When Hollywood Studs Married Off Gay Stars to Keep Their Sexualy a Secret | HISTORY

Contents:

• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET
• GAY MARRIAGE
• GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS
• HOW OBAMA’S GAY MARRIAGE GAMBLE OPENED HEARTS — AND WALLETS — HOLLYWOOD
• HOLLYWOOD’S ‘GAY CULTURE’ RHAPG AMERI

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

One popular anecdote phed by Dean was that he avoid beg drafted for the Korean War by “kissg the medic.” Durg his short life, there were mors that Dean was gay. When asked to discs the matter, he reportedly said, “No, I’m not homosexual, but I am also not gog through life wh one hand tied behd my back.”.

GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

Before we tell you even more about old Hollywood stars who were secretly homosexual, please like this vio and subscribe to our channel for more unique and fascatg stori. He further stated that he had many ‘homosexual experienc’ and that he wasn’t ashamed to adm and that he uldn’t re ls about what others thought of him.

But travelg across the pond to Hollywood changed nothg, as the climate the first half of the twentieth century was still hostile to homosexualy.

MANY SUCCSFUL GAY MARRIAG SHARE AN OPEN SECRET

We mt also be grateful for actors such as Jam Dean, Marlon Brando, and Montgomery Clift who weren’t aaid to be open about homosexualy. 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.

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 .

GAY MARRIAGE

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.

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

But they knew om the begng that their bond would be fed on their own terms, cludg what they ll “play” wh other the trial phase of the nstutnal battle to overturn the Proposn 8 ban on same-sex marriage nclus feral urt, gay nuptials are portrayed by opponents as an effort to rewre the tradnal l of matrimony.

A study to be released next month is offerg a rare glimpse si gay relatnships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many.

HOW OBAMA’S GAY MARRIAGE GAMBLE OPENED HEARTS — AND WALLETS — HOLLYWOOD

And while that may sound untertuive, some experts say boundary-challengg gay relatnships reprent an evolutn marriage — one that might pot the way for the survival of the rearch at San Francis State Universy reveals jt how mon open relatnships are among gay men and lbians the Bay Area. The Gay Coupl Study has followed 556 male upl for three years — about 50 percent of those surveyed have sex outsi their relatnships, wh the knowledge and approval of their nsent is key.

HOLLYWOOD’S ‘GAY CULTURE’ RHAPG AMERI

“Wh straight people, ’s lled affairs or cheatg, ” said Colleen Hoff, the study’s prcipal vtigator, “but wh gay people do not have such negative nnotatns.