Why Gay Movie Stars Are Stayg Locked the Closet - Variety

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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.

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HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET

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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.

29 CELEBRI WHO SOME BELIEVE ARE GAY

Entertament dtry sirs discs the broar impact of Hollywood's closet, and whether gay and bisexual actors have an obligatn to be out. * gay actors not out of the closet *

“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.

WHY GAY MOVIE STARS ARE STAYG LOCKED THE CLOSET

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 actors not out of the closet *

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.

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.

HOMOPHOBIA HOLLYWOOD: WHY GAY MOVIE STARS STILL N'T E OUT OF THE CLOSET

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. In 2002, a parody fan se was created lled "Elijah Wood is Very, Very Gay" bee was believed that the Lord of the Rgs actors Elijah Wood and Domic Monaghan were a secret relatnship real life. He told the world Entertament News Network, "'s kd of a joke webse that mata that they have proof that I am very, very gay var photographs - photographic evince (of me) holdg hands wh a male.

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