Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore hosts of The Young Turks discuss Miley Cyrus’ effort to help homeless LGBT youth and Miley’s own sexuality.
“When Miley Cyrus wears pasties or posts photos of her pink armpits, it’s not to be a provocateur. The 22-year-old says she’s just being herself, and she wants all young people to have that same opportunity.
That’s why she’s launching the Happy Hippie Foundation to help homeless and LGBT youth, adding that not all her past relationships were “straight, heterosexual” ones. Cyrus didn’t elaborate.
“The position I’m in, I feel like I’ve got a lot of power,” she said in a Monday phone interview with The Associated Press. “But so many kids don’t feel that way. They’re under their parents’ rule.”
Cyrus, who famously asked a homeless man to accept her Video of the Year trophy at the 2014 Video Music Awards, said she was inspired by the attention generated by that gesture. And she was further moved by the suicide of transgender teen Leelah Alcorn in December. More than 1.6 million young people are homeless in the United States, according to the National Coalition for the Homeless. Cyrus said 40 percent identify themselves as LGBT.
An entertainer since age 14, she wants to use her fame for good, calling Bruce Jenner “my hero” for shining light on transgender issues.”
Read more here: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/db95fb9b4f794c6c800bf6c82912cf9b/miley-cyrus-bruce-jenner-pink-armpits-her-new-charity
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An absolute total waste of energy to spend even one nanosecond discussing Miley Cyrus.
Is this the best that TYT can come up with ?
Gag me with a spoon.
SHE looks like a fugitive from planet Hygiene.