When Hollywood Studs Married Off Gay Stars to Keep Their Sexualy a Secret | HISTORY

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• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• 'LEAKED' PICTUR OF CARY GRANT AND RANDOLPH STT HT AT A GAY RELATNSHIP THAT NEVER WAS
• CARY GRANT’S HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP WH RANDOLPH STT
• CARY GRANT'S DGHTER: DAD WASN'T GAY OR BI, BUT IF HE HAD BEEN, OK
• CARY GRANT'S DGHTER ADMS HER FATHER LIKED BEG LLED GAY NEW MEMOIR
•  A HOLLYWOOD GAY LOVE AFFAIR

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

But one of the most persistent mors about Grant was that he was secretly gay, or at least bisexual. Zerbe himself was gay, and his work had a homoerotic tge even when created for a female, heterosexual dience.

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 .

'LEAKED' PICTUR OF CARY GRANT AND RANDOLPH STT HT AT A GAY RELATNSHIP THAT NEVER WAS

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.

CARY GRANT’S HIDN GAY RELATNSHIP WH RANDOLPH STT

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. Today, the imag look like portras of a very happy gay marriage, and many ntemporary mentators assume that they really are ndid snapshots of the stars’ private liv. Others wrers, mentg more wily on Hollywood’s opprsively closeted tradns, prent the photographs as evince of a hidn gay history.

CARY GRANT'S DGHTER: DAD WASN'T GAY OR BI, BUT IF HE HAD BEEN, OK

While there is no doubt that Hollywood has a hidn gay history, is very unlikely that the photographs figure the way that ntemporary mentators suppose. If there is a gay perspective the photos, is likely due to the photographer, Jerome Zerbe, who was young, gay, and tent on takg a different approach to photographg stars.

Do I thk Cary Grant was gay as hell? And who giv a sh what Dyan Cannon says -- 's her self tert to ny the you doubt he was gay, read this story relayed by Carleton Carpenter.

CARY GRANT'S DGHTER ADMS HER FATHER LIKED BEG LLED GAY NEW MEMOIR

Grant was almost certaly gay though (at least very bi on the Ksey sle) Anonymoreply 12Febary 2, 2021 4:19 AM. Didn't Stt do a gay terview wh Boze Hadleighby Anonymoreply 13Febary 2, 2021 4:29 AM. Cary Grant was gay.

 A HOLLYWOOD GAY LOVE AFFAIR

Grant felt prsure to marry Cherrill 1934, and by all acunts he acted like a gay man feelg prsure to "go straight. If you believe some of material book "Hollywood Babylon" mors about Cary Grant beg gay go way back.