Singer and actress Demi Lovato is to be honored by a leading U.S. gay rights advocacy group for speaking out on behalf of gays, lesbians and transgender people in her songs, music videos and media interviews.
The group GLAAD said on Thursday that Lovato, 23, would receive its annual Vanguard Award, which is given to straight people in the public eye who have "made a significant difference in promoting equality and acceptance."
The former star of Disney Channel's "Sonny with a Chance," has celebrated her late gay grandfather, who came out in the 1960s, and she filmed the . . .
