{"id":28143,"date":"2014-12-26T21:31:02","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T02:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=28143"},"modified":"2014-12-26T21:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-12-27T02:31:35","slug":"2014-lgbt-magazine-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=28143","title":{"rendered":"2014 LGBT Magazine Covers&#8230;Who Made A Mark???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=28144\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28144\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2014-Magazine-Covers-Lead_1.jpg\" alt=\"2014-Magazine-Covers-Lead_1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>A year-end look at who graced the covers of the nation&#8217;s top publications.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=28145\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28145\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28145\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/laverne-cox-560x746.jpg\" alt=\"laverne cox\" width=\"560\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/laverne-cox-560x746.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/laverne-cox.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was the first transgender actress to grace the cover of the nation\u2019s most talked-about newsmagazine, next to the banner headline \u201cThe Transgender Tipping Point.\u201d Cox shot to stardom through her Emmy-nominated performance on<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.netflix.com\/WiMovie\/70242311?mqso=81070424&amp;awmatchtype=e&amp;awnetwork=g&amp;awcreative=49492414139&amp;awkeyword=orange%20is%20the%20new%20black&amp;awposition=1t1&amp;awexpid&amp;awdevice=c&amp;gclid=Cj0KEQiAn9-kBRDloNeUw7Pe_YwBEiQA4HXMU4ZbZxs4pZk3VVE4D2cTGbuOSl6WLglXPSSEsdcU5K0aAruY8P8HAQ\">Orange Is the New Black <\/a><\/em>on Netflix. Her appearances on talk shows helped everyday Americans \u2014 and news anchors \u2014 better understand trans people. \u201cPeople need to be willing to let go of what they think they know about what it means to be a man and what it means to be a woman,\u201d Cox told <a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/132769\/transgender-orange-is-the-new-black-laverne-cox-interview\/\"><em>Time.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=28146\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28146\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28146\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/michael-sam-560x740.jpg\" alt=\"michael sam\" width=\"560\" height=\"740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/michael-sam-560x740.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/michael-sam.jpg 633w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJason Collins is an activist,\u201d the 24-year-old Missouri graduate told <em>Sports Illustrated<\/em>. \u201cI see myself as a football player.\u201d In choosing Sam as one of its Men of the Year, <em>GQ <\/em>wrote that when he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/sports\/2014\/05\/11\/how-nation-reacted-michael-sam-joining-rams\">kissed his significant other<\/a> upon being picked by the St. Louis Rams in the NFL draft, \u201cthe fact that the significant other on the receiving end of that kiss was a guy named Vito Cammisano, it was mind-blowing. An NFL defensive end passionately kissing his boyfriend \u2014 had any of us ever seriously entertained that configuration of words, much less their realization on national TV?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?attachment_id=28147\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-28147\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-28147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sam-smith1-560x746.jpg\" alt=\"sam smith\" width=\"560\" height=\"746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sam-smith1-560x746.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/sam-smith1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s 22, has swoon-worthy blue eyes, and <em>Vibe<\/em> reported he scored the highest first-week sales for a debut album from a male U.K. artist in SoundScan\u2019s 23-year history. After rumors began to swirl about Smith\u2019s sexuality, he set the record straight on his own terms. Back in May, just weeks before the release of the album, Smith revealed the inspiration behind his hit <em>Leave Your Lover<\/em>was a straight man who didn\u2019t return his love. And after his fans all gave one collective who-gives-a-damn shoulder shrug, Smith got back to singing. <em>Out<\/em> declared Smith the Breakout Star of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the rest at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.advocate.com\/politics\/media\/2014\/12\/25\/under-covers-2014\">The Advocate<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nA year-end look at who graced the covers of the nation&#8217;s top publications.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nShe was the first transgender actress to grace the cover of the nation\u2019s most talked-about newsmagazine, next to the banner headline \u201cThe Transgender Tipping Point.\u201d Cox shot to stardom through her Emmy-nominated performance on Orange Is the New Black on Netflix. Her appearances [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3529,153,4461,4462,4460,3517],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28149,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28143\/revisions\/28149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}