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iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2,000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight. Which prents a real problem when to discrimatn: Where do you draw the le?

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3, 183, 279 views | iO Tillett Wright • TEDxWomen 2012iO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Most people, turns out, nsir themselv to exist the gray areas of sexualy, not 100% gay or straight.

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IO Tillett Wright has photographed 2, 000 people who nsir themselv somewhere on the LGBTQ spectm -- and asked many of them: Can you assign a percentage to how gay or straight you are? Matt Bomer isn't right for Christian Grey bee he is openly gay. Can an openly gay actor nvcgly portray a straight character on screen?

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In 2010, Newsweek wrer Ram Setooh igned a furor when he explaed that he uldn't appreciate Sean Hay' performance the play Promis, Promis, primarily bee "'s weird seeg [the openly gay] Hay play straight. " In 2009, Rupert Everett was so trated by Hollywood's abily to see anythg past his own sexualy that he urged young gay actors to stay the closet if they wanted to enjoy any real mastream succs.

"It means that we've moved beyond stereotyp and that gay is hot…" I uldn't image a more misguid terpretatn of that feedback. Another explanatn: women are not threatened by the ia of gay men.

Apparently, that male illn is plited when the man portrayg that hero is gay.

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" Unrstandg Ellis' reactn is important to appreciatg the hypocrisy when the on-screen sexual orientatn scenar is reversed: Was Tom Hanks ls believable playg a gay man Philalphia bee the dience uldn't rolve the role wh his real-life marriage to Ra Wilson? Perhaps the reason they were accepted proment gay rol and generoly honored for dog so is bee, ep down, there's homophobic ridue that exists even the most enlightened du's psyche that is reassured by the realy that those actors are "jt pretendg" to be gay.

IO Tillett Wright: Fifty shas of gay. As she reveals today’s bold talk, while marriage was far om her md 2008 when California’s Proposn 8 sparked a natnal bate over gay marriage, the nversatn still stck her like a punch.

Tillett Wright had an ia: uld she photographilly troduce people agast the ia of gay marriage to the vast number of people the Uned State who nsir themselv somewhere along the LBGTQ spectm? Jodi’s fay disowned her when they found out she was gay. But on his release form he put down “100% GAY”, and we all had to eat our stereotyp.

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Brian tght me so much about how stereotyp of gay men as effemate are a bunch of naive hogwash. They pulled me asi and told me how important was that people know you n have a strong relatnship wh God, and still be gay.

I thought that took tremendo urage, not only to be openly gay a state like Tennsee, but to take on the relig battle as well. Chip was the only skateboarr who had ever e to be photographed, which kicked off a really tertg discsn about homophobia wh the macho world of skateboardg, and how we uld all help to rce .

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