Sir Ian McKellen, famo for his rol Lord of the Rgs and the X-Men anchise, is openly gay, has been an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights and has spoken ndidly about his sexualy for the last 30 years.
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- SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’
- SIR IAN MCKELLEN SAYS G OUT AS GAY IMPROVED HIS LIFE AND WORK
- IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND
- HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’
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Sir Ian McKellen on Hollywood’s LGBTQ Incln Problem: ‘Gay Men Don’t Exist’. Sir Ian McKellen, famo for his rol Lord of the Rgs and the X-Men anchise, is openly gay, has been an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights and has spoken ndidly about his sexualy for the…. Sir Ian McKellen, famo for his rol Lord of the Rgs and the X-Men anchise, is openly gay, has been an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights and has spoken ndidly about his sexualy for the last 30 years.
The Brish actor was recently asked about his thoughts on the fact that Dumbledore, a character he is often mistaken for havg played the Harry Potter anchise, will not be directly referred to as gay the upg sp-off film Fantastic Beasts: The Crim of Grlwald.
“Gay men don’t exist, ” he said. “Gods and Monsters, I thk, was the begng of Hollywood admtg that there were gay people knockg around, even though half of Hollywood is gay.
SIR IAN MCKELLEN SAYS G OUT AS GAY IMPROVED HIS LIFE AND WORK
The actor also discsed the fact that he was once nied a role due to the fact that he was gay. “I said, “I don’t have a fay, I’m gay.
(Dave Bet/WireImage)Sir Ian McKellen has said g out as gay improved both his relatnships and his work as he "wasn't hidg anymore" X-Men star opened up about his sexualy 1988, when he was his 40s. (Joel C Ryan/Invisn/AP)The Lord Of The Rgs actor said when he was younger there was the worry that if he had said he was gay he “uld have risked beg prosecuted” he said now ’s out the open he never stops talkg about , jokg that he’s "makg up for lost time" Ian McKellen is on Jonathan Ross's show.
(Keh Mayhew / SOPA Imag/Sipa USA)Sir Ian first nfirmed his sexualy durg a chat on the rad 33 years 2018 he celebrated the 30th anniversary of that moment by tweetg: “I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg more: Lord Of The Rgs and The Hobb st members lnch mpaign to buy Tolkien's home"Life at last begs to make sense, when you are open and hont. I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg myself.
IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND
Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly said I was gay. — Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) January 27, 2018"Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly said I was gay. McKellen kept his sexualy secret — only g out as gay at the age of 49 bee he wanted to advote for the LGBTQ muny.
"I didn't really know who I was — a closeted gay, " McKellen, the 80-year-old star of the new film The Good Liar, tells thor Gary O'Connor, while reflectg on his time at Cambridge Universy. "I enjoyed disguisg myself as a closeted gay boy. But he didn't discs the fact publicly bee, for most of his life, homosexualy was illegal or crimalized England.
(The Sexual Offenc Act of 1967 was the first gay law reform bill to pass centuri, but the crimalizatn of homosexualy ntued the U. Beyond fear of the law, O'Connor explas that McKellen also worried that gog public as a gay man would negatively impact his reer. 's Sectn 28 legislatn, which was created "to make illegal for lol thori to 'promote homosexualy' or give money or assistance to anybody who did.
HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
"When [Peregre] said somethg particularly nasty about gay people, I said I'm one of them myself, " McKellen told The New York Tim 2015, jt after the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage the U. Nelly Supports Lil Nas X After Rapper Came Out as Gay: 'I Compliment Him on His Courage'. McKellen's openns about his inty as a gay man has not only propelled his advocy, but also his reer.
Ian McKellan is not only a cultural in but also a gay in, havg lived openly as a gay man sce 1988, pavg the way for other gay entertaers who were still the closet. 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.
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.