Gay actor Derek Jabi reflects on g out to his mother s ago

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• GAY ACTOR DEREK JABI REFLECTS ON G OUT TO HIS MOTHER S AGO
• SIR DEREK JABI: 'MUM SAID BEG GAY WAS A PHASE - I'VE BEEN WH MY PARTNER FOR 43 YEARS'
• LEGENDARY GAY THPIAN DEREK JABI WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG QUEER ROL
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN AND SIR DEREK JABI PLAY GAY UPLE VIC ITV EDY
• IAN MCKELLEN ON SUPREME COURT GAY MARRIAGE RULG: “TELLG PEOPLE THE TTH MT CONTUE” (Q&A)
• IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI A GAY PRI MARCH DEBUT
• IAN MCKELLEN, DEREK JABI TO PLAY GAY COUPLE ITV S ‘VIC’
• OH YOU SILLY THG, OF COURSE HE’S GAY
• A ‘VIC’ CIRCLE OF GAY STEREOTYP

GAY ACTOR DEREK JABI REFLECTS ON G OUT TO HIS MOTHER S AGO

Derek Jabi has opened up about the credible moment he me out as gay to his mother s ago.

SIR DEREK JABI: 'MUM SAID BEG GAY WAS A PHASE - I'VE BEEN WH MY PARTNER FOR 43 YEARS'

Jabi, 82, told The Telegraph that he knew he was gay om an early age, and he eventually worked up the urage to tell his mother that he was attracted to men while he was a stunt Cambridge.

LEGENDARY GAY THPIAN DEREK JABI WEIGHS ON STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG QUEER ROL

“I knew I was gay very early on, although wasn’t lled gay back then, ” the acclaimed actor said.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN AND SIR DEREK JABI PLAY GAY UPLE VIC ITV EDY

In that terview, the actor said his mother sisted that beg gay was jt a phase. When I was young, I didn’t know what ‘gay’ or ‘homosexual’ meant. "The 'Breakg the Co' actor has known he was gay om a very young age, but never had any problems acceptg his told Gay Tim magaze: "I knew I was different.

IAN MCKELLEN ON SUPREME COURT GAY MARRIAGE RULG: “TELLG PEOPLE THE TTH MT CONTUE” (Q&A)

"And Derek remembered feelg "relief" when homosexualy was part crimalised relled: "I suppose like everybody I felt relief.

IAN MCKELLEN AND DEREK JABI A GAY PRI MARCH DEBUT

In the s Vic (2013–16), he was one-half of a longtime gay uple. I knew I was gay very early on, although wasn’t lled gay back then. ”Even on gay rights, he has been quieter than some of his ntemporari.

’” Around the time of the drama’s airdate, Davi said he thought gay rol ought to be played by gay actors. “I don’t thk you have to be gay to be gay. The legendary gay thpian, 82, is bt known for his classil rol as well as for playg the De of Wdsor  The Crown, the archbishop of Canterbury The Kg’s Speech and The Master Doctor Who.

It’s a posn he shar wh many other long-tablished stars, cludg Stanley Tucci, a straight actor who’s played gay rol Supernova and The Devil Wears Prada. “For so many years, gay men and women have had to hi their homosexualy showbs to get the rol they wanted – that’s the problem here, ” Tucci said an terview wh Attu. Unfortunately, the qutn of whether straight actors should play gay characters is likely to ntue while accs to film rol remas unequal across the board.

IAN MCKELLEN, DEREK JABI TO PLAY GAY COUPLE ITV S ‘VIC’

A 2020 GLAAD report found that although reprentatn of whe gay men is nstantly improvg major stud films, reprentatn of other queer people is dismal, and trans and non-bary characters were found to be non-existent major stud releas om 2019. Of urse, was nice to see a gay uple ont and centre and, for me, was great that was an olr uple too.

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OH YOU SILLY THG, OF COURSE HE’S GAY

When I ask him about gay marriage, for example, he says: “The word don’t mean anythg to me.

But he always knew, pretty much, that he was gay, and he me out to his mother soon after graduatg.

A ‘VIC’ CIRCLE OF GAY STEREOTYP

” Liberal Tori are mted to phg through gay marriage, but do he have any sympathy wh Christians who object to ? His view seems to be that, bee there is ltle difference law between a gay marriage and civil partnership, the latt ntroversi are a fs about nothg.

He portrayed Ban as a tortured geni, but also a ld and llo gay predator. “The fay thought was gog to be a gay exposé, so they wouldn’t give permissn. Another of his great rol was that of Alan Turg, the Bletchley Park breaker who was prosecuted for his homosexualy 1952.