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[[File:AlanCummingSept2013TIFF.jpg|thumb|Alan Cummingin September 2013]] '''Alan Cumming''' (born {{LifeData|birth=1965-01-27 January 1965|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

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 [[RIC|routine infant circumcision]], particularly in the [[United States ]] where it is common.<ref>{{REFweb

In a long 2020 interview at ''The Guardian'', Cumming confirmed his opposition to circumcision:{{REFCitation |Title=I never thought about my foreskin until I came to America |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>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> |Author=[[Alan Cumming]] |Source=The Guardian |ref=<ref>{{REFnews |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/apr/29/alan-cumming-i-never-thought-about-my-foreskin-until-i-came-to-america?CMP=share_btn_fb |title=Alan Cumming: ‘I never thought about my foreskin until I came to America’ |last=Godfrey |first=Chris |publisher=The Guardian |date=2020-04-29 |accessdate=2020-04-29}}</ref>}} 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>