall Inn in an apparent act of anti-gay bias.
Video From the GLAAD/SAG "Out In Hollywood III" Panel Discussion
Monday, October 19, 2009 - 5:08pm by Jonathan Rosales, GLAAD's Entertainment Media Manager
Recently we posted photos from Out In Hollywood III: The Rise of the LGBT Actor, a panel discussion sponsored by GLAAD and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Today, we are pleased to present a short video from the event in which the panelists discuss what advice they
would give to up-and-coming LGBT actors.
Click below for video:
Doria Biddle, co-host of The Frank DeCaro Show on Sirius/XM Radio, moderated the event which included Emmy-winning director Paris Barclay, casting directors Tammara Billik and Dan Shaner, and Academy Award-winning producer Dan Jinks. The LGBT actors on the panel were: Bryan Batt (Mad Men), Candis Cayne (Dirty Sexy Money), Wilson Cruz (He’s Just Not That Into You), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family), Michelle Paradise (Exes and Ohs), and Jonathan Slavin (Better Off Ted).
Check in with glaadBLOG in the coming days as we present video interviews with several of the panelists and other out actors.