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Contents:

• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• 12 GAY COUPL HOLLYWOOD WHO HAVE THE MOST ROMANTIC LOVE STORI
• HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE
• WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E
• HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS
• TEN FAMO GAY UPL HOLLYWOOD
• THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO EVER BE FEATURED ON 'LOVE & HIP HOP' HAD AN AWFUL BREAKUP

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

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

12 GAY COUPL HOLLYWOOD WHO HAVE THE MOST ROMANTIC LOVE STORI

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. 12 Gay Coupl Hollywood Who Have the Most Romantic Love Stori.

Love is the air at this time of year, so ’s a great opportuny to celebrate some of the gay upl Hollywood who have the cutt and most romantic love stori.

For many gay upl, beg able to be together openly and walk down the aisle is a big al.

HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE

They met a gay nng club 1984 and was Takei who ma the first move after he asked Altman to help him tra for a marathon. They also beme the first openly gay uple to pete on The Newlywed Game 2009. It was an excg day for gay upl who had been hopg to legally tie-the-knot (and an excg day for everyone who believ #loveislove), and we're celebratg wh a pri-filled celebry weddg roundup.

By the way, Ellen announced her plans to wed Portia durg a tapg of The Ellen Show, after California's Supreme Court reversed their ban on gay marriage. Lance and Michael ma history as the first gay uple to have their weddg televised on Amerin TV, and their special, Lance Lov Michael: The Lance Bass Weddg, is fely worth watchg. Comedian Wanda Syk and her wife, Alex, got hched 2008 (a month before Wanda me out as gay).

The uple are pretty private about their relatnship, but Wanda did open up about her thoughts on the ristance toward gay marriage beg legalized.

WATCH: TV'S FIRST GAY WEDDG IS A PERFECT SUMMATN OF HOW FAR AMERI HAS E

(The Goln Girls had aired a gay "mment ceremony" earlier 1991, but the word marriage wasn't said. Near the end of the episo, Roc says he's not yet fortable wh his uncle beg gay, but he's learng to be "fortable wh beg unfortable, " which is a big step for him.

HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS

"Can't Help" is chock full of the sorts of easy gay jok that typified a lot of '90s edi featurg gay characters.

TEN FAMO GAY UPL HOLLYWOOD

At one pot, Andrew sists that he didn't thk black people uld be gay, bee they weren't scend om "sissy" Europeans. When Andrew tells him this is jt a phase, spurred by havg married an "ugly woman, " Rsell says that, no, he's been gay his whole life and jt lyg to himself. What ma the battle for gay rights so different was that anybody uld be gay, so, siarly, anybody uld be prejudiced.

The characters don't make all of the way to full acceptance of gay rights by the end of the episo. " Roc posns the fight for gay rights as on a ntuum wh all other civil rights battl, and that was somethg few other elements of pop culture were alg wh at the time. Beg homophobic is simple when you don't know any gay people.

THE FIRST GAY COUPLE TO EVER BE FEATURED ON 'LOVE & HIP HOP' HAD AN AWFUL BREAKUP

It's far more plited when your own brother or uncle is gay. However, after she dropped him, her manager troduced her to a publicist who was openly gay herself — and she suggted that Nixon nfirm the mors of her relatnship. But for gay dienc—both at the time and now—’s one of many unspoken but crystal-clear ditns that Plato is drawn to Jim as more than jt a father figure.

Meo, who was 16 years old when Rebel opened, later lled Plato “the first gay teenager films. Though Portia was ially skeptil about beg openly gay due to profsnal reasons, she ultimately spoke out. The First Gay Couple to Ever be Featured on 'Love & Hip Hop' Had an Awful BreakupAre Mil and Milan still together?