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Contents:

• SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
• IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
• IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
• IAN MCKELLEN: GANDALF ISN’T GAY
• HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
• IAN MCKELLEN: 'WHY HAS NO OPENLY GAY MAN EVER WON THE BT ACTOR OSR?'
• GANDALF (IAN MCKELLEN): ‘HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY’
• GANDALF/MAGO ACTOR IAN MCKELLEN: “ALL GAY MEN SHOULD BE TRANS ALLI"
• GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
• 15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"
• IS GANDALF GAY

SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'

'Comg out as gay was the bt thg I ever did': Gandalf star and theatre legend Ian McKellen on his bravt cisn By Bob Flynn The rich, ronant voice fills the room, flowg like vtage we om a crystal nter.

IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS

A lateer to the big screen, gay activist and natnal treasure, he first found mastream fame as the mutant villa Mago the X-Men films. ‘They’ve ma so many social advanc, wh women at the top ernment for a long time, and they got rid of their gay laws long before . ’McKellen has been a high-profile mpaigner for gay rights sce he me out, at 49, durg a BBC rad terview.

IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY

He was the vanguard of openly gay artists and November 1990, Margaret Thatcher remend him for a knighthood. ‘In the Fifti and Sixti, the life of a gay man was a secret.

Homosexualy was illegal, so you didn’t draw attentn to yourself.

IAN MCKELLEN: GANDALF ISN’T GAY

But g out is the bt thg I ever did and I’ve never met a gay person who didn’t thk the same. ‘Even now there are young actors who want reers as romantic leadg men and the bt thg is not to reveal you’re gay.

’But spe of all the offers, he has never been tempted to move there and has lived the same Victorian hoe Limehoe, London’s East End, for 30 year, apart om ntug wh the Hobb saga and a new X-Men film, McKellen -stars wh Derek Jabi Vic, a TV edy seri about a bickerg gay uple sharg a flat London — the first time they have acted together sce spe a long reer filled wh aclas, McKellen’s greatt thrill was appearg Coronatn Street 2005. But is Gandalf gay? Based on the books alone, people n safely assume that Gandalf is not gay.

However, ’s also possible that Tolkien simply left out any sexual implitns sce was emed appropriate, pecially homosexualy, which was still illegal the U. The actor prefers to keep the qutn open-end and even stated an terview, “Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay?

HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN

” It’s important to note that McKellen himself intifi as gay and has been out sce 1988. No, Gandalf is not gay, but he may be nsired asexual.

IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?

Although McKellen never nsired Gandalf gay, he did state the possibily that the wizard may be asexual. Ian McKellen says sexualy isn’t part of Gandalf’s make-up (Picture: Warner Bros)Sir Ian McKellen has revealed that he don’t thk his Hobb character Gandalf is gay. Meanwhile, openly gay poet WH Aun, once said: “No fictn I have read the last five years has given me more joy.

IAN MCKELLEN: 'WHY HAS NO OPENLY GAY MAN EVER WON THE BT ACTOR OSR?'

‘Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay? When McKellen filmed the movi he was the only openly gay st member – but over the past two s more of the actors have e out cludg The Hobb stars Lee Pace (Elven Kg Thranduil) and Le Evans (Bard the Bowman).

In an terview wh The Tim he said: “When I beme Gandalf, I thk I was the only gay member of the st.

“Now there are two gay dwarfs. There’s a gay elf.

GANDALF (IAN MCKELLEN): ‘HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY’

There are six openly gay actors.

Who’s to say that Gandalf isn’t gay anyway? There was also the hugely popular LiveJournal satiril fanfictn The Very Secret Diari om 2001-2003 which clud several gay relatnships.?

Although is not yet clear how much LGBTQ+ reprentatn the new seri will have, if any, early reviews dite elf Elrond, played by Robert Aramayo, may be gay.

GANDALF/MAGO ACTOR IAN MCKELLEN: “ALL GAY MEN SHOULD BE TRANS ALLI"

Gay men don’t exist, ” Ian McKellen said.

The 78-year-old actor, famo for his rol the Lord of the Rgs X-Men seri, is openly gay and has been an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights.

GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN

In an terview wh Time Out, McKellen was asked about the ntroversy surroundg the cisn not to show the young Dumbledore as “explicly gay” the upg Fantastic Beasts and Where to Fd Them sequel. Gay men don’t exist, ” McKellen replied. The actor creded 1998 film Gods and Monsters, which he starred as director Jam Whale, as beg the “begng of Hollywood admtg that there were gay people knockg around, even though half of Hollywood is gay.

15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"

”McKellen, who revealed his sexualy publicly a BBC Rad terview 30 years ago, relled he was once nied a role bee he was a homosexual. “I said, ‘I don’t have a fay, I’m gay’.

Sir Ian McKellen, who plays Gandalf the Grey "The Hobb: Dolatn of Smg, " discs whether the wizard may or may not be gay, this excerpt om a nversatn wh WSJ's Barbara Chai.

McKellen also starred the televisn edy Vic (2013–16), which he and Derek Jabi played a snipg but ultimately lovg gay uple.

IS GANDALF GAY

McKellen, who was homosexual, was a noted gay rights activist. Ian McKellen, the veteran Brish actor who found global fame through the Lord of the Rgs movi, has utned that homophobia is as much of an issue among Amy voters as racism.

“No openly gay man has ever won the Osr; I wonr if that is prejudice or chance, ” he said, wh the implitn that he felt tend towards the Hanks, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Sean Penn have all won bt actor Osrs for playg gay men. “My speech has been two jackets … ‘I’m proud to be the first openly gay man to w the Osr.