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• HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS
• CHACE CRAWFORD POSSIBLY OUTED AS GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY CHRIS SPARGOJUNE 20, 2012/12:26 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOJUNE 20, 2012 / 12:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHACE CRAWFORD POSSIBLY OUTED AS GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-06-20T16:26:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-06-20T16:26:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_53585" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="607" PTN="CRAWFORD, LAST MONTH. (GETTY)"][/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHACE CRAWFORD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OUTED AS A GAY MAN BY THE NEW YORK OBSERVER. IN AN ARTICLE ALG WH CLOSETED SEXUALY HOLLYWOOD, THE PAPER TALKS ABOUT A YOUNG MALE STAR ENJOYG THE PANY OF A MAN AT A RECENT EVENT, AND NOTED THE MAN STARED THEM DOWN WHEN THEY PASSED BY AS IF TO SAY, "DON'T YOU DARE WRE ABOUT THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARTICLE THEN CLOS BY SAYG, "THERE’S ALSO THE SIMPLE MATTER OF FG THE KNOWG LGHTER OF A PUBLIC THAT MAYBE JT DON’T RE THAT MUCH ANYMORE. 'IF YOU’RE THE CLOSET,' SAID [LANCE] BASS, 'YOU GET MA FUN OF MORE THAN IF YOU JT E OUT!' IF HE’S FACT GAY, THAT’S A LSON CHACE CRAWFORD—THE DASHG, ENGROSSED YOUNG MAN AT THE PREMIERE—MAY DO WELL TO HEED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENJOYG A NVERSATN WH ANOTHER MAN CERTALY DON'T MAKE ONE HOMOSEXUAL, AND HAVG SEEN MR. CRAWFORD OUT AND ABOUT, WE DO HAVE TO ADM HE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO PREFER THE PANY OF LADI, BUT THE OBSERVER APPEARS TO HAVE OTHER IAS, OR KNOW SOMETHG WE DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHISPERS OF CRAWFORD'S SEXUALY HAVE BEEN NSTANT SCE GOSSIP GIRL PREMIERED, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WE'RE REALLY BUYG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIM KARDASHIAN ADDICTED TO PLASTIC SURGERY, HAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• CHACE CRAWFORD WIFE, MARRIED, GIRLIEND, DATG, GAY

HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY TEENAGER AND HIS TWO TRAGIC ENDGS

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CHACE CRAWFORD POSSIBLY OUTED AS GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY CHRIS SPARGOJUNE 20, 2012/12:26 PMBY CHRIS SPARGOJUNE 20, 2012 / 12:26 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"CHACE CRAWFORD POSSIBLY OUTED AS GAY MAN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2012-06-20T16:26:58.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2012-06-20T16:26:58.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CHRIS SPARGO","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[PTN ID="ATTACHMENT_53585" ALIGN="ALIGNCENTER" WIDTH="607" PTN="CRAWFORD, LAST MONTH. (GETTY)"][/PTN]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHACE CRAWFORD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN OUTED AS A GAY MAN BY THE NEW YORK OBSERVER. IN AN ARTICLE ALG WH CLOSETED SEXUALY HOLLYWOOD, THE PAPER TALKS ABOUT A YOUNG MALE STAR ENJOYG THE PANY OF A MAN AT A RECENT EVENT, AND NOTED THE MAN STARED THEM DOWN WHEN THEY PASSED BY AS IF TO SAY, "DON'T YOU DARE WRE ABOUT THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ARTICLE THEN CLOS BY SAYG, "THERE’S ALSO THE SIMPLE MATTER OF FG THE KNOWG LGHTER OF A PUBLIC THAT MAYBE JT DON’T RE THAT MUCH ANYMORE. 'IF YOU’RE THE CLOSET,' SAID [LANCE] BASS, 'YOU GET MA FUN OF MORE THAN IF YOU JT E OUT!' IF HE’S FACT GAY, THAT’S A LSON CHACE CRAWFORD—THE DASHG, ENGROSSED YOUNG MAN AT THE PREMIERE—MAY DO WELL TO HEED."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ENJOYG A NVERSATN WH ANOTHER MAN CERTALY DON'T MAKE ONE HOMOSEXUAL, AND HAVG SEEN MR. CRAWFORD OUT AND ABOUT, WE DO HAVE TO ADM HE HAS ALWAYS SEEMED TO PREFER THE PANY OF LADI, BUT THE OBSERVER APPEARS TO HAVE OTHER IAS, OR KNOW SOMETHG WE DO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHISPERS OF CRAWFORD'S SEXUALY HAVE BEEN NSTANT SCE GOSSIP GIRL PREMIERED, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WE'RE REALLY BUYG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KIM KARDASHIAN ADDICTED TO PLASTIC SURGERY, HAT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

' If he’s fact gay, that’s a lson Chace Crawford—the dashg, engrossed young man at the premiere—may do well to heed.

CHACE CRAWFORD WIFE, MARRIED, GIRLIEND, DATG, GAY

"Enjoyg a nversatn wh another man certaly don't make one homosexual, and havg seen Mr. Is Chace Crawford Gay?

You haven’t ma unls there’s been a gay mor about you. Also, at the time, he nied a secret gay flg wh the Amerin sger-songwrer Joshua Stt “JC” Chasez.

Like Chace, Ed too saw a never-endg gay speculatns e his way. The Seventi saw many women's rights, gay rights, and environmental movements.