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Contents:
- WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
- MICHAEL (1924): CARL THEODOR DREYER’S INIC GAY SILENT FILM, STARRG WALTER SLEZAK
- HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
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MICHAEL (1924): CARL THEODOR DREYER’S INIC GAY SILENT FILM, STARRG WALTER SLEZAK
In his own words, he felt “pafully isolated, strand between the sual homophobia of most ‘normal’ people and the flagrantly gay Hollywood subculture – where [he] was even ls fortable and ls accepted. Five years before Hunter beme a star, he was arrted along wh several other men for “lewdns, ” a mon charge for men showg any signs of homosexualy public. No one wanted to believe that Ameri’s goln boy uld be a gay man.
Cor’s mansn, rated by gay former actor William Ha, beme the center of LGBT society Hollywood. It was a well-known fact that Cor was gay, even though he never publicly spoke about . Cor may have never been able to explicly talk about his sexualy, but he helped solidify the gay muny Hollywood.
He also stggled to accept his homosexualy thanks to his strict Roman Catholic upbrgg.
HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE
Kelly is one of the very few women to explicly talk about her homosexualy durg her reer om the 1930s to the 1940s. Incintally, the film is noted for s untentnal homoerotic unrton.
Clift never publicly talked about , but close iend Elizabeth Taylor admted he was gay at the 2000 GLAAD Media Awards. The two acted three movi together, cludg Sudnly, Last Summer, which had Clift play a gay man.