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The theme for each year’s Met Gala is based on the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute exhibit — which this year is “Camp: Notes on Fashion,” a reference to writer Susan Sontag’s famous 1964 essay
That means viewers can expect a wide array of exaggerated and theatrical outfit choices. “Whether it’s pop camp, queer camp, high camp or political camp — Trump is a very camp figure — I think it’s very timely,” the curator of the institute, Andrew Bolton told
Though Parker and Cohen won’t be in attendance, a star-studded crowd is expected, including newlyweds Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra.
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Meanwhile, Parker and Cohen were together on Saturday night at the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, where she presented the Bravo personality with the Vito Russo Award for his activism and role as an openly LGBTQ media professional who has helped further LGBTQ acceptance.
“He’s been incredibly open about his life. I think he’s felt honor-bound to speak up and speak out,” Parker told
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During his acceptance speech, Cohen spoke about his own experience navigating his identity in the LGBTQ community and becoming a father to his son, Benjamin Allen.
“To be gay today is something I am so thankful for. But the fight is not over, and it’s a fight that I’m committed to — even more so now that I’m a father,” said the late night talk show host, who welcomed his now 3-month-old son via surrogate on Feb. 4, 2019.
“I never thought it could happen,” Cohen said about starting his own family. “When Benjamin was born three months ago, I looked into his eyes and I saw that there was no hate, no bias, no bigotry. Just love.”
He added: “That’s how we come into this world and that is how hopefully one day we will all live in it.”
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