President Carter Says The Time For An Openly Gay President Has Arrived, New Poll Reveals Majority Of Americans Favour Repeal Of Military Ban On Openly Gay Service Members, Kevin Spacey Says Simply Because He Does Not Talk About Gay Does Not He “Living A Lie,” Lance Bass Boyfriend News, Trevor Donovan And Garrett Hedlund Are Country Strong

Former United States President Jimmy Carter is often thought of, unfairly, as one of the worst presidents in the modern era, a claim that Carter’s post-presidency activity has worked hard to repudiate, Carter’s warnings on overconsumption and the erosion of the environment prescient. In a new Big Think interview, Carter discusses his one-term presidency, China, and perhaps most importantly, says he believes the American people are ready for a gay president, emphasising that Americans have made tremendous strides in accepting homosexuality, Carter saying “Step-by-step, we have realized that this issue of homosexuality has the same adverse and progressive elements as when we dealt with the race issue 50 years ago – or 40 years ago."

A new Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that a majority of Americans are in favour of repealing the military policy that prohibits openly gay service personal, “Overall, 77 percent of Americans say gays and lesbians who publicly disclose their sexual orientation should be able to serve in the military. That's little changed from polls over the two years, but represents the highest level of support in a Post-ABC poll. The support also cuts across partisan and ideological lines, with majorities of Democrats, Republicans, independents, liberals, conservatives and white evangelical Protestants in favor of homosexuals' serving openly.”

Kevin Spacey, promoting Casino Jack, a film for which he recently received a Golden Globe nomination for best actor for his work portraying conservative right-wing Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, is interviewed by Kevin Sessums, the openly gay author and contributor to the Daily Beast. Sessums, towards the end of the interview, asks why, given gay men’s ease to claim Spacey as one of our own, Spacey fails to return the favor? Spacey says it is a matter of privacy, Sessums retorts that he doesn’t “think being gay is a private matter. Heterosexuals don’t consider their heterosexuality itself a private matter,” prompting Spacey to say “Let's enlarge the subject even more. I think what we have seen in terms of gay teenagers committing suicide because of bullying is anguishing. I think young people, if they are feeling like they are confused, need to know that there are people to talk to and that there are places they can go and not feel alone. But I feel that they have just as many rights as I do to not be bullied. And I don't understand people who say, "Well, this is a terrible thing that is happening to this young person whose life is being exposed," and then turn around and do it to another person. People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box. It's just a line I've never crossed and never will.” Spacey adds “I don't live a lie. You have to understand that people who choose not to discuss their personal lives are not living a lie. That is a presumption that people jump to.”

Radar Online is reporting that professional gay Lance Bass has yet another new boyfriend, Bass dating Brent since late October, the two having met at the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center’s Halloween party.

Trevor Donovan spotted Tuesday attending the Los Angeles premiere of Country Strong, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Leighton Meester, and new crush Garrett Hedlund, thankfully also in attendance.