'Did I ever really know him?': the women who married gay men | LGBTQ+ rights | The Guardian

Contents:

• GAY CELEBS WHO ARE MARRIED OR ENGAGED
• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• 'DID I EVER REALLY KNOW HIM?': THE WOMEN WHO MARRIED GAY MEN
• A GALLERY OF GAY MEN WHO MARRIED WOMEN
• FAMO GAY PEOPLE
• HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE

GAY CELEBS WHO ARE MARRIED OR ENGAGED

The London Gay Men's Choir sang "Marry You" by Bno Mars durg the weddg and Daley even reportedly baked the ke himself. WNBA star Breanna Stewart proposed to Spanish basketball player Marta Xargay Casamont May and they married July. "The uple first began postg about each other 2019, acrdg to People Penn me out as gay and announced he is engaged a new memoir October.

In the book, he reveals he is gay, has been datg a man for 11 years, and that the two are engaged, though he didn't specify when the engagement took place. It was an excg day for gay upl who had been hopg to legally tie-the-knot (and an excg day for everyone who believ #loveislove), and we're celebratg wh a pri-filled celebry weddg roundup. By the way, Ellen announced her plans to wed Portia durg a tapg of The Ellen Show, after California's Supreme Court reversed their ban on gay marriage.

Lance and Michael ma history as the first gay uple to have their weddg televised on Amerin TV, and their special, Lance Lov Michael: The Lance Bass Weddg, is fely worth watchg. The uple are pretty private about their relatnship, but Wanda did open up about her thoughts on the ristance toward gay marriage beg legalized. But all have somethg most unual mon.They all married gay men whout knowg about their sexualy beforehand.

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

Amazgly, or perhaps not cintally, Liza Mnelli’s mother, Judy Garland, was also married to a gay man …. 2Judy GarlandAmy Award wner Judy Garland was one of several women director Vcente Mnelli married … while he allegedly rried himself like an openly gay man New York Cy but remaed the closet Los Angel.

4Carrie FisherCarrie Fisher married Bryan Lourd 1991; they divorced when he me out as gay three years later. It is now wily believed that the in was actually gay, as he lived wh another man, Randolph Stt, for 10 years later life.7Angela LansburyAngela Lansbury’s first hband, actor Richard Cromwell, was gay. Long after that, Lansbury revealed that the marriage end bee of Cromwell’s sexualy.8Carolyn MoosFormer llege and women’s profsnal basketball player Carolyn Moos almost married her fiance, Jason Colls, until he me out as gay 2012 while they were still engaged; Moos says she was cshed by the revelatn.

'DID I EVER REALLY KNOW HIM?': THE WOMEN WHO MARRIED GAY MEN

Colls later beme the first openly gay player the NBA.9Jackee HarryJackee Harry of Sister, Sister fame and her hband om 1996-2003, Elg Charl, who later me out as gay, had a short-lived realy show Beverly Hills Fabulo, about his hair salon; they stayed close and she even appeared on the program10Charlotte RaeDiff’rent Strok st member Charlotte Rae divorced her hband, John Strss, after he me out as gay 1976.11Danielle FishelEverybody’s Boy Meets World csh Danielle Fishel wasn’t actually married to NSync member Lance Bass, but they did date for over a year and she did say she was bldsid after he me out.12Phyllis GatPhyllis Gat’ marriage to actor Rock Hudson me to an end Gat learned that Hudson had not only had an affair while filmg on lotn, but had wh a man. After he died, Gat wrote that she had no ia that he was gay, but his iends have claimed she knew all along.13Kelly PrtonJohn Travolta is still the closet, spe a long marriage to Kelly Prton that is still tact. Rappers Mil Brock and Milan Christopher beme one of the first openly gay upl the world of rap.

A GALLERY OF GAY MEN WHO MARRIED WOMEN

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 .

They married 1955 and separated two years later, after mors of his homosexualy and fily began to pile up.

FAMO GAY PEOPLE

Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagRock Hudson and his bri Phyllis Gat at their 1955 gay actors chose to live openly, spe the risk. 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.

HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE

Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny. His directorial work on Love, Simon marked the first major stud movie to center on a gay teen romance.

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. I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori.

He was a talented black, gay workg actor who was pavg the way for the '80s the streets Hollywood. 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.