The bate over whether or not straight actors should play gay rol isn’t gog to die down any time soon.
Contents:
- 20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
- SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
20 GREAT ROL: OUR FAVORE STRAIGHT ACTORS WHO HAVE PLAYED GAY CHARACTERS
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SHOULD STRAIGHT ACTORS STILL PLAY GAY CHARACTERS? 'IT'S PLITED'
* actors that play gay but aren't *
After already addrsg the mors of him beg gay back 2016, he reerated his heterosexualy a November 2018 terview wh Rollg Stone and an April 2019 terview wh The Guardian. Realy TV star and The Bachelor Atralia alum Matt Agnew (left) had to set the rerd straight about his sexualy when ter mors started circulatg that he was gay after he posted pictur of he and his gay iend/fellow Asie TV personaly Khanh Ong (right) gettg close while on vatn Vietnam. The Love Island UK season 9 nttant had to reassure fans about his sexualy and nfirm that he isn't gay a March 2023 terview wh the Daily Mirrorafter speculatn started swirlg onle about him durg his time on the popular realy datg petn show.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
The Abbott Elementary star took to his Instagram stori and publicly addrsed mors about his sexualy June 2023, sharg that although he isn't gay, he is an ally and that the culture of tryg to "overanalyze" someone's behavr to try and out them is dangero and homophobic. In July of 2023, the popular TikTok and social media star did a YouTube terview wh Zach Sang where he opened up and clarified his the fluencer shared a vio of himself on-stage durg a burlque performance where one of the performers lled him gay, many of his fans took that to mean he was publicly g out. However, the Tony and Emmy-nomated gay actor has also played Victor Strand on several seasons of "Fear the Walkg Dead, " and appeared films like "If Beale Street Could Talk, " "Selma, " and "Zola.
The actor explaed how he felt that "livg a gay life whout publicly acknowledgg is simply not enough to make any signifint ntributn to the immense work that li ahead on the road to plete equaly.
"When we get to the pot where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live fear that he'll be shunned by teammat or outed by tabloids … then g out won't be such a big al, " Colls wrote, but ultimately nced that we're "not there yet.