47 Comments on “1979 Interview Jane Fonda on Gay Rights”
Even when it wasn't popular…. She stood up for what's right 🙂
Jane Fonda: my favourite person, right here.
Brilliant. Love her.
This woman was beautiful at every point in her life. lol.
thank you Jane, we appreciate it
Wow I didn't know that she was an activist. What an amazing woman. Having fought for equality in those days is something laudable and remarkable. Thank you. I was born in '93 and thanks to people like her and thousand of others I can love freely.
Wow she has always been smart and beautiful
LOVE MY JANE
Alright Jane! You tell em!
is that a black interviewer? does he not understand the plight of gays and lesbians?
What a hero!!
Beautiful Woman then and now.
Thank you for posting this. I had never seen it. I was already living out of the country several years when all this happened. Partly because I hated feeling discriminated against and not being free which I did not feel abroad. I only knew her from the women's movement days early 70's which I participated in and also her anti Viet Nam campaign which I agreed with of course only not that she went over to the enemy as it was an insult to those poor lads who were injured and dead who had no choice but to fight in that stupid conflict which had nothing to do with fighting Communism and everything to do with American politics and greed for power and money.
thank you, Jane.
Legend! That voice… I could listen to her talk for hours ?
I clicked on to this video pause as quick as I could because I cannot stand the skank
I'm discovering her thanks to Grace and Frankie.
I love that she said, "They don't need me, but they like me!" So articulate and so ahead of her time.
Awesome! Thank you, Jane!
Jane for president 2020!!!!
Damn i didn't realized she defended LGBT people at 1979! At that time, LGBT community were considered like ill and it was easy to attack them, this woman defended them at that year, i'm speechless, she's a smart and strong woman, she's a truly icon and legendary!!
It is so funny because of her new show grace and Frankie?
You’re beautiful and strong
true icon
I love Jane Fonda so much!!
I just love this woman.
Only Jane could answer a question calmly and intelligently while still calling the interviewer on his "cynicism." There will never be anyone who speaks truth to power like Jane Fonda – unfortunately. A truly great American.
Nothing but LOVE for this woman!!
She’s so brilliant
– Do you feel that the gays in San Francisco, they are very powerful and very strong, do they need your support? Are they still being discriminated against? Do you feel that?
Oh absolutely… oh, absolutely. Culturally, psychologically, economically, politically – gays and lesbians are discriminated against. They are a very powerful movement, especially in San Francisco. They don’t need me. But… they like me, and they like our organization, the Campaign for Economic Democracy, because they know that working together we can be stronger than either entity is by itself. So, it’s really healthy that we try to bring these things together.
– Are they using you? For your economic democratic campaign?
I hope they use me. What am I here for, if not to be used by good people for good things? I’m part of an organization, and you could also be cynical, as you are, and ask me isn’t the organization using me? But you could also think, aren’t I using the organization? Just the way the gays and lesbians that are here are using the organization that they’re a part of? It helps give us perspective, it helps us keeps our values in tact, it increases our power – because as individuals we don’t have very much, but all together we have a lot of power. So everybody uses – the point is what are you using for? If it’s just for greed and selfish reasons, that’s one thing. But if you’re using each other for things that are good and positive, then why not?
– Last question, Jane. How do you see the future of the gay movement in San Francisco in particular and in America in general? There are a lot of right people who don’t like the power of the gays.
It’s hard to predict…in a real sense, exactly what’s going to happen. All we can know is, what this movement is seeking, which is nothing less than respect and justice, and stopping discrimination against people because of sexual preference. You’re on the side of the angels. I mean it’s just and it’s right, and so if we’re going to survive as a world, and we may not, but if we do, they’re going to win.
Her MIND. I have been watching grace & Frankie since it came out but only now am I really seeing how cool she was and is.
Queen
She's incredible! I love watching her interviews from past and present. She's extremely bright and articulate.
"Are gays still unequal?" ….just asking this question makes you realize that they really thought they weren't discriminating anymore. People nowadays still ask the same question with the same background.
She's so so so so S O BEAUTIFUL.
She is part of an organisation.
Love me some Jane Fonda, she always stood for what was right
She has always fought hard for what she believes is right.
.What this evil woman did to the Pow's in Vietnam was atrocious!! She's nothing but a puppet and a sound bite..Don't believe this fraud..wake up
Gosh, I love this woman.
Why dos she widen her eyes every 10 seconds LOL
A very sharp intellect, even when put on the spot!
wow! i admire her more now! ♥️
I wish this receives a whole lot more views.
You channel is full of treasures.
SHE SAID GAY RIGHTS ?✊?
40 years later it really is sad that we're still fighting for what we believe in. Our rights as gay Americans. Love Jane Fonda. ❤️❤️. In 1979 I was 15, as I was discovering who I was, a gay teenager in the late '70s. And now 40 years later, I'm 55, what an amazing life I've had as gay man. Can't wait to see what lies ahead.
Even when it wasn't popular…. She stood up for what's right 🙂
Jane Fonda: my favourite person, right here.
Brilliant. Love her.
This woman was beautiful at every point in her life. lol.
thank you Jane, we appreciate it
Wow I didn't know that she was an activist. What an amazing woman. Having fought for equality in those days is something laudable and remarkable. Thank you. I was born in '93 and thanks to people like her and thousand of others I can love freely.
Wow she has always been smart and beautiful
LOVE MY JANE
Alright Jane! You tell em!
is that a black interviewer? does he not understand the plight of gays and lesbians?
What a hero!!
Beautiful Woman then and now.
Thank you for posting this.
I had never seen it. I was already living out of the country several years when all this happened. Partly because I hated feeling discriminated against and not being free which I did not feel abroad. I only knew her from the women's movement days early 70's which I participated in and also her anti Viet Nam campaign which I agreed with of course only not that she went over to the enemy as it was an insult to those poor lads who were injured and dead who had no choice but to fight in that stupid conflict which had nothing to do with fighting Communism and everything to do with American politics and greed for power and money.
thank you, Jane.
Legend! That voice… I could listen to her talk for hours ?
I clicked on to this video pause as quick as I could because I cannot stand the skank
I'm discovering her thanks to Grace and Frankie.
I love that she said, "They don't need me, but they like me!" So articulate and so ahead of her time.
Awesome! Thank you, Jane!
Jane for president 2020!!!!
Damn i didn't realized she defended LGBT people at 1979! At that time, LGBT community were considered like ill and it was easy to attack them, this woman defended them at that year, i'm speechless, she's a smart and strong woman, she's a truly icon and legendary!!
It is so funny because of her new show grace and Frankie?
You’re beautiful and strong
true icon
I love Jane Fonda so much!!
I just love this woman.
Only Jane could answer a question calmly and intelligently while still calling the interviewer on his "cynicism." There will never be anyone who speaks truth to power like Jane Fonda – unfortunately. A truly great American.
Nothing but LOVE for this woman!!
She’s so brilliant
– Do you feel that the gays in San Francisco, they are very powerful and very strong, do they need your support? Are they still being discriminated against? Do you feel that?
Oh absolutely… oh, absolutely. Culturally, psychologically, economically, politically – gays and lesbians are discriminated against. They are a very powerful movement, especially in San Francisco. They don’t need me. But… they like me, and they like our organization, the Campaign for Economic Democracy, because they know that working together we can be stronger than either entity is by itself. So, it’s really healthy that we try to bring these things together.
– Are they using you? For your economic democratic campaign?
I hope they use me. What am I here for, if not to be used by good people for good things? I’m part of an organization, and you could also be cynical, as you are, and ask me isn’t the organization using me? But you could also think, aren’t I using the organization? Just the way the gays and lesbians that are here are using the organization that they’re a part of? It helps give us perspective, it helps us keeps our values in tact, it increases our power – because as individuals we don’t have very much, but all together we have a lot of power. So everybody uses – the point is what are you using for? If it’s just for greed and selfish reasons, that’s one thing. But if you’re using each other for things that are good and positive, then why not?
– Last question, Jane. How do you see the future of the gay movement in San Francisco in particular and in America in general? There are a lot of right people who don’t like the power of the gays.
It’s hard to predict…in a real sense, exactly what’s going to happen. All we can know is, what this movement is seeking, which is nothing less than respect and justice, and stopping discrimination against people because of sexual preference. You’re on the side of the angels. I mean it’s just and it’s right, and so if we’re going to survive as a world, and we may not, but if we do, they’re going to win.
Her MIND. I have been watching grace & Frankie since it came out but only now am I really seeing how cool she was and is.
Queen
She's incredible! I love watching her interviews from past and present. She's extremely bright and articulate.
"Are gays still unequal?" ….just asking this question makes you realize that they really thought they weren't discriminating anymore. People nowadays still ask the same question with the same background.
She's so so so so S O BEAUTIFUL.
She is part of an organisation.
Love me some Jane Fonda, she always stood for what was right
She has always fought hard for what she believes is right.
.What this evil woman did to the Pow's in Vietnam was atrocious!! She's nothing but a puppet and a sound bite..Don't believe this fraud..wake up
Gosh, I love this woman.
Why dos she widen her eyes every 10 seconds LOL
A very sharp intellect, even when put on the spot!
wow! i admire her more now! ♥️
I wish this receives a whole lot more views.
You channel is full of treasures.
SHE SAID GAY RIGHTS ?✊?
40 years later it really is sad that we're still fighting for what we believe in. Our rights as gay Americans. Love Jane
Fonda. ❤️❤️. In 1979 I was 15, as I was discovering who I was, a gay teenager in the late '70s. And now 40 years later, I'm 55, what an amazing life I've had as gay man. Can't wait to see what lies ahead.