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

Contents:

• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• EXCLUSIVE: MEET FIRST DAT’ CUTEST EVER GAY DATER – DAMIAN FRIEL!
• GAY DATG TACTICS: YOUR FIRST DATE DO'S & DON'TS
• FIRST GAY DATE: 3 WAYS TO LAND A SEND
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• FIRST DAT: WHO IS THE NEW GAY WAER?

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

He is openly gay, and acrdg to reports is sgle at the moment.

EXCLUSIVE: MEET FIRST DAT’ CUTEST EVER GAY DATER – DAMIAN FRIEL!

The star, who is openly gay, studied fashn sign at Salford Universy and even terned for Vera Wang New York.

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 .

GAY DATG TACTICS: YOUR FIRST DATE DO'S & DON'TS

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.

He’s now often nsired one of Hollywood’s first openly gay stars.

FIRST GAY DATE: 3 WAYS TO LAND A SEND

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.

Lookg back, when did you realise you were gay? I realised I was gay when I was 13.

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

I broke up wh her and eventually e out as gay to iends at 14 and fay at 15. I didn’t keep any gay feelgs to myself for very long and bee my fay and iends were so supportive I didn’t have to.

What was your first gay experience? He was the only other gay person my age that I knew at the time. Was beg gay somethg you were worried about?

Did you go through the perd of not wantg to be gay? I did go through a perd of not wantg to be gay.

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST GAY MALE NFL COACH

I love beg gay and how genr stereotyp aren’t enforced the gay muny. I also like who I am, I’m a nice person and I thk beg gay is part of that person so I embrace .

Who were your gay role mols?

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

I didn’t have any gay role mols really. My mum’s bt iend growg up was gay. He had no problems at all wh me beg gay and was actually a big part of me fdg acceptance and lovg who I was as a gay man.

He was surround by people that would have ma life difficult for him and slagged him off for havg a gay brother.

My big brother passed away September 2013 and jt before he passed away he was even workg a few shifts a gay bar.

FIRST DAT: WHO IS THE NEW GAY WAER?

My fay are amazg, my brothers and sisters grew up jt knowg I was gay and that was perfectly normal. How was beg gay at school? I feel bad that ’s mostly more feme men who are the victims of homophobia.