Outlanr's John Bell rells 'wantg to pray the gay away'

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• LEGENDARY ACTOR STANLEY BAXTER OUT AS GAY AGED 94 AND REVEALS HE WOULD BRG MEN HOME WH HIS WIFE’S BLSG
• OUTLANR’S JOHN BELL ON GROWG UP QUEER FILM: ‘I HAD MOMENTS OF WANTG TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY’
• IS SAM HGHAN GAY? LEARN ABOUT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENCE
• RICHARD WILSON: ‘GAY MARRIAGE IS SPLENDID. I’M STILL LOOKG, A WAY’
• SAM HGHAN SHUT DOWN GAY MORS PAST BY ADDRSG WILD CLAIMS ABOUT SEXUALY
• ACTORS WHO ARE/WERE GAY BUT DON'T PG FOR YOU ONSCREEN
• RICHARD WILSON: I WAS LIGHTED TO BE OUTED AS GAY BY A MAG
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HIS VERSATILY AS A PERFORMER, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, HIS OFFBEAT CHOICE OF ROL, AND HIS OPENNS ABOUT HIS GAY INTY HAVE BROUGHT HIM A LOYAL AND VARIED DIENCE.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERCUMMG WAS BORN PERTHSHIRE, STLAND, ON JANUARY 27, 1965. HE GREW UP A HOE ON A LARGE TATE PROPERTY, WHERE HIS FATHER WORKED AS A FORTER. HE LEFT HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 16 AND TOOK A STAFF JOB AT A MAGAZE, AND AT THE AGE OF 20, HE ENTERED THE ROYAL STTISH AMY OF MIC AND DRAMA (NOW THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF STLAND) GLASGOW. HE BEGAN ACTG PROFSNALLY WHILE STILL A STUNT, AND WHEN HE GRADUATED, HE FOUND REGULAR WORK ON STAGE AND ON TELEVISN, CLUDG ON A POPULAR SOAP OPERA.THEATER AND FILM BREAKTHROUGHSCUMMG ACTED SEVERAL STTISH REPERTORY THEATERS THE EARLY 1990S, MASTERG ROL SUCH AS HAMLET ( 1993), AND WAS FEATURED ON THE TELEVISN S THE HIGH LIFE. HE MA A SUCCSFUL TRANSN TO HOLLYWOOD THE MID-'90S, RECEIVG SMALL BUT MEMORABLE ROL THE JAM BOND FILM GOLNEYE AND THE DRAMA CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (BOTH RELEASED 1995); THE 1996 {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JANE ATEN ADAPTATN EMMA, STARRG GWYH PALTROW; AND SEVERAL LATE-'90S EDI, CLUDG ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL RNN (1997) AND SPICE WORLD (1998).IN 1998, CUMMG ARRIVED ON BROADWAY, REPRISG A ROLE HE HAD PLAYED LONDON FIVE YEARS EARLIER: THE NT, ANDROGYNO "M.C." CABARET, WHO SERV AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONI AT THE SEEDY K KAT KLUB. CUMMG'S PERFORMANCE THIS REVIVAL BROUGHT HIM SEVERAL HONORS, CLUDG A TONY AWARD, AS WELL AS A MUCH GREATER LEVEL OF FAME. 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LEGENDARY ACTOR STANLEY BAXTER OUT AS GAY AGED 94 AND REVEALS HE WOULD BRG MEN HOME WH HIS WIFE’S BLSG

Speakg wh GAY TIMES, Bell talks about the power of queer storytellg, what this role means to him, and how ’s not always easy to be open about his own inty. It’s playg a gay character which I haven’t done before, and ’s alg wh the topics that are credibly emotnal and and ep and n ep our muny. I felt there were still tim when I was younger and tryg to wish the gay away, but luckily I’ve grown up a time where actually that part of me has been celebrated.

OUTLANR’S JOHN BELL ON GROWG UP QUEER FILM: ‘I HAD MOMENTS OF WANTG TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY’

"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan. "My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis.

Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man. The edian, actor, and star of the NBC's The Carmichael Show me out as gay April durg his HBO Max edy show Rothaniel.

IS SAM HGHAN GAY? LEARN ABOUT HIS SEXUAL PREFERENCE

And the secret is that I'm gay. The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was.

RICHARD WILSON: ‘GAY MARRIAGE IS SPLENDID. I’M STILL LOOKG, A WAY’

""For those nfed basilly I gus I am technilly unlabeled as the way I have kda always gone around life jt beg attracted to whoever I am attracted to jt so happens that most of them le up wh a 'certa type' you uld say, " he later clarified, sayg that he is "okay wh the gay label. Vcent Wang -- the popular, UK-based League of Legends ports player better known by his streamg name Bost -- publicly me out as gay a May Twter statement.

"I'm gay, " he wrote. At the age of 8, I was bombard wh homophobic and sexist remarks at home. I was hyper-nsc of how I should act and tried not to act or sound 'gay, ' but I was still nstantly bullied for .

SAM HGHAN SHUT DOWN GAY MORS PAST BY ADDRSG WILD CLAIMS ABOUT SEXUALY

"He ntued: "The gamg dtry is rampant wh sexism, prejudice, and homophobia. Though the pop sger has been open about her sexualy for years ( 2019 she told Attu that she was bisexual and an open relatnship), she took to Instagram June to celebrate Pri Month and to talk even further about her sexualy, remdg everyone that she is, fact, a queer in who is "not gay and not straight. "I'm not gay.

The Brish distance swimmer and Olympian publicly me out as gay June after petg at the World Champnships Budapt. "Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there are so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal. Popular ntent creator and YouTuber Adam Beal me out as gay a July vio posted to his channel.

ACTORS WHO ARE/WERE GAY BUT DON'T PG FOR YOU ONSCREEN

I'm Gay...

I've been out and kissed many gay men, kissed many straight women, and kissed many gay women. That's probably why I love gog to all the gay bars Sydney as well. Mor League baseball player publicly me out as gay an emotnal Augt Instagram post.

The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man. "Beg gay this sport, you don't know what at you! "He ntued:"I'm still gog to open up doors for gay athlet like me.

RICHARD WILSON: I WAS LIGHTED TO BE OUTED AS GAY BY A MAG

Gay men n play a manly sport if you give a chance to.

The Asie Olympic gold medalist and gby player me out as a trans man an Augt vio for the Bgham Cup's Internatnal Summ Tacklg Transphobia and Homophobia Sport event.

"He ntued: "Everyone [kept] tellg me that I'm gay, and I'm like, seven. The Sttish pro footballer and Gala Fairyan Rovers player publicly me out as gay a September terview posted to his football club's official webse. "I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay, " he said of the cisn.

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HIS VERSATILY AS A PERFORMER, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR, HIS OFFBEAT CHOICE OF ROL, AND HIS OPENNS ABOUT HIS GAY INTY HAVE BROUGHT HIM A LOYAL AND VARIED DIENCE.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERCUMMG WAS BORN PERTHSHIRE, STLAND, ON JANUARY 27, 1965. HE GREW UP A HOE ON A LARGE TATE PROPERTY, WHERE HIS FATHER WORKED AS A FORTER. HE LEFT HIGH SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 16 AND TOOK A STAFF JOB AT A MAGAZE, AND AT THE AGE OF 20, HE ENTERED THE ROYAL STTISH AMY OF MIC AND DRAMA (NOW THE ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE OF STLAND) GLASGOW. HE BEGAN ACTG PROFSNALLY WHILE STILL A STUNT, AND WHEN HE GRADUATED, HE FOUND REGULAR WORK ON STAGE AND ON TELEVISN, CLUDG ON A POPULAR SOAP OPERA.THEATER AND FILM BREAKTHROUGHSCUMMG ACTED SEVERAL STTISH REPERTORY THEATERS THE EARLY 1990S, MASTERG ROL SUCH AS HAMLET ( 1993), AND WAS FEATURED ON THE TELEVISN S THE HIGH LIFE. HE MA A SUCCSFUL TRANSN TO HOLLYWOOD THE MID-'90S, RECEIVG SMALL BUT MEMORABLE ROL THE JAM BOND FILM GOLNEYE AND THE DRAMA CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (BOTH RELEASED 1995); THE 1996 {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}JANE ATEN ADAPTATN EMMA, STARRG GWYH PALTROW; AND SEVERAL LATE-'90S EDI, CLUDG ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL RNN (1997) AND SPICE WORLD (1998).IN 1998, CUMMG ARRIVED ON BROADWAY, REPRISG A ROLE HE HAD PLAYED LONDON FIVE YEARS EARLIER: THE NT, ANDROGYNO "M.C." CABARET, WHO SERV AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONI AT THE SEEDY K KAT KLUB. CUMMG'S PERFORMANCE THIS REVIVAL BROUGHT HIM SEVERAL HONORS, CLUDG A TONY AWARD, AS WELL AS A MUCH GREATER LEVEL OF FAME. HE NTUED HIS BROADWAY REER WH ROL PROJECTS LIKE THREEPENNY OPERA (2006) AND MACBETH (2014), LATER HOSTG THE 69TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS 2015.CAREER HIGHLIGHTSCUMMG'S NTUG REER AS A CHARACTER ACTOR CLUD SUPPORTG PARTS STANLEY KUBRICK'S EY WI SHUT (1999), JULIE TAYMOR'S SHAKPEAREAN ADAPTATN T 1999 (THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER AGA THE TEMPT 2010) AND A 2002 FILM VERSN OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. HE ALSO TOOK ROL MORE POPULAR ENTERTAMENT, PLAYG THE BLUE-LORED MUTANT NIGHTCRAWLER THE SEND X-MEN FILM, X2 (2003), AND APPEARG THE SPY KIDS AND SMURFS FILMS AND THEIR SEQUELS.IN 2005, CUMMG WAS FEATURED THE MA-FOR-TELEVISN FILM REEFER MADNS, BASED ON AN OFF-BROADWAY MIL SPIRED BY THE ORIGAL ANTI-DG FILM OF 1936. HE PLAYED THREE PARTS REEFER MADNS, CLUDG PRINT FRANKL D. ROOSEVELT.CUMMG MA HIS DIRECTORIAL BUT 2001 WH THE MARAL EDY-DRAMA THE ANNIVERSARY PARTY, WHICH HE -DIRECTED WH IEND JENNIFER JASON LEIGH. CUMMG AND LEIGH ALSO -STARRED THE FILM WH AN ENSEMBLE ST OF OTHER ACTOR-IENDS.CUMMG BEGAN HOSTG MYSTERY! ON PBS 2008, BRGG HIS SLY LIVERY TO THE TRODUCTN OF EACH SERI AND EPISO. SCE 2009, HE HAS BEEN A REGULAR ST MEMBER OF THE GOOD WIFE, A CBS LEGAL DRAMA STARRG JULIANNA MARGULI SET CHIGO.IN 2015 CUMMG WAS NOMATED FOR AN EMMY THE SUPPORTG ACTOR TEGORY FOR HIS ROLE THE GOOD WIFE. PERSONAL LIFE AND OTHER PROJECTSCUMMG WAS MARRIED TO ACTRS HILARY LYON OM 1985 TO 1993. HE MARRIED HIS BOYIEND GRANT SHAFFER, A MERCIAL ARTIST, A CIVIL CEREMONY LONDON 2007. THEY REMARRIED FIVE YEARS LATER NEW YORK, WHERE THEY CURRENTLY RI.IN 2002, CUMMG PUBLISHED TOMMY'S TALE, A NOVEL ABOUT A BISEXUAL MAN LIVG A HEDONISTIC LIFE NTEMPORARY LONDON. LATER, 2014, THE ACTOR RELEASED THE MEMOIR NOT MY FATHER'S SON, WHICH LOOKS AT HIS UPBRGG STLAND AND THE ABE ENDURED OM HIS FATHER. CUMMG HAS ALSO BEEN AN ACTIVE SPOKPERSON FOR THE LGBT MUNY SCE HE ME OUT THE LATE 1990S. ADDNALLY, 2005, HE RELEASED A AGRANCE THAT HE NAMED AFTER HIMSELF.IN 2009, CUMMG WAS NAMED AN OFFICER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT ORR OF THE BRISH {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

"I thk 's so tired [to ask for labels]: 'I'm gay, ' 'I'm bi, ' 'I'm straight. Legendary actor Stanley Baxter has e out as gay aged 94 after 25 years of livg as a virtual recle.

This would be NO life for you, married to someone who is sentially and primarily a homosexual. I never wanted to be gay. “There are many gay people the days who are fairly fortable wh their sexualy, fairly happy wh who they are.