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[[File:AlanCummingSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|Alan Cumming in September 2013]] | [[File:AlanCummingSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|Alan Cumming in September 2013]] | ||
'''Alan Cumming''' ({{LifeData|birth=1965-01-27|birthplace=Aberfeldy (Perthshire)|birthcountry=Scotland, UK}}), is a Scottish-American actor, singer, writer, producer, director, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays.<ref>{{REFweb | '''Alan Cumming''' ({{LifeData|birth=1965-01-27|birthplace=Aberfeldy (Perthshire)|birthcountry=Scotland, UK}}), is a Scottish-American actor, singer, writer, producer, director, and activist who has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and plays.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cumming#Personal_life | |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cumming#Personal_life | ||
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He is also a patron of [[NORM-UK]], an English-registered charity concerned with [[foreskin]] health and matters related to [[circumcision]]; he has condemned the practice of [[ | He is also a patron of [[NORM-UK]], an English-registered charity concerned with [[foreskin]] health and matters related to [[circumcision]]; he has condemned the practice of non-therapeutic infant [[circumcision]], particularly in the [[United States]] where it is common.<ref>{{REFweb | ||
|url=http://www.norm-uk.org/?1229 | |url=http://www.norm-uk.org/?1229 | ||
|title=Film Star Wants the Foreskin to be with you | |title=Film Star Wants the Foreskin to be with you | ||
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|publisher=circumstitions.com | |publisher=circumstitions.com | ||
|date=2017-06-11 | |date=2017-06-11 | ||
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== Caberet == | |||
Cumming has opened a caberet named UNCUT in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where he stars in an hour-long show which provides information about circumcision.<ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://intactamerica.org/review-alan-cummings-uncut/ | |||
|title=Review: Alan Cumming’s UNCUT | |||
|last=Zeldis | |||
|first=Adam | |||
|init= | |||
|author-link=Adam Zeldis | |||
|publisher=Intact America | |||
|date=2024-05-15 | |||
|accessdate=2024-10-20 | |||
}}</ref> | }}</ref> | ||
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{{Citation | {{Citation | ||
|Title=I never thought about my foreskin until I came to America | |Title=I never thought about my foreskin until I came to America | ||
|Text=As well as campaigning for LGBTQ+ equality and | |Text=As well as campaigning for LGBTQ+ equality and [[ ]] charities, Cumming is outspoken against male circumcision. | ||
<q>I never thought anything about my foreskin,</q> he says, <q>and then I came to America and I was having sex and people would just be gasping because they’d never seen a foreskin before. I was made to feel weird and freakish because I had an intact body.</q> | <q>I never thought anything about my [[foreskin]],</q> he says, <q>and then I came to America and I was having sex and people would just be gasping because they’d never seen a foreskin before. I was made to feel weird and freakish because I had an [[intact]] body.</q> | ||
<q>It’s genital mutilation. And I think people say: <q>Oh, that’s hysterical.</q> But we do it to girls and it’s called genital mutilation.</q> As for the religious grounds for circumcision, he believes these are “ridiculous”: <q>We choose to keep doing some things and we just let the weirdest things go.</q> | <q>It’s genital mutilation. And I think people say: <q>Oh, that’s hysterical.</q> But we do it to girls and it’s called genital mutilation.</q> As for the religious grounds for circumcision, he believes these are “ridiculous”: <q>We choose to keep doing some things and we just let the weirdest things go.</q> | ||
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Various media echoed his important statement.<ref>{{REFnews | |||
|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/alan-cumming-penis-circumcision-religion-genital-mutilation-sex-a9490256.html | |||
|title=Alan Cumming calls circumcision for religious reasons ‘ridiculous’ | |||
|last=O'Connor | |||
|first=Roisin | |||
|publisher=Independent | |||
|date=2020-04-29 | |||
|accessdate=2020-05-01 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.queerty.com/alan-cumming-strong-opinions-pronouns-circumcision-20200429 | |||
|title=Alan Cumming has strong opinions on pronouns and circumcision | |||
|last=Reddish | |||
|first=David | |||
|publisher=Queerty | |||
|date=2020-04-29 | |||
|accessdate=2020-05-01 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/gaflc3/alan_cumming_has_branded_the_practise_of/ | |||
|title=Alan Cumming has branded the practise of circumcision for religious reasons as “ridiculous” and compared it to female genital mutilation | |||
|publisher=Reddit | |||
|date=2020-04-30 | |||
|accessdate=2020-05-01 | |||
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb | |||
|url=https://www.out.com/celebs/2020/4/30/yes-alan-cummings-still-very-much-against-circumcision | |||
|title=es, Alan Cumming Is Still Very Much Against Circumcision | |||
|last=Street | |||
|first=Mikelle | |||
|publisher=Out | |||
|date=2020-04-30 | |||
|accessdate=2020-05-01 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
== Award for intactivism == | |||
Cumming was chosen "[[Intactivist of the Month]]" by [[Intact America]]. | |||
{{SEEALSO}} | |||
* [[United Kingdom]] | |||
* [[United States of America]] | |||
{{LINKS}} | {{LINKS}} | ||
* {{URLwebsite|http://www.alancumming.com|2020-03-06}} | * {{URLwebsite|http://www.alancumming.com|2020-03-06}} | ||