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• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• ANDREW AHN / WRER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER SCE GRADUATG OM CALARTS 2011, ANDREW AHN HAS MA AN IMPACT EXPLORG LIFE FOR QUEER, ASIAN AMERIN AND QUEER ASIAN AMERIN CHARACTERS. THE L.A.-BASED DIRECTOR MA HIS BUT WH 2016'S SPA NIGHT, ABOUT A CLOSETED KOREAN AMERIN TEENAGER WHO EXPLOR THE UNRGROUND WORLD OF GAY SEX AT A KOREAN SPA. IN 2019, HE HELMED DRIVEWAYS, AN TIMATE FAY DRAMA ABOUT A BOY WHO STRIK UP A IENDSHIP WH A LONELY WAR VETERAN. AHN'S LATT IS THE HULU ROMANTIC EDY, FIRE ISLAND, A PRI AND PREJUDICE RETELLG STARRG JOEL KIM BOOSTER AND BOWEN YANG. "I REMEMBER PCHG THE SCRIPT TO SEARCHLIGHT AND TO JOEL AND OUR PRODUCERS AND I CREATED A PCH CK THAT CLUD PHOTOS OF MY IENDS GROUP. AND I SAID, 'I WANT TO MAKE THIS FOR THEM,'" AHN TELLS "THEY BRG ME JOY, AND THEY'VE SUPPORTED ME WAYS THAT I ULD NOT HAVE IMAGED. I HOPE THIS FILM SPIR OTHER GROUPS OF IENDS TO JT CELEBRATE AND CHERISH EACH OTHER."READ: ANDREW AHN ON FDG MAGIC AND CHOSEN FAY ON 'FIRE ISLAND' (EXCLIVE) WHAT TO WATCH: ANDREW AHN: 5 MOVI THAT TGHT ME TO LOVE CEMA LEVAN AK / WRER, DIRECTORTHE SWEDISH FILMMAKER, WHO HAS GEIAN ROOTS, BROKE OUT WH HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA, AND THEN WE DANCED, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2019 CANN FILM FTIVAL. THE FILM FOLLOWS A GAY GEIAN DANCER MORN-DAY, NSERVATIVE TBILISI, AS HE FD HIMSELF UP AGAST TOUGH PETN FOR THE OPPORTUNY OF A LIFETIME.IN ALL OF HIS FILMS, AK AIMS FOR THENTICY, PECIALLY WHEN TO LGBTQ+ LOVE STORI. "I JT WANTED TO FEEL REALLY, REALLY THENTIC, AND FOR THOSE MOMENTS OF FIRST LOVE TO BE SO REAL," HE RECENTLY SAID. "I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE A GAY MOVIE... I REALLY WANTED TO TCH THOSE MICRO-MOMENTS, BEE I THK A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE N INTIFY WH THOSE SUATNS."NEXT UP, AK IS DIRECTG PASSAGE, A GAY LOVE STORY SET TURKEY, TO BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR.JONATHAN BAILEY / ACTORWHILE BT KNOWN AS THE SWOON-WORTHY VISUNT ANTHONY BRIDGERTON ON NETFLIX'S REGENCY ERA BODICE-RIPPER, THE ENGLISH THPIAN IS A VETERAN OF THE STAGE AND BIG SCREEN. (BAILEY IS A LRENCE OLIVIER AWARD FOR THE FORMER; HIS LATTER CREDS CLU 2016'S THE YOUNG MSIAH AND 2017'S THE MERCY.) THROUGHOUT HIS REER, BAILEY HAS MA A POT OF PLAYG BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT ROL ON-SCREEN. AS HE'S EXPLAED, "IF I N FILL SPAC THAT I DIDN'T HAVE GROWG UP, THEN I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY BRILLIANT THG."BAILEY IS NEXT SLATED TO BEG SHOOTG THE EDY MARIA ALONGSI FELICY JON.JOEL KIM BOOSTER / ACTOR, WRER, PRODUCERTHE EDIAN AND BONA FI MULTI-HYPHENATE IS ONE OF THE STARS OF FIRE ISLAND, A ROM- THAT HE ALSO WROTE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED. BORN SOUTH KOREA AND RAISED THE SUBURBS OF ILLOIS, BOOSTER STARTED OUT DOG STAND-UP EDY CHIGO BEFORE TRYG HIS HAND AT ACTG. HE'S STARRED SERI LIKE NBC'S SUNNYSI AND HULU'S SHRILL, AS WELL AS LENDG HIS VOICE TO THE ANIMATED NETFLIX EDY, BIG MOUTH.BOOSTER RECENTLY SAID OF FIRE ISLAND THAT "SOME OF THE HAPPIT MOMENTS OF MY LIFE HAVE BEEN ON THAT ISLAND. THAT WAS THE DRIVG FORCE BEHD THE PROJECT. I JT WANTED TO SHOW — AND THIS IS SO RNY — GAY JOY."ELEGANCE BRATTON (LEFT) WH 'BUCK' -DIRECTOR JOVAN JAM.ELEGANCE BRATTON / WRER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCERTHE JERSEY CY-BORN FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER IS KNOWN FOR HIS PBS DOCUMENTARY PIER KIDS: THE LIFE, WHICH FOLLOWS HOMELS QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH OF LOR AS THEY CREATE LIV FOR THEMSELV ON CHRISTOPHER STREET PIER NEW YORK CY. BRATTON -DIRECTED THE 2020 SHORT FILM, BUCK, ABOUT A YOUNG BLACK GAY MAN'S STGGL WH PRSN, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL.NEXT UP, HE'S DIRECTG THE SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL FEATURE, THE INSPECTN, STARRG JEREMY POPE AND GABRIELLE UNN, WHICH BRATTON LLS "VERY MUCH ABOUT MY OWN LIFE — A HOMELS GUY JOS THE MARE CORPS TO W BACK HIS MOTHER'S LOVE, BUT THEN MT NCEAL HIS ATTRACTN TO HIS DRILL STCTOR." HE IS ALSO SET TO HELM A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JAM REE EUROPE TLED HELLFIGHTERS.AULI'I CRAVALHO / ACTOR
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GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

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ANDREW AHN / WRER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCER SCE GRADUATG OM CALARTS 2011, ANDREW AHN HAS MA AN IMPACT EXPLORG LIFE FOR QUEER, ASIAN AMERIN AND QUEER ASIAN AMERIN CHARACTERS. THE L.A.-BASED DIRECTOR MA HIS BUT WH 2016'S SPA NIGHT, ABOUT A CLOSETED KOREAN AMERIN TEENAGER WHO EXPLOR THE UNRGROUND WORLD OF GAY SEX AT A KOREAN SPA. IN 2019, HE HELMED DRIVEWAYS, AN TIMATE FAY DRAMA ABOUT A BOY WHO STRIK UP A IENDSHIP WH A LONELY WAR VETERAN. AHN'S LATT IS THE HULU ROMANTIC EDY, FIRE ISLAND, A PRI AND PREJUDICE RETELLG STARRG JOEL KIM BOOSTER AND BOWEN YANG. "I REMEMBER PCHG THE SCRIPT TO SEARCHLIGHT AND TO JOEL AND OUR PRODUCERS AND I CREATED A PCH CK THAT CLUD PHOTOS OF MY IENDS GROUP. AND I SAID, 'I WANT TO MAKE THIS FOR THEM,'" AHN TELLS "THEY BRG ME JOY, AND THEY'VE SUPPORTED ME WAYS THAT I ULD NOT HAVE IMAGED. I HOPE THIS FILM SPIR OTHER GROUPS OF IENDS TO JT CELEBRATE AND CHERISH EACH OTHER."READ: ANDREW AHN ON FDG MAGIC AND CHOSEN FAY ON 'FIRE ISLAND' (EXCLIVE) WHAT TO WATCH: ANDREW AHN: 5 MOVI THAT TGHT ME TO LOVE CEMA LEVAN AK / WRER, DIRECTORTHE SWEDISH FILMMAKER, WHO HAS GEIAN ROOTS, BROKE OUT WH HIS CRILLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA, AND THEN WE DANCED, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE 2019 CANN FILM FTIVAL. THE FILM FOLLOWS A GAY GEIAN DANCER MORN-DAY, NSERVATIVE TBILISI, AS HE FD HIMSELF UP AGAST TOUGH PETN FOR THE OPPORTUNY OF A LIFETIME.IN ALL OF HIS FILMS, AK AIMS FOR THENTICY, PECIALLY WHEN TO LGBTQ+ LOVE STORI. "I JT WANTED TO FEEL REALLY, REALLY THENTIC, AND FOR THOSE MOMENTS OF FIRST LOVE TO BE SO REAL," HE RECENTLY SAID. "I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE A GAY MOVIE... I REALLY WANTED TO TCH THOSE MICRO-MOMENTS, BEE I THK A LOT OF GAY PEOPLE N INTIFY WH THOSE SUATNS."NEXT UP, AK IS DIRECTG PASSAGE, A GAY LOVE STORY SET TURKEY, TO BE RELEASED NEXT YEAR.JONATHAN BAILEY / ACTORWHILE BT KNOWN AS THE SWOON-WORTHY VISUNT ANTHONY BRIDGERTON ON NETFLIX'S REGENCY ERA BODICE-RIPPER, THE ENGLISH THPIAN IS A VETERAN OF THE STAGE AND BIG SCREEN. (BAILEY IS A LRENCE OLIVIER AWARD FOR THE FORMER; HIS LATTER CREDS CLU 2016'S THE YOUNG MSIAH AND 2017'S THE MERCY.) THROUGHOUT HIS REER, BAILEY HAS MA A POT OF PLAYG BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT ROL ON-SCREEN. AS HE'S EXPLAED, "IF I N FILL SPAC THAT I DIDN'T HAVE GROWG UP, THEN I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REALLY BRILLIANT THG."BAILEY IS NEXT SLATED TO BEG SHOOTG THE EDY MARIA ALONGSI FELICY JON.JOEL KIM BOOSTER / ACTOR, WRER, PRODUCERTHE EDIAN AND BONA FI MULTI-HYPHENATE IS ONE OF THE STARS OF FIRE ISLAND, A ROM- THAT HE ALSO WROTE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED. BORN SOUTH KOREA AND RAISED THE SUBURBS OF ILLOIS, BOOSTER STARTED OUT DOG STAND-UP EDY CHIGO BEFORE TRYG HIS HAND AT ACTG. HE'S STARRED SERI LIKE NBC'S SUNNYSI AND HULU'S SHRILL, AS WELL AS LENDG HIS VOICE TO THE ANIMATED NETFLIX EDY, BIG MOUTH.BOOSTER RECENTLY SAID OF FIRE ISLAND THAT "SOME OF THE HAPPIT MOMENTS OF MY LIFE HAVE BEEN ON THAT ISLAND. THAT WAS THE DRIVG FORCE BEHD THE PROJECT. I JT WANTED TO SHOW — AND THIS IS SO RNY — GAY JOY."ELEGANCE BRATTON (LEFT) WH 'BUCK' -DIRECTOR JOVAN JAM.ELEGANCE BRATTON / WRER, DIRECTOR, PRODUCERTHE JERSEY CY-BORN FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER IS KNOWN FOR HIS PBS DOCUMENTARY PIER KIDS: THE LIFE, WHICH FOLLOWS HOMELS QUEER AND TRANS YOUTH OF LOR AS THEY CREATE LIV FOR THEMSELV ON CHRISTOPHER STREET PIER NEW YORK CY. BRATTON -DIRECTED THE 2020 SHORT FILM, BUCK, ABOUT A YOUNG BLACK GAY MAN'S STGGL WH PRSN, WHICH PREMIERED AT THE SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL.NEXT UP, HE'S DIRECTG THE SEMI-TOBGRAPHIL FEATURE, THE INSPECTN, STARRG JEREMY POPE AND GABRIELLE UNN, WHICH BRATTON LLS "VERY MUCH ABOUT MY OWN LIFE — A HOMELS GUY JOS THE MARE CORPS TO W BACK HIS MOTHER'S LOVE, BUT THEN MT NCEAL HIS ATTRACTN TO HIS DRILL STCTOR." HE IS ALSO SET TO HELM A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT JAM REE EUROPE TLED HELLFIGHTERS.AULI'I CRAVALHO / ACTOR

After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny. Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge  Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud. Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual.

Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen.". I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor,' 'gay director,' 'gay wrer,' 'gay story,' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng.". The 'gay black spir' driv so much popular culture, through slang, mic, fashn, meme culture, dance and all manners of 'the arts.' Yet, is still all too rare to fd — or produce Hollywood — stori where the humany of gay black men is not qutn, but is a given and is central to the story.".

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In 2019, the bisexual actor uld be seen as French New Wave in Jean Seberg Venice premiere tle Seberg, as a secret agent Sony's Charlie's Angels reboot and on a particularly gay episo of SNL. The queer Salvadoran edian translated the handful of breakout Saturday Night Live scen he wrote to multiple als at HBO — where he buted the edy special My Favore Shap  2019 and is readyg season two of Los Espookys, the half-Spanish, half-English, entirely absurd edy which he stars as the gay heir to a cholate fortune. After 45 seasons, 's hard to believe there are any firsts left for Saturday Night Live — but Yang arrived at 30 Rock 2019 as the st's first Che Amerin stmember and only s third openly gay male.