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Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
- WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
In an age of "Call Me by Your Name" and "I'm like, so gay" Kristen Stewart, young leadg men still fear g out of the closet. * gay actors in closet *
There’s never been a better time to be gay Hollywood.
WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
“Moonlight” won Bt Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told lns of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay du. The “Roseanne” reboot has a genr-nonnformg child, and “Love, Simon, ” the first major stud film about a gay teenager, is playg 2, 402 theaters natnwi. This week livered a stark remr of the real state of affairs, when Jam Ivory gave a no-holds-barred terview The Guardian lamentg the lack of full-ontal male nudy “Call Me By Your Name, ” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Osr for Bt Adapted Screenplay.
“Star Trek” actor John Cho is straight, but played Billy Eichner’s boyiend “Difficult People, ” as well as the latt eratn of Sulu “Star Trek, ” who is revealed as gay the third stallment. The same logic do not apply to straight actors, like “Call Me by Your Name” stars Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, for whom playg gay (albe a prtig film) actually bolstered their reers.
“As a producer, as someone who’s creatg a role for TV, they’re gog to want to have their lead actor, or actrs believably play the role, ” said the talent manager, who is openly gay.