In an age of "Call Me by Your Name" and "I'm like, so gay" Kristen Stewart, young leadg men still fear g out of the closet.
Contents:
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
- 29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
- WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
* gay actresses in the closet *
"The sger went on to expla how he me to this realizatn as he got olr and unrstood that sexualy extends beyond the bary of straight or gay. "When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis Gay and Straight. And the secret is that I'm gay.
The 25-year-old pcher, who had played for the Richmond Flyg Squirrels of the San Francis Giants Double-A mor league team before his recent release, told The Advote he ma the announcement to show that gay men have a place the sport. "I do feel as if we need more people that are gay to e out but jt on their own time and if they have the strength, " Bat tells The Advote.
He said he had a long-term girliend at the time of his Idol appearance, so he cled to fe his sexualy then, although he was the subject of mors that he was gay. There’s never been a better time to be gay Hollywood. “Moonlight” won Bt Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told lns of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay du.
29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY
Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the untry. Over the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as gay. * gay actresses in the closet *
The “Roseanne” reboot has a genr-nonnformg child, and “Love, Simon, ” the first major stud film about a gay teenager, is playg 2, 402 theaters natnwi. This week livered a stark remr of the real state of affairs, when Jam Ivory gave a no-holds-barred terview The Guardian lamentg the lack of full-ontal male nudy “Call Me By Your Name, ” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Osr for Bt Adapted Screenplay.
“Star Trek” actor John Cho is straight, but played Billy Eichner’s boyiend “Difficult People, ” as well as the latt eratn of Sulu “Star Trek, ” who is revealed as gay the third stallment. The same logic do not apply to straight actors, like “Call Me by Your Name” stars Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet, for whom playg gay (albe a prtig film) actually bolstered their reers. “As a producer, as someone who’s creatg a role for TV, they’re gog to want to have their lead actor, or actrs believably play the role, ” said the talent manager, who is openly gay.
In that se, the solutn may be to wre fewer heterosexual romanc altogether — which might not be a bad thg for actrs, straight or gay, as Hollywood attempts to reckon wh s history of sexualizg women. The problem li more heavily wh young men; there are plenty of out gay character actors and edians.
WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET
Zachary Quto, Alan Cummg, and Neil Patrick Harris have ma no secret of beg gay, but they eher waed until later life to e out, or did not reach the height of their fame until later life. You have actors for whom ’s like an open secret that they’re gay, but hasn’t hurt their reers, ” the manager said. Greg Berlanti, who directed “Love, Simon” and is pretty much sgle-handly rponsible for the proliferatn of gay supportg characters on televisn, has been around long enough to be more optimistic.
“When I would st people gay rol, there were so many nversatns about 10, 15 years ago. Tim ntue to change Hollywood and around the the past uple years, more and more celebri have e out of the closet as plenty of other celebri have been acced of beg gay.