When Hollywood Studs Married Off Gay Stars to Keep Their Sexualy a Secret | HISTORY

Contents:

• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• TOP 51 BT GAY ACTORS IN HOLLYWOOD OF ALL TIME
• GAY, LBIAN, AND QUEER CEMA
• ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

Hollywood has also given great films about same-sex relatnships and gay rights such as Brokeback Mounta to Milk. But there was a darker time Hollywood when homosexual stars had to keep their sexualy as private as possible. One popular anecdote phed by Dean was that he avoid beg drafted for the Korean War by “kissg the medic.” Durg his short life, there were mors that Dean was gay.

When asked to discs the matter, he reportedly said, “No, I’m not homosexual, but I am also not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back.”. He accepts a gay in and perhaps if tim are different he is more open about his feelgs for men. Before we tell you even more about old Hollywood stars who were secretly homosexual, please like this vio and subscribe to our channel for more unique and fascatg stori.

So how did the allegedly homosexual Spencer Tracy have a relatnship wh actrs Kathare Hepburn? In his 1976 tobgraphy, the actor claimed that homosexualy had bee so “ fashn” that was no longer news. He further stated that he had many ‘homosexual experienc’ and that he wasn’t ashamed to adm and that he uldn’t re ls about what others thought of him.

WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET

Marlon Brando showed that he was very ahead of his time by boldly statg that he didn’t have any opposn to homosexualy.

Perhaps years to e, he will remember as a champn for gay rights when wasn’t so fashnable. It’s also mored that the actor received flack and was often mocked for his alleged homosexualy. Upon reflectn, perhaps he was a pneer makg Hollywood more acceptg toward homosexual stars.

But travelg across the pond to Hollywood changed nothg, as the climate the first half of the twentieth century was still hostile to homosexualy.

TOP 51 BT GAY ACTORS IN HOLLYWOOD OF ALL TIME

As we discsed our troductn, this is one of the few dtri that’s tolerant toward homosexuals. We mt also be grateful for actors such as Jam Dean, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift who weren’t aaid to be open about homosexualy.

GAY, LBIAN, AND QUEER CEMA

So what do you thk about how Old Hollywood stars who were secretly homosexual were treated? Queerns uld be appreciated on stage, but the every day liv of major stars was often hidn sham unns known as "lavenr marriag, " acrdg to Stephen Tropiano, profsor of Screen Studi at Itha College and thor of The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lbians on marriag were arranged by Hollywood studs between one or more gay, lbian or bisexual people orr to hi their sexual orientatn om the public. They date back to the early 20th century and rried on past the gay liberatn movement of the 1960s.

Bowers’ acunt tails sexual enunters, gay and straight, that he claims he both arranged and took part , begng wrote that he had been sexually volved wh leadg actor Cary Grant and his roommate, Randolph Stt, for more than a . They married 1955 and separated two years later, after mors of his homosexualy and fily began to pile up.

Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagRock Hudson and his bri Phyllis Gat at their 1955 gay actors chose to live openly, spe the risk.

ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

Lavenr marriag beme ls prevalent the 1960s and ‘70s as the gay rights movement gaed momentum followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969. Although reprentatn film and on televisn was still srce, the actual liv of the stars on screen—straight, gay or bisexual—weren’t dictated by studs as much as they had been the past.