Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all.
Contents:
- AIMG FOR “PRI WHOUT PREJUDICE”: A GAY HOLLYWOOD AGENT’S PERSONAL STORY (GUT COLUMN)
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
AIMG FOR “PRI WHOUT PREJUDICE”: A GAY HOLLYWOOD AGENT’S PERSONAL STORY (GUT COLUMN)
On the 50th anniversary of the NYC Stonewall rts that lnched the gay-rights movement, ICM foundg partner Chuck Jam reunts his reer as an at-first-closeted sir a gut lumn for The Hollywood Reporter. * gay hollywood agent *
“Are you gay?
” My lack of advantageo answers to the last three qutns didn’t sre me, though, bee my biggt fear, the most dntg issue, was needg to hi om everyone the fact that I was gay.
(I did have some practice at hidg the larger world, g om my fay, which is largely unparalleled that all three kids are gay.
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
I never had any gay or lbian work iends early on. The bright sus, the powerful voice, the credibly thick Italian hair and the famo saltwater office fish tank: This was a gay man who uld reprent the straightt male movie stars, om Denzel Washgton to Mel Gibson to Richard Gere, as well as the most glamoro female stars, cludg Michelle Pfeiffer, Diana Ross and Ellen Bark. Ed never asked if I was gay and I never told him I was, but I felt he was protectg me, offerg me a shot bee he had a sixth sense, a protective, paternal stct.
I still learn om her every day, even as I had to grasp how to sell clients that were emed “not gay enough, ” “too gay” or “they n’t play straight enough. I am honored and humbled to help create opportuny for the strong voic now mand by society, as more Love, Simons bee succs stori, clients like Karamo Brown change liv on Netflix’s Queer Eye, and Brianna Hilbrand stars as Marvel’s first openly gay superhero on film. And as recently as this year’s Amy Awards, the r on the way to celebrate my client Rega Kg (who won her Osr hours later), I felt ashamed to drive down Hollywood Boulevard and observe ignorant and bigoted protters holdg up gradg signs pated wh anti-gay and homophobic slurs.