LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Actress Rose McGowan slammed the LGBT community in a recent op-ed for LGBT publication Advocate where she said the group could do more when it comes to fighting for women's rights.
In her essay, McGowan addresses the recent "dumb generalization" she made that the gay community has "fought for the right to stand on top of a float wearing an orange speedo and take molly [MDMA]," and declared she stands by her overall point that the LGBT community could do more when it comes to advocating for women's rights.
"Misogyny infuriates me and it endangers me as a human," she said after stating there was no out roar from the LGBT community when the equal pay bill was voted down by male Republicans. "It also endangers the LGBT community. Empathy for the plight of women isn't making it better. Your voice will."
"What I want is for gay rights activists to help other disenfranchised groups," she continued. "These activists are experts while so many other groups flounder. It's time to share the wealth and knowledge. And I will correct myself and my off-the-cuff comment — gay men certainly aren't more misogynistic than heteros, but I've met some who have come damn close. In some ways, it's more damaging, because it's coming from men that have faced so much hate."
McGowan goes on to say she believes the LGBT community should "address and combat the misogyny in its midst."
"I've seen so much change, and now I want more," she wrote. "Women, myself included, have given blood, sweat, and tears to the gay rights movement. I'm asking for help in return. Casual and accepted misogyny no longer works for me, and it shouldn't work for you."
The actress' op-ed follows the controversial remarks she made during an interview with gay novelist and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis about the boycott of the Brunei-owned Dorchester Hotel collection. The luxury hotel came under fire earlier this year after the Sultan of Brunei, its owner, made changes to his country's penal code that would make homosexuality punishable by stoning to death.
