Half of Hollywood is gay, says Ian McKellan, who was nied rol bee of his sexual orientatn | Hollywood - Hdtan Tim

Contents:

• IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN SAYS G OUT AS GAY IMPROVED HIS LIFE AND WORK
• IAN MCKELLEN REVEALS HE NEVER GOT TO TELL HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY
• HALF OF HOLLYWOOD IS GAY, SAYS IAN MCKELLAN, WHO WAS NIED ROL BEE OF HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN REGRETS NOT G OUT AS GAY TO HIS DAD: ‘THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JUDGEMENT’
• IAN MCKELLEN FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’

IS IAN MCKELLEN GAY? RELATNSHIP WH PATRICK STEWART, WHO IS THE HBAND

Sir Ian McKellen CH, CBE, AKA Gandalf, AKA Mago, AKA six-time Olivier Award wner and all-round Brish stutn, has posted a celebratory tweet markg the 30th anniversary of g out as Saturday morng, Sir Ian, 78, tweeted: “I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg myself. Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly [sic] said I was gay.

”I’ve never met a gay person who regretted g out – cludg myself. Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly said I was gay.

twterThe acclaimed Brish actor and LGBTQ+ activist first publicly said he was gay on 27 January 1988 durg a BBC Rad 3 discsn on the ntroversial Sectn 28 of the Lol Government Bill 1988 that prevented lol thori om “tentnally promot[g] homosexualy or publish[g] material wh the tentn of promotg homosexualy" whether he would like to see Sectn 28 abolished, Sir Ian replied: “I certaly would.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN SAYS G OUT AS GAY IMPROVED HIS LIFE AND WORK

It’s offensive to anyone who is - like myself - homosexual, apart om the whole bs of what n and nnot be tght to children. ”Others tweeted about their support for LGBTQ+ fay one person uldn't rist uploadg a clip of Gandalf dog a celebratory year, the actor reflected on his youth as a gay man livg secrecy a short film that featured an exhibn on queer Brish art at London’s Tate Bra.

“There was no qutn of beg out of the closet, the sense of beg hont about one’s sexualy on all ocsns bee you would ve the police to arrt you, ” he said, referrg to a time before the crimalisatn of homosexualy 1967.

IAN MCKELLEN REVEALS HE NEVER GOT TO TELL HIS PARENTS HE WAS GAY

“Gay people, homosexuals, nducted their liv as secretly as possible. It might've been taken down or had s privacy settgs Ian said that one of the reasons he now speaks out about beg gay is so that today’s young people n fully enjoy their sexualy.

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. (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.

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

(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.

— Ian McKellen (@IanMcKellen) January 27, 2018"Today is the 30th anniversary of the BBC rad discsn when I publilly said I was gay.

April 1988Gay Tim. London Gay Pri 1993Wh former Amerin soldiers Clifford Krapf and Perry Watks. New York Gay Pri (Stonewall): Angela Mason, Stephen Fry, Mart Sherman, Ian McKellen, Mig Kimpton.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN REGRETS NOT G OUT AS GAY TO HIS DAD: ‘THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO JUDGEMENT’

1994South Ai Gay Pri March; the UK ntgent: Greg Doran, Antony Sher, Ian McKellen, Sean Mathias, Johannberg (home ma banner by Tony Sher & Ian). 1995Ian McKellen, Phumzile Mtetwa (General Secretary of ILGA), Print Nelson Manla, and the late gay rights lear Simon Tseko Nkoli at ANC Headquarters Johannburg, South Ai.

2 December 2000: Ian McKellen and Peter Jackson addrs a backyard gatherg of gay activists, Wellgton; Photo by Keh Stern. Michael Cashman and Ian McKellen celebratg 10th anniversary of FFLAG (Friends and Fay of Lbians and Gays) Birmgham, wh Leicter Parents Betty, Kath, and Jenny.

IAN MCKELLEN FENDS STRAIGHT ACTORS PLAYG GAY ROL

20 June 2008Wh lears of UK Lbian Gay Immigratn Group: Er Power, Barry O Leary, Ben Summerskill, Sebastian Roc. As patron I support other gay groups. anti-gay remarks, jok, etc.

Lbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgenr Pri para San Francis,. Gay & Lbian Friend Helple Glouctershire. Ian McKellen has revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was actor, 81, has been open to the public about his sexualy sce 1988 but sadly lost his mother Margery at age 12 and his father Denis when he was 22.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN ON HOLLYWOOD’S LGBTQ INCLN PROBLEM: ‘GAY MEN DON’T EXIST’

Fay: Ian McKellen has revealed he never got the chance to tell his parents he was gay as they both passed away when he was youngAsked by Jonathan if he was close wh his parents, Ian said: 'As close as you n be when your mother di at 12 and dad di when you're 22.

'Never told them I was gay for example. " Ian said of his parents: 'Never told them I was gay for example. But I remember them wh nothg but pleasure''That was my dilemma when I was a kid, if I'd said I was openly gay I uld have risked beg prosecuted.