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Comedienne Roseanne Barr spoke of her pride as she returned to her native Utah for a gay parade at the weekend (04-05Jun11), praising her hometown as a "progressive place".
The funnywoman was invited to serve as Grand Marshal in the Pride Festival in Salt Lake City and told the crowd how she and her siblings felt like outcasts growing up there.
She explained, "The gay community holds a special place in my heart. Most of you probably know that my sister and my brother are both gay, and it was not so easy for them to grow up here. Nor was it easy for me being a loud-mouth girl with a lot of opinions.
"I didn't like the kind of push for uniformity here, I always felt left out by it. A lot of rejection. A lot of meanness."
Barr, who left Utah when she was 18, went on to highlight the positive changes and increased tolerance she saw in the community.
She added, "I'm very thrilled to be here. To come home and see Salt Lake City the way I always hoped it would be... It definitely feels different than it did when I grew up here. I feel so proud of Salt Lake City. That it has become such a progressive place... It has become a place where people can speak out and have a different opinion. I just think that's so great."
The event also saw the star honour her brother Dr. Ben Barr with the Utah Pride Center's lifetime achievement award in recognition of his work with HIV/AIDS patients.
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