Actors' unn Equy enlists famo nam, cludg Antony Sher, to support gay actors who choose to be open
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MANY GAY ACTORS STILL FEAR G OUT WILL DAMAGE THEIR REERS
Is Christopher Rsell Gay? Everyone knows / knew who was dog who - whether volved beg gay, straight, or bi... About a third of the magaz' edorial staff were gay men, and one of the most regnizable and rpected edors the dtry was an out lbian - certaly none of those were personally vted matag such an illn.
When Antony Sher started actg wh the pneerg Gay Sweatshop theatre pany the 70s, he managed to stay the closet. "We all agreed to do on the basis that was stated that not all the performers were gay so you didn't know who was and who wasn't. I was dog prs terviews about this great gay play that I felt so strongly about for a specific reason and I wasn't sayg – was an astonishg waste of energy.
Yet, more than two s on, spe stris gay equaly and the entertament dtry's liberal reputatn, many gay actors still fear that beg open about their sexualy will damage their there is a highly visible younger generatn of gay actors, om Beg Human's Rsell Tovey to Coronatn Street's Charlie Condou and Jeremy Sheffield, a recent survey by the actors' unn Equy revealed that only 57% of gay actors felt they uld be open about their sexualy wh their agents. A third had experienced homophobia the workplace, 57% sayg had e om other 2006, the actor Chris New, who starred the film Weekend last year, was advised by his agent not to talk about beg gay, spe starrg at the time Bent, Mart Sherman's play about the persecutn of gay people Nazi Equy has enlisted several well-known actors to lend their nam to a mpaign supportg gay actors who choose to e out. "If actors experience homophobic bullyg we would be able to raise that wh the employer or if there was a se of member discrimatn we would offer them legal assistance.