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• SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJUNE 23, 2021WHO IS MAKG LGBTQ+ HISTORY RIGHT NOW: GMA INSPIRATN LIST 2021OUT LOUDWHAT 'S REALLY LIKE AS A TRANSGENR PERSON TO GET MEDIL REJUNE 28, 2021PRI STYLE THROUGH THE YEARS: FTIVE FASHN, BETY AND MOREJUNE 27, 2022‘RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS’ DISCS UP-AND-G DRAG ARTISTS WHO SPIRE THEM JUNE 28, 2021LGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTLGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG, FILENFL PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY
• SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJONATHAN BENT TALKS LGBTQ REPRENTATN NEW HALLMARK MOVIE, 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE'9:41JONATHAN BENT GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT NEW HALLMARK HOLIDAY MOVIE ABOUT LGBTQ BYHAYLEY FZPATRICKNOVEMBER 20, 2020, 11:11 AMTHE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S NEW FILM, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," IS BOTH A FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY STORY AND AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD MORE CLIVE STORYTELLG ON THE WORK.PREMIERG SUNDAY, NOV. 22 AT 8 P.M. ET ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" IS THE WORK'S FIRST FILM FEATURG A SAME-SEX UPLE AS THE LEAD CHARACTERS.ACTOR JONATHAN BENT PLAYS BRANDON, A MAN WHO TRAVELS HOME WH HIS HBAND, JAKE (PLAYED BY BRAD HARR), TO RATE HIS CHILDHOOD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE UPLE IS HOPG TO START A FAY AND IS WAG TO HEAR IF THEIR ADOPTN WILL GO THROUGH.BENT SCRIBED AS "AN HONOR" TO STAR THE FILM AND SHOWSE THE LGBTQ LOVE STORY. "THIS IS THE FIRST GAY STORYLE A HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE," HE SAID. "IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE TWO MEN LOVE STARTG THEIR OWN FAY, AND THAT'S SUCH A GROUNDBREAKG THG BEE REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT.""OF ALL THE MOVI I'VE DONE 20 YEARS HOLLYWOOD, THIS MOVIE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME BEE THIS CHARACTER MATTERS," HE ADD. "AND THIS CHARACTER IS MAKG A DIFFERENCE."MORE: HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'THE ACTOR, WHO IS OPENLY GAY AND WAS JT REGNIZED ON OUT MAGAZE'S OUT100 LIST, SAID HE FEELS A FILM LIKE THIS ULD'VE HELPED HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER."I JT THK ABOUT WHAT YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WATCHG A MOVIE LIKE THIS AT THE HOLIDAYS," HE SAID. "BEE GROWG UP, I DIDN'T HAVE REPRENTATN LIKE THIS -- WE DIDN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS MOVI THAT HAD STORY L OF TWO MEN LOVE, STARTG A FAY."A SCENE OM HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."HALLMARK CHANNEL HE SAID IF HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SEE A FILM LIKE THIS ONE AS A CHILD, HE IMAG HE WOULD'VE FELT "LS SRED" AND "MORE SEEN."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLIVE STORYLE WAS NOT LOST ON THE ST AND CREW. BENT SAID ONE SCENE PARTICULAR WAS VERY SPECIAL.DURG THE SCENE, BENT AND HARR'S CHARACTERS ARE VOLVED AN ARGUMENT OUTSI OF THE HOE DUE TO THE STRS OF THE ADOPTN. "WE HAVE A LTLE B OF A TIFF BEE WE'RE GOG THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS THAT A UPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE ADOPTG A BABY," BENT EXPLAED. "AND YOU SEE MY HBAND FORT ME AND E TOGETHER AND WE KISS.""BEE THAT'S WHAT TWO MEN WHO ARE ADOPTG A BABY AND ARE A LOVG RELATNSHIP DO -- THEY KISS, THAT'S WHAT UPL DO," HE ADD.MORE: ON WEDNDAYS WE DRK WE: 'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT CREAT 2 W SPIRED BY THE H MOVIEMOST OF THE ST AND CREW WERE TEARS WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, BENT SAID. HE EXPLAED THAT THERE WAS "SO MUCH ANXIETY AND EXCEMENT" ON SET BEE EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE "MAKG HISTORY."JONATHAN BENT AND BRAD HARR PLAY A MARRIED UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."ALLISTER FOSTER/THE HALLMARK CHANNELLGBTQ CREW MEMBERS EVEN APPROACHED BENT AND HARR WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, TO MENT ON ."WE HAD A FEW FEW GAY MEN E UP TO AND SAY, 'HEY, WE WORK ON A LOT OF THE MOVI, WE WORK ON A LOT OF HALLMARK FILMS, AND WE DO THE SET RATN AND WE PUT OUR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS TO , AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE FAY TOO.'"HE SAID AT THAT POT, THEY KNEW THEY HAD MA SOMETHG "REALLY SPECIAL."MORE: JONATHAN BENT MAK 'AARON SAMUEL'S ACTUAL MOM'S STUFFED CHICKEN SHELLS'THE ACTOR HOP THAT THE FILM WILL SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN, "THAT YOU ARE NEVER TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH."HE ALSO HOP "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" WILL FLUENCE OTHER WORKS TO STRIVE TOWARD FEATURG MORE CLIVE LOVE STORI. "I THK WHAT THIS MOVIE IS GOG TO DO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS 'S GOG TO SHOW EVERY WORK THE WORLD THAT CLN IS NOT ONLY OK, BUT 'S NECSARY AND 'S IMPORTANT," BENT SAID."IF HALLMARK CHANNEL IS PUTTG OUT ONE OF THEIR BIGGT MOVI AND HAS A GAY STORYLE AS ONE OF THE MA STORYL, THEN EVERY WORK N PUT OUT A MOVIE LIKE THIS AND HAVE CLN ," HE ADD.IN JULY, HALLMARK ISSUED A STATEMENT PROMISG MORE CLN AFTER RECEIVG CRICISM THAT NONE OF S UPG HOLIDAY FILMS ANNOUNCED AT THE TIME FEATURED AN LGBTQ LEAD."DIVERSY AND CLN IS A TOP PRRY FOR ," READ THE PANY'S STATEMENT. "WE ARE MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE."BENT SAID HE IS ALREADY TALKS FOR MORE PROJECTS WH THE WORK FOR 2021."WE ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS GREENL VELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE THE HOLIDAY TABLE GROW EVEN NEXT YEAR," HE SAID. "THIS ISN'T THE END, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGNG FOR THIS ON HALLMARK CHANNEL."CHECK OUT AN EXCLIVE CLIP OM THE FILM BELOW:1:54'THE CHRISTMAS HOE.' IS THE FIRST MOVIE ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL TO FEATURE LGBTQ MA CHARACTERS.EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023
• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJUNE 23, 2021WHO IS MAKG LGBTQ+ HISTORY RIGHT NOW: GMA INSPIRATN LIST 2021OUT LOUDWHAT 'S REALLY LIKE AS A TRANSGENR PERSON TO GET MEDIL REJUNE 28, 2021PRI STYLE THROUGH THE YEARS: FTIVE FASHN, BETY AND MOREJUNE 27, 2022‘RUPL’S DRAG RACE ALL STARS’ DISCS UP-AND-G DRAG ARTISTS WHO SPIRE THEM JUNE 28, 2021LGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTLGBTQ+ ISSU AT THE FOREONTETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAG, FILENFL PLAYER CARL NASSIB OUT AS GAY

Pri Month 2021 Special: Benez's 'It will all be OK' Letter to His Younger SelfTransportatn Corrponnt for ABC NewsIn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self. “Qutns that may flip your whole world upsi-down, ” he openly gay Lato journalist, G Benez is the transportatn rrponnt for ABC News. Is G Benez Gay?

SHOP THE BT OF 'THE RIGHT STUFF'!OPEN MENUVIOSHOPCULTUREFAYWELLNSFOODLIVGSTYLETRAVELNEWSBOOK CLUBGMA3: WYNTKNEWSLETTERPRIVACY POLICYYOUR US STATE PRIVACY RIGHTSCHILDREN'S ONLE PRIVACY POLICYINTERT-BASED ADSTERMS OF USEDO NOT SELL MY INFOCONTACT USCOPYRIGHT © 2023 ABC NEWS INTER VENTUR. ALL RIGHTS RERVED.SEARCHCULTUREJONATHAN BENT TALKS LGBTQ REPRENTATN NEW HALLMARK MOVIE, 'THE CHRISTMAS HOE'9:41JONATHAN BENT GETS EMOTNAL ABOUT NEW HALLMARK HOLIDAY MOVIE ABOUT LGBTQ BYHAYLEY FZPATRICKNOVEMBER 20, 2020, 11:11 AMTHE HALLMARK CHANNEL'S NEW FILM, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE," IS BOTH A FEEL-GOOD HOLIDAY STORY AND AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD MORE CLIVE STORYTELLG ON THE WORK.PREMIERG SUNDAY, NOV. 22 AT 8 P.M. ET ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL, "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" IS THE WORK'S FIRST FILM FEATURG A SAME-SEX UPLE AS THE LEAD CHARACTERS.ACTOR JONATHAN BENT PLAYS BRANDON, A MAN WHO TRAVELS HOME WH HIS HBAND, JAKE (PLAYED BY BRAD HARR), TO RATE HIS CHILDHOOD HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. THE UPLE IS HOPG TO START A FAY AND IS WAG TO HEAR IF THEIR ADOPTN WILL GO THROUGH.BENT SCRIBED AS "AN HONOR" TO STAR THE FILM AND SHOWSE THE LGBTQ LOVE STORY. "THIS IS THE FIRST GAY STORYLE A HALLMARK CHANNEL MOVIE," HE SAID. "IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE TWO MEN LOVE STARTG THEIR OWN FAY, AND THAT'S SUCH A GROUNDBREAKG THG BEE REPRENTATN IS IMPORTANT.""OF ALL THE MOVI I'VE DONE 20 YEARS HOLLYWOOD, THIS MOVIE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME BEE THIS CHARACTER MATTERS," HE ADD. "AND THIS CHARACTER IS MAKG A DIFFERENCE."MORE: HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'THE ACTOR, WHO IS OPENLY GAY AND WAS JT REGNIZED ON OUT MAGAZE'S OUT100 LIST, SAID HE FEELS A FILM LIKE THIS ULD'VE HELPED HIM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER."I JT THK ABOUT WHAT YOUNGER ME WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WATCHG A MOVIE LIKE THIS AT THE HOLIDAYS," HE SAID. "BEE GROWG UP, I DIDN'T HAVE REPRENTATN LIKE THIS -- WE DIDN'T HAVE CHRISTMAS MOVI THAT HAD STORY L OF TWO MEN LOVE, STARTG A FAY."A SCENE OM HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."HALLMARK CHANNEL HE SAID IF HE HAD BEEN ABLE TO SEE A FILM LIKE THIS ONE AS A CHILD, HE IMAG HE WOULD'VE FELT "LS SRED" AND "MORE SEEN."EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLIVE STORYLE WAS NOT LOST ON THE ST AND CREW. BENT SAID ONE SCENE PARTICULAR WAS VERY SPECIAL.DURG THE SCENE, BENT AND HARR'S CHARACTERS ARE VOLVED AN ARGUMENT OUTSI OF THE HOE DUE TO THE STRS OF THE ADOPTN. "WE HAVE A LTLE B OF A TIFF BEE WE'RE GOG THROUGH THE HIGHS AND THE LOWS THAT A UPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY'RE ADOPTG A BABY," BENT EXPLAED. "AND YOU SEE MY HBAND FORT ME AND E TOGETHER AND WE KISS.""BEE THAT'S WHAT TWO MEN WHO ARE ADOPTG A BABY AND ARE A LOVG RELATNSHIP DO -- THEY KISS, THAT'S WHAT UPL DO," HE ADD.MORE: ON WEDNDAYS WE DRK WE: 'MEAN GIRLS' STAR JONATHAN BENT CREAT 2 W SPIRED BY THE H MOVIEMOST OF THE ST AND CREW WERE TEARS WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, BENT SAID. HE EXPLAED THAT THERE WAS "SO MUCH ANXIETY AND EXCEMENT" ON SET BEE EVERYONE KNEW THEY WERE "MAKG HISTORY."JONATHAN BENT AND BRAD HARR PLAY A MARRIED UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPT HALLMARK'S "THE CHRISTMAS HOE."ALLISTER FOSTER/THE HALLMARK CHANNELLGBTQ CREW MEMBERS EVEN APPROACHED BENT AND HARR WHEN THE SCENE WAS FISHED, TO MENT ON ."WE HAD A FEW FEW GAY MEN E UP TO AND SAY, 'HEY, WE WORK ON A LOT OF THE MOVI, WE WORK ON A LOT OF HALLMARK FILMS, AND WE DO THE SET RATN AND WE PUT OUR BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS TO , AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PART OF THE FAY TOO.'"HE SAID AT THAT POT, THEY KNEW THEY HAD MA SOMETHG "REALLY SPECIAL."MORE: JONATHAN BENT MAK 'AARON SAMUEL'S ACTUAL MOM'S STUFFED CHICKEN SHELLS'THE ACTOR HOP THAT THE FILM WILL SHOW YOUNG CHILDREN, "THAT YOU ARE NEVER TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE ALWAYS ENOUGH."HE ALSO HOP "THE CHRISTMAS HOE" WILL FLUENCE OTHER WORKS TO STRIVE TOWARD FEATURG MORE CLIVE LOVE STORI. "I THK WHAT THIS MOVIE IS GOG TO DO THAT'S SO IMPORTANT IS 'S GOG TO SHOW EVERY WORK THE WORLD THAT CLN IS NOT ONLY OK, BUT 'S NECSARY AND 'S IMPORTANT," BENT SAID."IF HALLMARK CHANNEL IS PUTTG OUT ONE OF THEIR BIGGT MOVI AND HAS A GAY STORYLE AS ONE OF THE MA STORYL, THEN EVERY WORK N PUT OUT A MOVIE LIKE THIS AND HAVE CLN ," HE ADD.IN JULY, HALLMARK ISSUED A STATEMENT PROMISG MORE CLN AFTER RECEIVG CRICISM THAT NONE OF S UPG HOLIDAY FILMS ANNOUNCED AT THE TIME FEATURED AN LGBTQ LEAD."DIVERSY AND CLN IS A TOP PRRY FOR ," READ THE PANY'S STATEMENT. "WE ARE MTED TO CREATG A HALLMARK EXPERIENCE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELE."BENT SAID HE IS ALREADY TALKS FOR MORE PROJECTS WH THE WORK FOR 2021."WE ALREADY HAVE PROJECTS GREENL VELOPMENT THAT WILL MAKE THE HOLIDAY TABLE GROW EVEN NEXT YEAR," HE SAID. "THIS ISN'T THE END, THIS IS ONLY THE BEGNG FOR THIS ON HALLMARK CHANNEL."CHECK OUT AN EXCLIVE CLIP OM THE FILM BELOW:1:54'THE CHRISTMAS HOE.' IS THE FIRST MOVIE ON THE HALLMARK CHANNEL TO FEATURE LGBTQ MA CHARACTERS.EDOR’S PICKSHALLMARK CHANNEL ANNOUNC CHRISTMAS MOVIE FEATURG GAY UPLE LOOKG TO ADOPTSEP 23, 2020HALLMARK ANNOUNC PLANS TO BUT 'LGBTQ STORYL, CHARACTERS AND ACTORS'JUL 16, 2020HOW THIS HALLMARK CHANNEL STAR IS WORKG TO HELP FIX THE FOSTER RE SYSTEM USSEP 30, 2020UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023UP NEXT CULTURE—DREW CAREY, ADAM SANDLER AND MORE CELEBRI PAY TRIBUTE TO BOB BARKERAUGT 26, 2023ALS ASSOCIATN GETS DONATN BOOST FOLLOWG ATH OF SANDRA BULLOCK'S PARTNER BRYAN RANDALL AUGT 26, 2023THOMAS RHETT AKS SHAR SUMMER ALBUM WH SWEET FAY PHOTOSAUGT 25, 2023SEE ARIANA GRAN PERFORM 'HONEYMOON AVENUE' TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS OF 'YOURS TLY,' HER BUT ALBUMAUGT 25, 2023

G Benez’s Comg Out LetterOn 2019’s Natnal Comg Out Day—which is celebrated worldwi on 11 October remembrance of the 1987 Natnal March on Washgton that was held support of lbian and gay rights—Benez dited a letter to his past self.

"The letter further elaborat on younger Benez’s stggle to f societal norms, his enunter wh homophobia his muny and school, and how he ternalized till adulthood. The kids at school e the word ‘gay’ as if ’s synonymo wh ‘eww.

GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

But that word, ‘gay, ; sticks the longt. Though one iend warns, ‘you n’t be gay and succsful the media, ’ your lleagu will celebrate you. The event brought together leadg lumari om the entertament and sports dtri on 19 May panel discsed the vast range of acplishments, issu, and experienc of LGBTQ+ stars and muny, cludg the creator Ilene Chaiken’s cisn to e out by -creatg LGBTIQ+ seri The L Word for Showtime, actrs Laverne Cox’s reactn to beg the first trans performer of lor to be nomated for an Emmy, the issue of why more sportspersons haven’t e out sce Jason Colls’ breakthrough actns 2013, and how beg told to be ls feme vigorated artist Adam Rippon to bee the first openly gay Amerin to w a 2018 medal at the Wter Olympic Gam among many more.

On the other hand, David Muir is not gay. "This is the first gay storyle a Hallmark Channel movie, " he said. "The actor, who is openly gay and was jt regnized on Out Magaze's Out100 list, said he feels a film like this uld've helped him when he was younger.

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS TALKS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY CHARACTERS

"We had a few few gay men e up to and say, 'Hey, we work on a lot of the movi, we work on a lot of Hallmark films, and we do the set ratn and we put our blood sweat and tears to , and for the first time, we feel like we're part of the fay too.

"If Hallmark Channel is puttg out one of their biggt movi and has a gay storyle as one of the ma storyl, then every work n put out a movie like this and have cln , " he July, Hallmark issued a statement promisg more cln after receivg cricism that none of s upg holiday films announced at the time featured an LGBTQ lead.