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Contents:
- CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
- THIS CHILD ACTOR’S GAY DAYS AT DISNEY ST HIM HIS REER
- STARS WHO HAVE GAY CHILDREN
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
CHILD STAR STGGLED TO E OUT AFTER PLAYG ‘THE GAY KID’ ‘SCHOOL OF ROCK’
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“I was so much nial [about my sexualy growg up], ” he said on the “Cooper and Anthony Show, ” “Thk about : I was the fifth gra when this movie me out and I was lled gay, and then someone told me that’s not ol, so I was jt like, ‘Oh, ok, then I’m not gay’. “So I was nyg before I even had a notn of what [beg gay] was, ” he told rad hosts Cooper Lawrence and Anthony Michaels. Beg known as “the gay kid” om “School of Rock” stopped Brian Falduto om g out for years.
“So by the time I realized I was potentially gay, I was already homophobic towards myself, sentially, ” Falduto, who is now an actor, filmmaker, mician and life ach said. The out actrs ma headl this year when she publicly nonted Texas senator (and failed printial ndidate) Ted Cz about his stance agast employment protectns for LGBT dividuals her Vice seri Gaytn. She has also spoken out about double standards for gay actors Hollywood.
THIS CHILD ACTOR’S GAY DAYS AT DISNEY ST HIM HIS REER
Walt Disney personally fired the child star of Old Yeller and The Swiss Fay Robson after fdg out he was gay. * gay male child star *
Ptro me out as gay 1997 to beat tabloids to the news, then revealed last year that he has been HIV-posive for more than a .
He flected qutns about his sexualy for a before g out as gay 2010.
A year later, he placed an equaly symbol on his cht for a mic vio, and 2011 he opened up about beg a gay activist an terview wh Para. She has bee a vol supporter of all thgs LGBT, blastg antigay polician Rick Santom and the rporatns that support him and givg LGBT youth and drag queens the stage at MTV's Vio Mic Awards, all the while earng herself a ban om the Domin Republic. Allen rpond to the turn of events by beg an outspoken gay activist and has sce been volved producg several works of art cril of so-lled ex-gay therapy.
STARS WHO HAVE GAY CHILDREN
This list ntas rmatn about celebri wh gay children and celebri wh transgenr children, loosely ranked by fame and populary. * gay male child star *
After the Pulse shootg this year, she me out as bisexual and spoke out on the need for gay clubs as a safe place to explore one's inty.
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
Anne HathawayLGBT rights have long been a prry for Prcs Diari star Anne Hathaway, who left the Roman Catholic Church prott of s tolerance after her brother Thomas me out as gay. Dolly PartonA Tennsee child wh a blue-llar, eply relig upbrgg, Dolly Parton got a rad gig at 10, a rerd ntract at 13, and a gay followg that ntu to the diva's goln years.
The untry legend has flown a flag of many lors for s, and 2014 she released the pro-LGBT dance anthem "Jt a Wee B Gay. Nick notably has played numero sets at gay bars and spoken favor of equaly.
After g out as gay, Colton Unrwood is sharg his journey a new Netflix documentary. Gay. Osborne announced he is gay.
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY DOUBLE STANDARD: WHY SO MANY ACTRS CAN COME OUT, BUT YOUNG ACTORS STAY THE CLOSET
Osborne told Time magaze Febary that he is gay and has known for years, but he kept a secret bee of untry mic's mostly nservative fan base. It's tougher for Black gay men. It's tougher for Black mascule gay women.