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Contents:

• CHART TOPPG SGERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY
• BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS
• ‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV
• BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET
• ‘IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE VULNERABLE’: HOW MOONLIGHT REFLECTS BEG A BLACK GAY MAN THE US
• IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

CHART TOPPG SGERS WHO HAVE COME OUT AS GAY

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Sexualy (Gay or Lbian)Straight. In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on.

Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.

BARRY’S NOHO HANK: JT ANOTHER A SERI OF GAY TELEVISN MOBSTERS

Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s. Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur.

In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013. Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns.

In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny. Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013.

‘BARRY’ STARS ANTHONY CARRIGAN AND MICHAEL IRBY ON PLAYG THE CUTT GAY MOBSTER COUPLE ON TV

Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life. Clay Aiken, the former 2003 Amerin Idol nner-up, multiplatum rerdg artist and Broadway star, nfirmed longstandg mors that he is gay 2007 after an terview wh Diane Sawyer.

Adam Mchel Lambert's goth glam image began on the stag of Amerin Idol Season 8, as the show's first openly gay nttant and has sce warned our hearts and the Billboard charts. "I am gay, and I'm very proud of who I am, " former boyband sger Mark told UK.

BARRY MANILOW OPENS UP ABOUT BEG GAY, EXPLAS WHY HE KEPT SEXUALY A SECRET

Former *NSYNC member and once hopeful astront Lance Bass nfirmed mors that he was gay and a relatnship wh Amazg Race wner Reichen Lehmkuhl after the New York Post reported that he and Lehmkuhl were seen at a gay bar. One of the most famo out gay sger, Gee Michael enjoyed six No.

"I am as gay as a daffodil, my ar!

In 1999, he told Rollg Stone that he knew he was gay om very early on. Disney +'s reboot of the classic 2000s show is better and gayer than ever.

‘IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE VULNERABLE’: HOW MOONLIGHT REFLECTS BEG A BLACK GAY MAN THE US

In the latt episo, The Proud Fay: Lour and Prour tackl homophobia a way unlike any we've seen an animated seri.

Even Osr don't want her hangg around the new fay, his blatant homophobia upsettg Penny, Tdy, and Suga Momma.

IN 'MOONLIGHT,' GROWG UP BLACK, GAY AND POOR IN 1980S MIAMI

The episo has lnched an tertg discsn onle, some praisg the seri for promptg nversatn and potg out homophobia starts the home, while others simply didn't see the pot. 1646850590\u201cThe new ep of #LourandProur is VERY important bee many people like to thk that homophobia like this don't exist anymore bee we're "morn" and "no one r". That homophobia isn\u2019t a thg of the past \u2019s still prent every day life.

1647229931\u201cThis week\u2019s episo of The Proud Fay #LourAndProur tackled the subject of homophobia a good way. 1646953086\u201cOsr Proud annoyed me this new episo wh his homophobia. 1647054552\u201cIn the new "Proud Fay" episo that dropped on Disney+ today, one character choos not to fend the children of gay parents om discrimatn, bee she's nng for class print and wants to rema ntral.

I gus wasn't too much of a surprise when NoHo Hank, an unsavory character om the h HBO seri Barry, was revealed to be gay. He is also a thls killer, and while he across fun-lovgly, he's anythg revelatn that he was gay was treated as no big al by tle character Barry, played brilliantly by Bill Har, who also -created the show. Har's Barry is a hired h man, so his teractns wh Hank are not only edic but vlent, or rooted nfirmed my spicns -- my gaydar went off wh him season 1 -- that he was gay when he was outed the season 3 opener.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

His sexualy is prented wh a touch of flamboyance and sills, jt like the other attribut of his mob boss beg gay got me thkg about other mob, rtel, or gang members on other h televisn shows who are gay too and how their sexualy is more matter-of-fact and not sensatnalized. Beg gay is treated a way that do not dimish their menacg nduct or their masculy. Pacho, a Colombian portrayed the show by Argentian actor Alberto Ammann, was head of distributn and secury for the Cali dg also happened to be gay.

The fact that Mickey is an obnox, cel jerk who, aga, happens to be gay, was part of what ma him so -- well, I'll jt say , shamels. Another gay neighborhood crimal was om HBO's blood-soaked seri The Wire. The fact that all the men were gay was treated as a given.