Ian McKellen | Wrgs | Activism | A Gay Gandalf

Contents:

• IS GANDALF GAY? 'HOBB' STAR IAN MCKELLAN DE-SPELLS THE RUMORS
• IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?
• IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY
• SIR IAN MCKELLEN: 'COMG OUT AS GAY WAS THE BT THG I EVER DID'
• WAS GANDALF THE GREY GANDALF THE GAY?
• GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN
• 15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"
• THE-LUDWIG/GANDALF-THE-GAY
• GANDALF/MAGO ACTOR IAN MCKELLEN: “ALL GAY MEN SHOULD BE TRANS ALLI"

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

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.

IS GANDALF, FROM 'THE HOBB' GAY?

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.

IS GANDALF GAY? EXPLORG THE WIZARD’S SEXUALY

The actor prefers to keep the qutn open-end and even stated an terview, “Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay?

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

” 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.

Although McKellen never nsired Gandalf gay, he did state the possibily that the wizard may be asexual. '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. 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.

WAS GANDALF THE GREY GANDALF THE GAY?

‘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. He was the vanguard of openly gay artists and November 1990, Margaret Thatcher remend him for a knighthood.

GANDALF THE GAY? IT’S POSSIBLE, SAYS MCKELLEN

‘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. 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. Meanwhile, openly gay poet WH Aun, once said: “No fictn I have read the last five years has given me more joy.

15 JANUARY 2000 | "A GAY GANDALF"

‘Who’s to say Gandalf isn’t gay?

THE-LUDWIG/GANDALF-THE-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).

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

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. 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.?