Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans. Here we beg our seri celebratg gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all.
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CELEBRATE HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST OPENLY GAY LEADG MAN
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” In recent years, Ha has been regnized as a urageo pneer gay rights the early Hollywood muny. Douglas Fairbanks prents Ja Gaynor wh an Osr for bt actrs at the first Amy Awards 1929. He and Rambova would divorce 1925, leadg to public speculatn that Valento was a homosexual and that he had been engaged “lavenr marriag” of nvenience to hi .
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