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• IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND
• IAN MCKELLEN REVEALS HE NEVER GOT TO TELL HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN LLS ON GAY MUNY TO ‘BE ALLI’ WH TRANS PEOPLE
• HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• IAN MCKELLEN FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN REGRETS NOT G OUT AS GAY TO HIS DAD: ‘THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JUDGEMENT’

IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND

Ian McKellan is not only a cultural in but also a gay in, havg lived openly as a gay man sce 1988, pavg the way for other gay entertaers who were still the closet. Sir Ian McKellen CH, CBE, AKA Gandalf, AKA Mago, AKA six-time Olivier Award wner and all-round Brish stutn, has posted a celebratory tweet markg the 30th anniversary of g out as Saturday morng, Sir Ian, 78, tweeted: “I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg myself. Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly [sic] said I was gay.

”I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg myself.

Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly said I was gay. twterThe acclaimed Brish actor and LGBTQ+ activist first publicly said he was gay on 27 January 1988 durg a BBC Rad 3 discsn on the ntroversial Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Bill 1988 that prevented lol thori om “tentnally promot[g] homosexualy or publish[g] material wh the tentn of promotg homosexualy" whether he would like to see Sectn 28 abolished, Sir Ian replied: “I certaly would.

IAN MCKELLEN REVEALS HE NEVER GOT TO TELL HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY

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SIR IAN MCKELLEN LLS ON GAY MUNY TO ‘BE ALLI’ WH TRANS PEOPLE

“There was no qutn of beg out of the closet, the sense of beg hont about one’s sexualy on all ocsns bee you would ve the police to arrt you, ” he said, referrg to a time before the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967.

“Gay people, homosexuals, nducted their liv as secretly as possible. It might've been taken down or had s privacy settgs Ian said that one of the reasons he now speaks out about beg gay is so that today’s young people n fully enjoy their sexualy. Ian McKellen has revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was actor, 81, has been open to the public about his sexualy sce 1988 but sadly lost his mother Margery at age 12 and his father Denis when he was 22.

HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN

Fay: Ian McKellen has revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was youngAsked by Jonathan if he was close wh his parents, Ian said: 'As close as you n be when your mother di at 12 and dad di when you're 22.

'Never told them I was gay for example. " Ian said of his parents: 'Never told them I was gay for example. But I remember them wh nothg but pleasure''That was my dilemma when I was a kid, if I'd said I was openly gay I uld have risked beg prosecuted.

IAN MCKELLEN FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL

Is Ian McKellen Gay? The Brish actor is one of the most rpected men the entertament Ian McKellen is an openly gay Brish personaly and global star who has been a proment advote for LGBTQ+ rights for many years. McKellen has spoken openly about the challeng he faced as a gay man the entertament dtry and how he felt pelled to hi his sexualy for many years.

Some people, cludg some of his lleagu and fellow actors, were cril or dismissive of McKellen g out as gay. McKellen has said that he chose to e out to the people bee he did not want to hi his sexualy or be a part of a culture of secrecy around beg gay. And people will see that we don't have the stereotyped ias about beg gay that they might have, know about the openly gay actor Wilson Cz who played Rickie Vasquez the teen drama, My So-Called Life.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’

Furthermore, when he was a mor, there was not much tn on the topics and even the word 'gay' was not mastream. " (Source: Facebook)Due to the lack of unrstandg, Ian was lled an 'Osr' his school years, a slur referrg to Irish playwright and thor Osr Wil who was a known gay.

He has chosen to reclaim the name 'Osr' and has ed his theatre Was The Backlash About A Gay Gandalf?

SIR IAN MCKELLEN REGRETS NOT G OUT AS GAY TO HIS DAD: ‘THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JUDGEMENT’

Dpe the great talent McKellen showed, there were some who cricized the stg of an openly gay actor the role. There were homophobic suggtns that McKellen's sexualy was at odds wh the character of Gandalf, who is picted as a wise and powerful wizard Tolkien's novels.

Was McKellen Snubbed At the Osrs For Beg Gay? In a 2018 terview wh the Guardian, he talked about the problem of racism and homophobia Amy Award voters. There is no way when he is out of the bubble of dog this panto that he is gog to have this guy wh him East London, rattlg around, ' he New Year's post was acpanied by a picture of the two men sg broadly at the mera and wh their arms around each other’s year, Ian revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was young.

Openg up: Last year, Ian revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was young The actor has been open to the public about his sexualy sce 1988 but sadly lost his mother Margery at age 12 and his father Denis when he was asked by Jonathan Ross if he was close wh his parents, Ian said: 'As close as you n be when your mother di at 12 and dad di when you're 22. "'That was my dilemma when I was a kid, if I'd said I was openly gay I uld have risked beg prosecuted.