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Comedian Kathy Griffin is becoming the go-to gal for playing lesbian on TV these days. First Griffin played a strident lesbian activist in a fairly offensive to lesbians episode of Law & Order: SVU and now she's slated to guest star as a lesbian on the NBC comedy Whitney, starring Griffin’s pal Whitney Cummings.
Comedian Kathy Griffin is becoming the go-to gal for playing lesbian on TV these days. First Griffin played a strident lesbian activist in a fairly offensive to lesbians episode of Law & Order: SVU and now she's slated to guest star as a lesbian on the NBC comedy Whitney, starring Griffin’s pal Whitney Cummings.
In a video promo for the show Griffin chats about her Whitney appearance saying that Cummings was incredibly kind and welcoming, having sent Griffin a bouquet of flowers for her first day.
“I think Whitney Cummings and I are dating,” Griffin jokes. She adds that if she were a lesbian in real life that Whitney Cummings would be at the top of her list.
Here’s Griffin on playing a lesbian on Whitney and on her relationship with Cummings.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
