over the country and I heard a lot of ways that the Bernie [Sanders] faction and the Hillaryfaction can unite together under one banner. When I looked at all the faces at the convention, there's every culture and every ethnicity...that's the America I loveandtheoneIwanttosee.
Some people have voiced their intent to vote third-party instead of voting for Hillary Clinton. What would you say to those people, especially knowing that Florida is a swing state?
guest host Ginger Minj? I've met Ginger before actually. She's incredible and I love her. Parliament House was the first gay bar I ever went to, years and years ago, so it was nice to have the chancetocomebackandhangout with my Orlando peeps and all my LGBTpeeps. ThistriptoOrlandoof course meant a lot more to me because of what happened at Pulse nightclub...I wanted to show my face, hold their hands, and show them that I am with them because Orlando is still a very big partofme,andmylife.
community has had from all walks of life. Seeing the memorial and seeing people placing flowers there, I was struck by how many people were straight, and how many people were tourists passing through. It just shows you that the LGBT community here is loved by the vast majority of people and no one person will destroy the path and progress we havemade.
What's ahead for you in the next couple of months? I just finished taping the Logo game show "Finding Prince Charming", which is like a gay "Bachelor".
I have two words: Ralph Nader. I After you were at Parliament lived in Florida, I voted in Florida...I House, I saw you and your was one of the absentee votes in husband had visited the Pulse I remember ten years ago when Florida during the 2000 memorial site. How has this "Flavor of Love" was on the air and Bush/Gore election, so I know how important those I thought to myself, swing votes are in "It would be so cool if deciding an Lance Bass hosted a election. My advice gay version...like would be to go with 'Gayvor of Love.'" the party at this You willed it to point. It's so happen! That's important to get funny. You know, I Hillary into office, don't know why it's and that's coming taken so long for from me as someone another all-gay who was originally a dating show to be Bernie Sanders produced and put out supporter. I'm just t h e r e f o r “There's no way in Hell that Donald using common consumption, but for Trump can get into the White House. sense...if Bernie as silly as a gay reality It's evident that he doesn't know what wasn't going to get in dating show is, it just he's doing...� the White House, it shows that we're has to be Hillary. There's no way getting to the point that there's tragedy and its aftermath in Hell that Donald Trump can get equality on television. If straights impacted you? into the White House. It's evident can get it, we can have it too. I When I got the call the morning that he doesn't know what he's know when I was a small gay kid in that the tragedy happened, I just doing and he isn't giving us real Mississippi, who never knew a gay started bawling immediately. policies to work with. That and he person, I would have loved to see The feeling overcame me. The isn't presidential enough to a show in which gay men fell in same happened when I stepped representourcountry. Thethings love, because it would have out of my car at Pulse. I don't hesays...it'sscarysometimes. encouraged me to know that I know what it is...everything was couldfallinlovemyself. You were at Parliament House justoverwhelming.
Orlando earlier this summer. How was that experience for you, meeting all of your fans as well as
When I visited Pulse, it was overwhelming to see how much support the victims and the LGBT
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