GAY, Ronald Lial | Death Notic | Melbourne | Herald Sun

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• BALDUR’S GATE 3 HAS A GAY BEAR SEX SCENE AND PEOPLE ARE LOVG
• GAY, RONALD LIAL
• KATE MCKNON OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY DURG GOLN GLOB
• ‘I AM EPLY GAY’: KATE MCKNON MOCKS FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL BILL
• THE ENDURG, MYSTIL QUEER APPEAL OF KATE BH: FROM PNEERG ALLY TO ETERNAL GAY IN
• 13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATE!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017/9:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG1938: AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) RELAX WH HER HANDS BEHD HER HEAD. (PHOTO BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG)BY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017 / 9:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATHARE HEPBURN WOULD BE TURNG 110 TODAY, WERE THE OSR-WNG IN STILL ALIVE. RUMORS ABOUT HER SEXUALY PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HEPBURN'S LIFE AND, WHILE WE N'T MAKE A FIVE STATEMENT, EVEN SHE'D ADM SHE HAD LTLE E FOR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM HER TIMATE IENDSHIPS WOMEN TO HER PHYSILY AND FORTHRIGHTNS—EVEN HER FILM CHOIC AND WARDROBE—KATE WAS A QUEER IN BEFORE THE TERM WAS EVEN ED. IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY, WE CELEBRATE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S GAYT IT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BRYN MAWR YEARSBRYN MAWR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN TOOK UP ACTG AT THE ALL-GIRL'S LLEGE 1927, WHEN SHE WAS ST THE MALE ROLE OF OLIVER THE TTH ABOUT BLAYDS. TO BUTCH UP FOR THE PART, SHE CUT HER HAIR WH FGERNAIL SCISSORS. AFTER RECEIVG A REVIEW THAT LLED HER “AN ENGAGG BOY, ROGUISH AND MERRY," SHE PUT ON A PAIR OF WHE TROERS AND A BLAZER AND TOOK GAL PAL (AND MORED LOVER) ALICE PALACHE OUT ON THE TOWN. THE DUO WERE UGHT ON THEIR WAY HOME, AND WARNED NOT TO NOT LEAVE MP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WARRR’S HBAND”WIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1932 PLAY WAS ANOTHER EARLY GENR-BENDG ROLE FOR HEPBURN, WHO PLAYED AMAZON CHAMPN ANTPE A WORLD WHERE WOMEN WERE THE FIGHTERS AND MEN STAYED HOME AND TOOK RE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIENDS REMEMBER HER LOVG THE PART—AND THE ARMOR SHE GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CHRISTOPHER STRONG”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER SEND FILM, DIRECTED BY OUT LBIAN FILMMAKER DOROTHY ARZNER, HEPBURN PLAYED A FEMALE AVIATOR. LADY CYNTHIA DARRGTON HAS NEVER BEEN LOVE BEFORE AND HER ON-SCREEN ROMANCE WH A MAN DON’T HAVE A HAPPY ENDG—A RECURRG MOTIF HEPBURN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LADIBUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN (RIGHT) AND MRS. CATHERE HARDG TAYLOR LEAVG PENN STATN. (PHOTO BY BUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN WAS LKED EARLY ON TO SOCIALE LRA HARDG, THOUGH THE AMERIN EXPRS HEIRS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS HER “IEND” OR “SECRETARY.” IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER WOMEN, CLUDG NANCY HATON, HER UNRSTUDY THE WARRR'S HBAND; ARTIST FRANC RICH, WHO SCULPTED A BT OF HEPBURN, AND PHYLLIS WILBOURN, HER "PANN," OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS. (HEPBURN EVEN JOKGLY REFERRED TO WILBOURN AS "MY ALICE B. TOKLAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER THE WERE LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS WE UNRSTAND TODAY IS HARD TO P DOWN: "'LBIAN' WAS, FOR HEPBURN, A SPECIFIC TERM TO SCRIBE A VERY BUTCH WOMAN, NOT HER TYPE AT ALL," WROTE CATHERE SHROAD TELEGRAPH.RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN STG THRONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'MARY OF STLAND', 1936. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN JT WASN'T A HUGE FAN OF SEX, WH MEN OR WOMEN. "THE CHASTENS OF ALMOST ALL HER RELATNSHIPS MEANT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM," ADDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS ONLY MARRIED ONCE, AT AGE 21 TO BSMAN LUDLOW OGN SMH, BUT SPL WHEN SHE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD FOUR YEARS LATER. HEPBURN NEVER REMARRIED—SISTG "I LIKED THE IA OF BEG MY OWN SGLE SELF"—AND NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN. "I WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE MOTHER," SHE TOLD BGRAPHER A. STT BERG, "BEE I'M BASILLY A VERY SELFISH HUMAN BEG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LTLE WOMEN”LTLE WOMEN/RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) STANDS BEHD STARS (LEFT TO RIGHT) FRANC DEE (1909 - 2004), JOAN BENT (1910 - 1990), AND JEAN PARKER AS THEY POSE FOR A PUBLICY PORTRA TO PROMOTE THE FILM ADAPTATN OF LOUISA MAY ALTT'S BOOK 'LTLE WOMEN' DIRECTED BY GEE COR, 1933. THE FOUR PLAY THE MARCH GIRLS. (PHOTO BY RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JO MARCH IS ONE OF AMERIN LERATURE’S EARLIT TOMBOYS, SO WHEN HEPBURN PLAYED THE ROLE 1933, WAS EVABLE SHE’D HELP MAKE THE CHARACTER A LBIAN IN. WHO ELSE ULD SO NVCGLY LIVER THE L ABOUT A SHORT HAIRCUT: “WELL 'S BOYISH, BEG AND EASY TO MATA... IF WEARG HAIR UP MEANS BEG A LADY, I'LL WEAR DOWN UNTIL I'M 100 YEARS OLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SYLVIA SRLETT”AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, : PHOTO OF THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN DRSED AS A BOY THE MOVIE "SYLVIA SRLETT" 02 JUNE 1936. AFP PHOTO (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1935, HEPBURN NVCGLY CROSSDRSED AS A N ARTIST’S DGHTER PRETENDG TO BE A BOY TO PE THE LAW THIS GEE COR ADVENTURE-EDY. SHE EVEN ENGAGED A SAME-SEX KISS WH A FLIRTAT MAID WHO THKS SHE'S AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR. THE HOMOEROTICISM NTUE AS -STARS BRIAN AHERNE AND CARY GRANT ALSO FD THEMSELV STRANGELY ATTRACTED TO "SYLVTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SYLVIA SRLETT WAS A BOX OFFICE DUD—COR AND HEPBURN REPORTEDLY BEGGED PRODUCERS TO SHELVE THE PICTURE IF THEY AGREED TO MAKE THEIR NEXT FILM FOR EE—ONE REVIEWER LLED HEPBURN “THE HANDSOMT BOY OF THE SEASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WORE THE PANTSKEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN PHOTOGRAPHED ON AUGT 1, 1936, WHILE SHE WAS LEARNG HOW TO ICE SKATE. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN TODAY, SOMEONE LIKE ELLEN DEGENER CHEWG DRS GARNERS NOTICE. IN THE 1930S, WHEN HEPBURN DID , WAS DOWNRIGHT REVOLUTNARY. “I PUT ON PANTS 50 YEARS AGO AND CLARED A SORT OF MIDDLE ROAD,” SHE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS A 1981 TERVIEW. "I HAVE NOT LIVED AS A WOMAN. I HAVE LIVED AS A MAN. I'VE JT DONE WHAT I DAMN WELL WANTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE NEVER F TO NVENTNAL WOMANHOOD," BGRAPHER WILLIAM MANN TOLD OUTSMART. "AND CERTALY BEE OF HER BODY, SHE DIDN’T LIVE AS A MAN. SO SHE KD OF DID LIVE THIS MIDDLE ROAD."IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHY, AROUND 1935. (PHOTO BY IMAGNO/GETTY IMAG) [KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHIE, UM 1935.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NEVER QUIET A HARD BUTCH, HEPBURN ALSO EMBRACED AN ATHLETICISM UALLY RERVED FOR MEN, ENJOYG TENNIS, SHOOTG, DIVG AND HORSEBACK RIDG. GOLF WAS A PARTICULAR PASSN: SHE TOOK DAILY LSONS AND EVEN REACHED THE SEMI-FALS OF THE CONNECTICUT YOUNG WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPNSHIP.HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) PLAYS A GAME OF GOLF WH A IEND. (PHOTO BY HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STAGE DOOR”RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN LOOKG UP AT GGER ROGERS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'STAGE DOOR', 1937. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND GGER ROGERS PLAYED ASPIRG ACTRS WHO LIVE TOGETHER A BOARDG HOE THIS 1937 FILM, ADAPTED OM THE PLAY BY EDNA FERBER (HERSELF SOMETHG OF A QUEER IN).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO QUARREL CSANTLY AND MAKE UP OVER AND OVER—EXHIBG A SEXUAL TENSN NOTICEABLE TO ANYONE WHO DIDN’T FEEL THE NEED TO IGNORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PHILALPHIA STORY”SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) AND CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) STAR THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS THIS 1940 ROM- HEPBURN’S BIG EBACK AFTER SEVERAL FLOPS, SHE TOOK CHARGE OM THE START—BUYG THE RIGHTS FOR THE STAGE PLAY (WHICH SHE STARRED ) TO BRG TO HOLLYWOOD. THE PHILALPHIA STORY RE-PAIRED HEPBURN WH GAY DIRECTOR GEE COR AND BISEXUAL MOVIE STAR CARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN ALSO TOOK THE RES WHEN ME TO WARDROBE: SHE IGNORED MALE PRODUCERS' MANDS SHE WEAR A DRS THE OPENG SCENE, OPTG TO WEAR PANTS STEAD.METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER IENSHIP WH GEE CORSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM DIRECTOR GEE COR (1899 - 1983, LEFT) DIRECTS ACTORS (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN HOWARD (1913 - 1995), CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) AND KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) DURG FILMG OF 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN WILY HOLLYWOOD AS A "WOMAN'S DIRECTOR" AND A GAY MAN, COR WAS ONE OF HEPBURN'S CLOST IENDS, AND HELMED SOME OF HER BIGGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE KD OF MAN SHE ADORED," SAID MANN. "HE WAS SMART. HE WAS WTY. HE THREW GREAT PARTI. HE RPECTED THE PLEXY OF HER OWN LIFE WHOUT EVER NEEDG TO PUT A FN ON HER. AND THAT’S WHAT SHE NEED. SHE WASN’T LIKE DIETRICH OR SOMEONE WHO YOU ULD THROW OUT THE WORD 'LBIAN' AND THEY’D LOVE , THE MP OF . COR ACCEPTED WHO SHE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MILLNAIRS”KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) ON HER ARRIVAL LONDON TO PLAY THE LEAD GB SHAW'S 'THE MILLNAIRS'. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN STARRED THE 1952 WT END PRODUCTN OF GEE BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY AS EPIFANIA, YET ANOTHER SGLE WOMAN WHO N’T FD THE RIGHT MAN. (GO FIGURE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LBIAN HOLLWYOOD TELL-ALL THE SEWG CIRCLE SCRIBED HEPBURN THE MILLNAIRS AS “BUTCH": "IN SLACKS, TURTLENECKS, AND SUAL JACKETS, [SHE] TOLD CHAT-SHOW DIENC CLIPPED HUMORO AND DISDAFUL PRONOUNCEMENTS WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF WOMEN’S LIB, MARRIAGE, HER NEED FOR PRIVACY AND CREASG FEAR OF EVERYTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SUDNLY LAST SUMMER”SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A TENNSEE WILLIAMS PLAY ADAPTED BY GORE VIDAL STARRG HEPBURN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND CLOSETED ACTOR MONTGOMERY CLIFT. DO GET ANY GAYER THAN THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO, ACTUALLY: HEPBURN PLAYED VLET VENABLE, A SOCIALE WHO "PROCUR" YOUNG MEN FOR HER GAY SON, SEBASTIAN. (TAYLOR, AS CATHERE, PICKS UP THE SLACK WHEN VLET GETS TOO LONG THE TOOTH.)SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA PICTUR SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELEASED 1959, SUMMER NEVER OVERTLY MENTNS HOMOSEXUALY DIRECTLY, BUT THE PRODUCTN CO ADMISTRATN GAVE FILMMAKERS A "SPECIAL DISPENSATN" TO PICT SEBASTIAN AS A PREDATORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LEGN OF DECENCY NCLUD, "SCE THE FILM ILLTRAT THE HORRORS OF SUCH A LIFTYLE, N BE NSIRED MORAL THEME EVEN THOUGH ALS WH SEXUAL PERVERSN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND TRACYAFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY IMAGESTHIS FILE PHOTO SHOWS US ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN(R) AND US ACTOR SPENCER TRACY (L) A SCENE OM THE 1942 HOLLYWOOD FILM "WOMAN OF THE YEAR". THIS WAS HEPBURN AND TRACY'S FIRST ON-SCREEN PAIRG AND EARNED HER AN AMY AWARD NOMATN. AFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, EVEN ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST CED ROMANC HAD A QUEER TGE. TO HEAR LARRY KRAMER TELL , THE TWO INS WERE THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HEPBURN AND SPENCER TRACY WERE BOTH GAY," HE TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2015. "THEY WERE PUBLICLY PAIRED TOGETHER BY THE STUD. EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THIS IS TE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTNHAPPY BIRTHDAY, KATE!{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017/9:22 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG1938: AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) RELAX WH HER HANDS BEHD HER HEAD. (PHOTO BY ERNT BACHRACH/JOHN KOBAL FOUNDATN/GETTY IMAG)BY TRISH BENDIXMAY 12, 2017 / 9:22 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"13 TIM KATHARE HEPBURN WAS QUEER PERFECTN","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-12T13:22:09.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"TRISH BENDIX","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KATHARE HEPBURN WOULD BE TURNG 110 TODAY, WERE THE OSR-WNG IN STILL ALIVE. RUMORS ABOUT HER SEXUALY PERSISTED THROUGHOUT HEPBURN'S LIFE AND, WHILE WE N'T MAKE A FIVE STATEMENT, EVEN SHE'D ADM SHE HAD LTLE E FOR GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FROM HER TIMATE IENDSHIPS WOMEN TO HER PHYSILY AND FORTHRIGHTNS—EVEN HER FILM CHOIC AND WARDROBE—KATE WAS A QUEER IN BEFORE THE TERM WAS EVEN ED. IN HONOR OF HER BIRTHDAY, WE CELEBRATE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD’S GAYT IT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BRYN MAWR YEARSBRYN MAWR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN TOOK UP ACTG AT THE ALL-GIRL'S LLEGE 1927, WHEN SHE WAS ST THE MALE ROLE OF OLIVER THE TTH ABOUT BLAYDS. TO BUTCH UP FOR THE PART, SHE CUT HER HAIR WH FGERNAIL SCISSORS. AFTER RECEIVG A REVIEW THAT LLED HER “AN ENGAGG BOY, ROGUISH AND MERRY," SHE PUT ON A PAIR OF WHE TROERS AND A BLAZER AND TOOK GAL PAL (AND MORED LOVER) ALICE PALACHE OUT ON THE TOWN. THE DUO WERE UGHT ON THEIR WAY HOME, AND WARNED NOT TO NOT LEAVE MP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WARRR’S HBAND”WIKIPEDIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS 1932 PLAY WAS ANOTHER EARLY GENR-BENDG ROLE FOR HEPBURN, WHO PLAYED AMAZON CHAMPN ANTPE A WORLD WHERE WOMEN WERE THE FIGHTERS AND MEN STAYED HOME AND TOOK RE OF THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FRIENDS REMEMBER HER LOVG THE PART—AND THE ARMOR SHE GOT TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CHRISTOPHER STRONG”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HER SEND FILM, DIRECTED BY OUT LBIAN FILMMAKER DOROTHY ARZNER, HEPBURN PLAYED A FEMALE AVIATOR. LADY CYNTHIA DARRGTON HAS NEVER BEEN LOVE BEFORE AND HER ON-SCREEN ROMANCE WH A MAN DON’T HAVE A HAPPY ENDG—A RECURRG MOTIF HEPBURN'S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LADIBUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN (RIGHT) AND MRS. CATHERE HARDG TAYLOR LEAVG PENN STATN. (PHOTO BY BUD SEELIG/NY DAILY NEWS ARCHIVE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN WAS LKED EARLY ON TO SOCIALE LRA HARDG, THOUGH THE AMERIN EXPRS HEIRS WAS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS HER “IEND” OR “SECRETARY.” IT WAS THE FIRST OF MANY TIMATE RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER WOMEN, CLUDG NANCY HATON, HER UNRSTUDY THE WARRR'S HBAND; ARTIST FRANC RICH, WHO SCULPTED A BT OF HEPBURN, AND PHYLLIS WILBOURN, HER "PANN," OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS. (HEPBURN EVEN JOKGLY REFERRED TO WILBOURN AS "MY ALICE B. TOKLAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHETHER THE WERE LBIAN RELATNSHIPS AS WE UNRSTAND TODAY IS HARD TO P DOWN: "'LBIAN' WAS, FOR HEPBURN, A SPECIFIC TERM TO SCRIBE A VERY BUTCH WOMAN, NOT HER TYPE AT ALL," WROTE CATHERE SHROAD TELEGRAPH.RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN STG THRONE A SCENE OM THE FILM 'MARY OF STLAND', 1936. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN JT WASN'T A HUGE FAN OF SEX, WH MEN OR WOMEN. "THE CHASTENS OF ALMOST ALL HER RELATNSHIPS MEANT SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO LIE TOO MUCH ABOUT THEM," ADDS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WAS ONLY MARRIED ONCE, AT AGE 21 TO BSMAN LUDLOW OGN SMH, BUT SPL WHEN SHE WENT TO HOLLYWOOD FOUR YEARS LATER. HEPBURN NEVER REMARRIED—SISTG "I LIKED THE IA OF BEG MY OWN SGLE SELF"—AND NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN. "I WOULD HAVE BEEN A TERRIBLE MOTHER," SHE TOLD BGRAPHER A. STT BERG, "BEE I'M BASILLY A VERY SELFISH HUMAN BEG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“LTLE WOMEN”LTLE WOMEN/RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) STANDS BEHD STARS (LEFT TO RIGHT) FRANC DEE (1909 - 2004), JOAN BENT (1910 - 1990), AND JEAN PARKER AS THEY POSE FOR A PUBLICY PORTRA TO PROMOTE THE FILM ADAPTATN OF LOUISA MAY ALTT'S BOOK 'LTLE WOMEN' DIRECTED BY GEE COR, 1933. THE FOUR PLAY THE MARCH GIRLS. (PHOTO BY RKO PICTUR/COURTY OF GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JO MARCH IS ONE OF AMERIN LERATURE’S EARLIT TOMBOYS, SO WHEN HEPBURN PLAYED THE ROLE 1933, WAS EVABLE SHE’D HELP MAKE THE CHARACTER A LBIAN IN. WHO ELSE ULD SO NVCGLY LIVER THE L ABOUT A SHORT HAIRCUT: “WELL 'S BOYISH, BEG AND EASY TO MATA... IF WEARG HAIR UP MEANS BEG A LADY, I'LL WEAR DOWN UNTIL I'M 100 YEARS OLD.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SYLVIA SRLETT”AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAGHOLLYWOOD, : PHOTO OF THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN DRSED AS A BOY THE MOVIE "SYLVIA SRLETT" 02 JUNE 1936. AFP PHOTO (PHOTO CRED SHOULD READ AFP/AFP/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN 1935, HEPBURN NVCGLY CROSSDRSED AS A N ARTIST’S DGHTER PRETENDG TO BE A BOY TO PE THE LAW THIS GEE COR ADVENTURE-EDY. SHE EVEN ENGAGED A SAME-SEX KISS WH A FLIRTAT MAID WHO THKS SHE'S AN ELIGIBLE BACHELOR. THE HOMOEROTICISM NTUE AS -STARS BRIAN AHERNE AND CARY GRANT ALSO FD THEMSELV STRANGELY ATTRACTED TO "SYLVTER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE SYLVIA SRLETT WAS A BOX OFFICE DUD—COR AND HEPBURN REPORTEDLY BEGGED PRODUCERS TO SHELVE THE PICTURE IF THEY AGREED TO MAKE THEIR NEXT FILM FOR EE—ONE REVIEWER LLED HEPBURN “THE HANDSOMT BOY OF THE SEASON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SHE WORE THE PANTSKEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: THE AMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN PHOTOGRAPHED ON AUGT 1, 1936, WHILE SHE WAS LEARNG HOW TO ICE SKATE. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE-FRANCE/GAMMA-KEYSTONE VIA GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN TODAY, SOMEONE LIKE ELLEN DEGENER CHEWG DRS GARNERS NOTICE. IN THE 1930S, WHEN HEPBURN DID , WAS DOWNRIGHT REVOLUTNARY. “I PUT ON PANTS 50 YEARS AGO AND CLARED A SORT OF MIDDLE ROAD,” SHE TOLD BARBARA WALTERS A 1981 TERVIEW. "I HAVE NOT LIVED AS A WOMAN. I HAVE LIVED AS A MAN. I'VE JT DONE WHAT I DAMN WELL WANTED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"SHE NEVER F TO NVENTNAL WOMANHOOD," BGRAPHER WILLIAM MANN TOLD OUTSMART. "AND CERTALY BEE OF HER BODY, SHE DIDN’T LIVE AS A MAN. SO SHE KD OF DID LIVE THIS MIDDLE ROAD."IMAGNO/GETTY IMAGUNITED STATES - JANUARY 01: KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHY, AROUND 1935. (PHOTO BY IMAGNO/GETTY IMAG) [KATHARE HEPBURN (1909). PHOTOGRAPHIE, UM 1935.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE NEVER QUIET A HARD BUTCH, HEPBURN ALSO EMBRACED AN ATHLETICISM UALLY RERVED FOR MEN, ENJOYG TENNIS, SHOOTG, DIVG AND HORSEBACK RIDG. GOLF WAS A PARTICULAR PASSN: SHE TOOK DAILY LSONS AND EVEN REACHED THE SEMI-FALS OF THE CONNECTICUT YOUNG WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPNSHIP.HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) PLAYS A GAME OF GOLF WH A IEND. (PHOTO BY HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“STAGE DOOR”RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN LOOKG UP AT GGER ROGERS A SCENE OM THE FILM 'STAGE DOOR', 1937. (PHOTO BY RKO RAD PICTUR/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND GGER ROGERS PLAYED ASPIRG ACTRS WHO LIVE TOGETHER A BOARDG HOE THIS 1937 FILM, ADAPTED OM THE PLAY BY EDNA FERBER (HERSELF SOMETHG OF A QUEER IN).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TWO QUARREL CSANTLY AND MAKE UP OVER AND OVER—EXHIBG A SEXUAL TENSN NOTICEABLE TO ANYONE WHO DIDN’T FEEL THE NEED TO IGNORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE PHILALPHIA STORY”SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGAMERIN ACTORS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) AND CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) STAR THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/ARCHIVE PHOTOS/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOT ONLY WAS THIS 1940 ROM- HEPBURN’S BIG EBACK AFTER SEVERAL FLOPS, SHE TOOK CHARGE OM THE START—BUYG THE RIGHTS FOR THE STAGE PLAY (WHICH SHE STARRED ) TO BRG TO HOLLYWOOD. THE PHILALPHIA STORY RE-PAIRED HEPBURN WH GAY DIRECTOR GEE COR AND BISEXUAL MOVIE STAR CARY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN ALSO TOOK THE RES WHEN ME TO WARDROBE: SHE IGNORED MALE PRODUCERS' MANDS SHE WEAR A DRS THE OPENG SCENE, OPTG TO WEAR PANTS STEAD.METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAGKATHARE HEPBURN A SCENE OM THE FILM 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HER IENSHIP WH GEE CORSILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM DIRECTOR GEE COR (1899 - 1983, LEFT) DIRECTS ACTORS (LEFT TO RIGHT) JOHN HOWARD (1913 - 1995), CARY GRANT (1904 - 1986) AND KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) DURG FILMG OF 'THE PHILALPHIA STORY', 1940. (PHOTO BY SILVER SCREEN COLLECTN/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN WILY HOLLYWOOD AS A "WOMAN'S DIRECTOR" AND A GAY MAN, COR WAS ONE OF HEPBURN'S CLOST IENDS, AND HELMED SOME OF HER BIGGT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HE WAS THE KD OF MAN SHE ADORED," SAID MANN. "HE WAS SMART. HE WAS WTY. HE THREW GREAT PARTI. HE RPECTED THE PLEXY OF HER OWN LIFE WHOUT EVER NEEDG TO PUT A FN ON HER. AND THAT’S WHAT SHE NEED. SHE WASN’T LIKE DIETRICH OR SOMEONE WHO YOU ULD THROW OUT THE WORD 'LBIAN' AND THEY’D LOVE , THE MP OF . COR ACCEPTED WHO SHE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE MILLNAIRS”KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAGAMERIN FILM ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN (1907 - 2003) ON HER ARRIVAL LONDON TO PLAY THE LEAD GB SHAW'S 'THE MILLNAIRS'. (PHOTO BY KEYSTONE/GETTY IMAG){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN STARRED THE 1952 WT END PRODUCTN OF GEE BERNARD SHAW’S PLAY AS EPIFANIA, YET ANOTHER SGLE WOMAN WHO N’T FD THE RIGHT MAN. (GO FIGURE.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LBIAN HOLLWYOOD TELL-ALL THE SEWG CIRCLE SCRIBED HEPBURN THE MILLNAIRS AS “BUTCH": "IN SLACKS, TURTLENECKS, AND SUAL JACKETS, [SHE] TOLD CHAT-SHOW DIENC CLIPPED HUMORO AND DISDAFUL PRONOUNCEMENTS WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF WOMEN’S LIB, MARRIAGE, HER NEED FOR PRIVACY AND CREASG FEAR OF EVERYTHG.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“SUDNLY LAST SUMMER”SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A TENNSEE WILLIAMS PLAY ADAPTED BY GORE VIDAL STARRG HEPBURN, ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND CLOSETED ACTOR MONTGOMERY CLIFT. DO GET ANY GAYER THAN THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT DO, ACTUALLY: HEPBURN PLAYED VLET VENABLE, A SOCIALE WHO "PROCUR" YOUNG MEN FOR HER GAY SON, SEBASTIAN. (TAYLOR, AS CATHERE, PICKS UP THE SLACK WHEN VLET GETS TOO LONG THE TOOTH.)SUDNLY LAST SUMMER/COLUMBIA PICTUR SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELEASED 1959, SUMMER NEVER OVERTLY MENTNS HOMOSEXUALY DIRECTLY, BUT THE PRODUCTN CO ADMISTRATN GAVE FILMMAKERS A "SPECIAL DISPENSATN" TO PICT SEBASTIAN AS A PREDATORY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE LEGN OF DECENCY NCLUD, "SCE THE FILM ILLTRAT THE HORRORS OF SUCH A LIFTYLE, N BE NSIRED MORAL THEME EVEN THOUGH ALS WH SEXUAL PERVERSN."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEPBURN AND TRACYAFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY IMAGESTHIS FILE PHOTO SHOWS US ACTRS KATHARE HEPBURN(R) AND US ACTOR SPENCER TRACY (L) A SCENE OM THE 1942 HOLLYWOOD FILM "WOMAN OF THE YEAR". THIS WAS HEPBURN AND TRACY'S FIRST ON-SCREEN PAIRG AND EARNED HER AN AMY AWARD NOMATN. AFP PHOTO/HO/GETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}Y, EVEN ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST CED ROMANC HAD A QUEER TGE. TO HEAR LARRY KRAMER TELL , THE TWO INS WERE THE ULTIMATE HOLLYWOOD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"HEPBURN AND SPENCER TRACY WERE BOTH GAY," HE TOLD THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 2015. "THEY WERE PUBLICLY PAIRED TOGETHER BY THE STUD. EVERYONE HOLLYWOOD KNOWS THIS IS TE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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In honor of her birthday, we celebrate one of Hollywood’s gayt It Bryn Mawr yearsHepburn took up actg at the all-girl's llege 1927, when she was st the male role of Oliver The Tth About Blayds.

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The homoeroticism ntue as -stars Brian Aherne and Cary Grant also fd themselv strangely attracted to "Sylvter. The Philalphia Story re-paired Hepburn wh gay director Gee Cor and bisexual movie star Cary Grant. Hepburn also took the res when me to wardrobe: She ignored male producers' mands she wear a drs the openg scene, optg to wear pants ienship wh Gee CorKnown wily Hollywood as a "woman's director" and a gay man, Cor was one of Hepburn's clost iends, and helmed some of her biggt hs.

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)Released 1959, Summer never overtly mentns homosexualy directly, but the Productn Co Admistratn gave filmmakers a "special dispensatn" to pict Sebastian as a predatory Legn of Decency nclud, "Sce the film illtrat the horrors of such a liftyle, n be nsired moral theme even though als wh sexual perversn. "Hepburn and Spencer Tracy were both gay, " he told The Hollywood Reporter 2015.

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After g out as gay, Colton Unrwood is sharg his journey a new Netflix documentary. Gay.

Osborne announced he is gay. Osborne told Time magaze Febary that he is gay and has known for years, but he kept a secret bee of untry mic's mostly nservative fan base.

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"I me out as gay before I transned. I me out as transgenr and then I me out as gay aga, " she said a YouTube vio April.

Former "Bachelor" star Colton Unrwood me out as gay on "Good Morng Ameri. "And I'm gay.