Today when Empire star Jsie Smollett nfimed that he is gay on The Ellen Show, he joed a long list of gay Black celebri who are out of the closet and lovg .
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GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
GLAAD’s 2018 Stud Rponsibily Report found that of the 109 films GLAAD unted om the major studs 2017, 14 of them (roughly 13%) ntaed characters intified as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and/or queer.
8%) were intified as gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and/or queer. And “Black Dtschland, ” wrten by Darryl Pckney (read here), is an credible novel that featur a gay black protagonist, which we uld e more of. Today when Empire star Jsie Smollett nfimed that he is gay on The Ellen Show, he joed a long list of gay Black celebri who are out of the closet and lovg .
The arc of RuPl’s succsful entertament reer has traced the movement of gay culture om the shadows to mastream pop culture. He once told Out magaze about the adversy he faced om his father and his peers for beg “aware of his femy” and his own past experienc wh homophobia to shape many of the story l his work. Michael Sam ma history as the first openly gay football player llege and later the NFL.