20 Straight Characters We Didn't Know Were Openly Gay In Real Life

Contents:

• 20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE
• ‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS
• ‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY
• CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?
• IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?
• THE REAL LIV OF GAY MEN
• 10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG
• ‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE
• TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

20 STRAIGHT CHARACTERS WE DIDN'T KNOW WERE OPENLY GAY IN REAL LIFE

"When I was younger I thought I was straight, bee I was more attracted to women, and I didn't know there were more optns bis gay and straight. In a now-leted tweet that was screenshotted by celebry gossip and news se The Jasme Brand and posted to Instagram, the 45-year-old crooner, who is bt known for his early '90s classics like "Can We Talk" and "I'm Ready, " reportedly nfirmed that he is gay to a fan.

"My mom keeps tellg me Luther Vandross, Teddy Penrgrass, and Tev Campbell were gay, " the fan's tweet read, to which Campbell simply quote-tweeted and said, "Tev is, " acpanied by the rabow flag and sunglass emojis. Then Augt, durg an terview wh People Magaze's Every Day podst, the R&B star remisced about his s-long reer the mic/entertament dtry so far, while also givg listeners a rare glimpse to his personal life and nfirmg that he do intify as a gay man. The edian, actor, and star of the NBC's The Carmichael Show me out as gay April durg his HBO Max edy show Rothaniel.

And the secret is that I'm gay. The popular and credibly private vio game streamer, who is most known for playg Mecraft and for streamg on Twch, me out an April Twter Q&A wh his followers when he was asked by a fan what his favore moment the gay, romantic, teen Netflix seri Heartstopper was. ""For those nfed basilly I gus I am technilly unlabeled as the way I have kda always gone around life jt beg attracted to whoever I am attracted to jt so happens that most of them le up wh a 'certa type' you uld say, " he later clarified, sayg that he is "okay wh the gay label.

‘SHAMELS’: ARE IAN AND MICKEY GAY REAL LIFE? A LOOK AT THEIR OFF-SCREEN RELATNSHIPS

Vcent Wang -- the popular, UK-based League of Legends ports player better known by his streamg name Bost -- publicly me out as gay a May Twter statement. "I'm gay, " he wrote.

At the age of 8, I was bombard wh homophobic and sexist remarks at home. I was hyper-nsc of how I should act and tried not to act or sound 'gay, ' but I was still nstantly bullied for .

"He ntued: "The gamg dtry is rampant wh sexism, prejudice, and homophobia. Though the pop sger has been open about her sexualy for years ( 2019 she told Attu that she was bisexual and an open relatnship), she took to Instagram June to celebrate Pri Month and to talk even further about her sexualy, remdg everyone that she is, fact, a queer in who is "not gay and not straight.

‘BROS’ STAR LE MACFARLANE TALKS MASCULY AND GAY INTY

"I'm not gay.

The Brish distance swimmer and Olympian publicly me out as gay June after petg at the World Champnships Budapt.

"Now is a good time for me bee the Commonwealth Gam is a month's time, and there's gog to be a lot of people watchg that, and there are so many untri the Commonwealth where beg gay is illegal. Popular ntent creator and YouTuber Adam Beal me out as gay a July vio posted to his channel.

CAMERON MONAGHAN PLAYS AN OPENLY GAY MAN ON 'SHAMELS,' BUT IS HE IRL?

I'm Gay... I've been out and kissed many gay men, kissed many straight women, and kissed many gay women. That's probably why I love gog to all the gay bars Sydney as well.

Mor League baseball player publicly me out as gay an emotnal Augt Instagram post.

The 25-year-old athlete and former Richmond Flyg Squirrels player revealed to his fans and followers that while he is no longer playg for the team, which is part of the San Francis Giants system, he is thankful for the time he had and isn't givg up on his love of baseball, pecially as an out, gay man. "Beg gay this sport, you don't know what at you! "He ntued:"I'm still gog to open up doors for gay athlet like me.

IS MICHAEL CIMO GAY? WHO IS HE DATG?

Gay men n play a manly sport if you give a chance to. The Asie Olympic gold medalist and gby player me out as a trans man an Augt vio for the Bgham Cup's Internatnal Summ Tacklg Transphobia and Homophobia Sport event. "He ntued: "Everyone [kept] tellg me that I'm gay, and I'm like, seven.

The Sttish pro footballer and Gala Fairyan Rovers player publicly me out as gay a September terview posted to his football club's official webse. "I put a post on my social media tellg folk I was gay, " he said of the cisn.

THE REAL LIV OF GAY MEN

"I thk 's so tired [to ask for labels]: 'I'm gay, ' 'I'm bi, ' 'I'm straight. In the past, celebri who were gay would tend to keep to themselv, not wantg their personal life aired out for the public to have an opn on. Here are 20 straight characters who were played by actors so amazgly, we didn’t know they’re gay real life.

Mart has been open about beg gay sce the 2000s. Knight officially me out of the closet when was revealed that a star lled him a homophobic slur. In 2007, Miller actually nied the fact that he was gay InStyle magaze and didn’t e out of the closet until 2013.

Zachary Quto is known for playg the famo character of Spock the Star Trek reboots and while his character is straight, Quto himself me out as gay 2011 and before then was an active supporter of gay rights and gay anizatns.

10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

In 2015, he was honored by the Pot Foundatn for beg a “trailblazer” the gay muny.

Guillermo Diaz, the actor who played Huck has been openly gay his entire reer Hollywood. He was named one of OUT magaze’s “100 most fluential gay, lbian, bisexual, or transgenr people” 2013. Not a lot of people know that Robert Reed, who played the famo Mike Brady The Brady Bunch, was gay real life.

‘WILL & GRACE’ FANS ARE STILL UNSURE IF ERIC MCCORMACK IS GAY REAL LIFE

They are NOT there to 'act gay' bee 'actg gay' is a bunch of s for a performance. In real life, Ts Burgs, who's openly gay and om the Deep South, has ed his platform to fight for LGBTQ+ rights, and won the GLAAD Gala Atlanta's Lol Hero award 2017. A lot of the time, someone will e out as gay and ’s about the g-out story and then they’re gay.

Chris Colfer – who's openly gay – said that he received letters om both teen viewers and their parents, and that the show's storyl have "really helped a lot of progrs get ma that area. Payton has dramatic relatnships wh both his polics rival River and his long-term girliend Astrid, and openly gay Ben Platt said that: “no one is ee om the queerns, really, on the show.

Fans have wonred: Is Cameron Monaghan gay?

TOM HOLLAND’S GAY SEX SCENE SETS SOCIAL MEDIA ALIGHT AFTER THE ACTOR SAID PLAYG THE ROLE ‘BROKE HIM’

Ian Gallagher actor Cameron Monaghan has never dated his on-screen love tert Noel Fisher and is not gay real life. Now, more than a later, the actor will make his theatril film but — the first-ever gay rom- om a major stud (the ma st is entirely ma up of LGBTQ actors). He stars Universal’s Bros, om Billy Eichner (also the first openly gay man to -wre and star his own major stud film) and director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors).

Their meet-cute happens at a gay club, where a shirtls, ripped, baseball-hatted Aaron mak cheeky nversatn wh the phy and perennially sgle-on-purpose Bobby. “When I first read the Bros script, I really nnected wh Aaron on the ia of, where do his masculy f to the gay spectm?

Macfarlane says he me of age, and to the bs, at a time when gay men felt the ways which they were allowed to exprs themselv, and search for succs, were very narrow.