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• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
• DANY KANE SGER AUBREY O'DAY SAYS SHE HAD SEX WH DONALD TMP JR. A GAY CLUB BATHROOM
• GEE TAKEI, PEREZ HILTON, MICHAEL MTO AND MORE OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR FIRST GAY BAR EXPERIENCE
• THE BT GAY CLUBS AMERI

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

Schnapp posted a TikTok vio January that read, "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know.

"Page, who is married to dancer Emma Portner, prevly me out as gay durg a 2014 speech at Time to Thrive, a nference to promote the welfare of LGBTQ youth Las Vegas.

Parsons publicly me out as gay a 2012 New York Tim feature, which explored his role as a young gay activist onstage "The Normal Heart, " a Broadway show that grappl wh AIDS. "The actor is set to star a Netflix adaptatn of the drama "The Boys the Band" alongsi fellow gay actors Matt Bomer and Zachary Quto. "He reflected on his evolutn as a gay man theater, his recent succs on Broadway, and FX's "Pose, " and his refal to keep playg stereotyp.

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The "Rocket Man" sger has habually donated and drawn attentn to LGBTQ , cludg foundg the Elton John AIDS Foundatn 1992, the same year he told Rollg Stone that he felt "que fortable beg gay. " "This is not somethg that I'm ashamed of, and 's not somethg that anyone should have to be ashamed of, " he followed he ndid vio wh a "Part 2" 2015 and now, as a pop star and actor, Sivan has ntued to openly discs his experienc as a gay man.

As Brent Lang wrote a profile of Eichner for Variety, "On social media, he's bee one of the most vol gay voic of the ristance" and equently urg his fans to get volved polilly. The edy muny, which has always been such a straight man's game, has not been kd to openly gay men, and I still see so much homophobia when to stg. "After a long ternal journey, you now embrace beg gay, regnizg as a wonrful and tegrally important ponent part of the totaly that is you, " he wrote.

Look no further than Old Hollywood actor Rock Hudson, whose homosexualy remaed a tightly guard secret durg the height of his fame. However, the Tony and Emmy-nomated gay actor has also played Victor Strand on several seasons of "Fear the Walkg Dead," and appeared films like "If Beale Street Could Talk," "Selma," and "Zola." He met his hband Raúl Domgo 2014, via a Craigslist ad. English actor Ben Whishaw is also known for playg the villao Q the Daniel Craig "Jam Bond" films, as well as his Emmy-wng role the miseri "A Very English Sndal." He discsed g out as gay 2014, after enterg a civil partnership wh poser Mark Bradshaw, llg public reactns "surprisgly lovely.".

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Ma history as the first openly gay player to play a Canadian Football League regular-season game, playg for the Montreal Alouett.

Gay actor Matt Bomer won a Goln Globe for playg a closeted journalist the TV film adaptatn of Larry Kramer's AIDS epimic-foced play "The Normal Heart." He's also known for projects like "Doom Patrol" and the "Magic Mike" films. After wng a Tony for his role the mil "Kky Boots," Billy Porter achieved a new level of regnn by playg New York ball scene emcee Pray Tell on the celebrated LGBTQ+ drama seri "Pose." He also beme the first openly gay Black man to w bt lead actor a drama at the Emmys for the role.

Oliver Thredson "Amerin Horror Story Asylum." Quto me out publicly as gay 2011, followg the suici of gay teenager Jamey Romeyer. The actor explaed how he felt that "livg a gay life whout publicly acknowledgg is simply not enough to make any signifint ntributn to the immense work that li ahead on the road to plete equaly.". Andrew Rannells first beme well-known as a Broadway actor, receivg Tony nomatns for his rol "The Book of Mormon" and "Falsettos." He pivoted to TV and film the 2010s, notably appearg on "Big Mouth" and "Girls." Rannells has said he's known he was gay sce high school.

GEE TAKEI, PEREZ HILTON, MICHAEL MTO AND MORE OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR FIRST GAY BAR EXPERIENCE

It wasn't until she began watchg sci-fi TV seri "The X-Fil" that the first openly gay woman star of "SNL" Kate McKnon said she realized she was attracted to women. Helpg to change that is former NBA player Jason Colls, who beme the first openly gay man to play one of the four major profsnal team sports.

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"When we get to the pot where a gay pro athlete is no longer forced to live fear that he'll be shunned by teammat or outed by tabloids … then g out won't be such a big al," Colls wrote, but ultimately nced that we're "not there yet.".

Actor Victor Garber has starred films like "Tanic" and "Argo," along wh TV shows like "Alias" and "The Flash." In 2013, he nfirmed that he is gay, though he hadn't exactly been hidg his LGBTQ+ stat—or his more than 20-year relatnship wh Raer Andreen, for that matter. After g out at a Prop 8 rally 2008, the edian claimed she was subsequently treated like a "unirn," that most gay or bisexual Ain Amerins don't openly share their LGBTQ+ stat.

Later, the actor claimed he ma the cisn part bee he was "ready to take on that nversatn a more public fom." Carver has sce been vol about Hollywood's tenncy to perpetuate negative LGBTQ+ stereotyp, as well as pigeonholg openly gay actors to playg specific typ of rol. Carver performed on Broadway "The Boys the Band," which tails the gay experience 20th-century Ameri before the Stonewall Rts occurred.