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WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
* gay movie stars in the closet list *
There’s a vast and growg list of proment gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr media and entertament figur — jt don’t unt movie stars among them.
Hollywood has bee creasgly pennt on foreign untri such as Cha and Rsia, which boast sprawlg populatns of moviegoers, as well as dranian anti-gay laws.
“In too many parts of the globe, you n be prosecuted or jailed for beg gay, you n be murred whout repercsns or put to ath by the state. If you’re famo and you’re gay and you travel a lot, you have to be aware that there’s a lot of hate out there, and that mak you more vulnerable.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
While more and more Amerins endorse LGBT rights, many have trouble spendg disbelief when to seeg gay actors portrayg certa rol. In a survey missned by Variety, six 10 adults say they would be ls likely to see an actn film wh a gay leadg man or woman, while four 10 say they’d be more likely to skip an actn film wh a lead gay character. The sle of the productns may make gay actn stars wary of makg any kd of announcement that uld prs ticket sal.
Dt Lance Black, the Osr-wng screenwrer of “Milk, ” believ a gay A-lister will emerge anilly: “A young gay or lbian actor will e up through the ranks and end up beg so good, and someone Ameri fds so wng, they end up a posn to get films greenl.