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Contents:
- WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
- MEET THE ALL-STAR, ALL-GAY ST OF BROADWAY'S UPG REVIVAL OF THE BOYS THE BAND
- JSE WILLIAMS WEIGHS ON BEG A STRAIGHT MAN PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER BROADWAY'S TAKE ME OUT
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
More than a year before the Stonewall rts changed the face of gay activism the U.S., Mart Crowley put homosexualy center stage 1968’s The Boys the * gay theater actress *
” Of his character, Elijah, he told New York Magaze 2012: “As a gay man, I thk there’s a rponsibily to show a fully realized person, so even though Elijah might not be the the bt person the world, I want to make him as fully flhed out and human as possible.
The actor and “Billy on the Street” creator has been publicly queer sce his early stand-up days, appearg a show at Joe’s Pub lled “Billy Eichner: Gay, Whe, and Terrified! ” He played a fictnalized versn of himself on “Difficult People” (also gay), but “Billy on the Street” fans should know any man who is that obssed wh Meryl Streep is probably a homosexual. Broadway and “Call Me Kat” star Cheyenne Jackson has been openly gay for the majory of his reer, and married his hband 2014.
MEET THE ALL-STAR, ALL-GAY ST OF BROADWAY'S UPG REVIVAL OF THE BOYS THE BAND
“Teen Wolf” and “Arrow” star Colton Hayn revealed he was gay a 2016 terview wh Entertament Weekly, statg that he was advised to hi his sexualy by entertament profsnals to further his reer.
JSE WILLIAMS WEIGHS ON BEG A STRAIGHT MAN PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER BROADWAY'S TAKE ME OUT
“Scht’s Creek” creator Dan Levy lled himself a member of the LGBTQ muny a 2015 terview, and said he was “obvly gay” a 2020 terview wh Andy Cohen. After years as a gay in, Elvira portrayer Cassandra Peterson revealed her 2021 memoir that she was queer and had been a relatnship wh another woman for 20 years. In 2010, after years of playg the bad guy, he jumped to his role as a gay nurse on NBC’s short-lived medil drama, “Mercy.