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ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more. * first openly gay celebrity *

There are a ton of betiful men Hollywood, but Tsel Town’s gay ele are some of the most exceptnal bee there’s nothg sexier than owng and lovg who you are. “We wouldn’t be where we are today whout all the gay artists that have e before and broken down so many barriers. There is this very sid sual homophobia that exists the fabric of everythg, cludg the mic dtry.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE COACH TO COME OUT AS GAY MAJOR U.S. SPORTS

* first openly gay celebrity *

Czech soccer player Jakub Jankto ma history as the first active ternatnal soccer player to publicly e out as gay.

Colman Domgo has been openly gay for pretty much his whole life, and even met his hband of nearly a Rl Domgo on Craigslist. Former NBA player Jason Colls beme “the first openly gay man to play one of the four major profsnal team sports, ” per Stacker. Hairstylist to the stars Chris Appleton, who reportedly jt got married to You star Las Gage, is proud to be gay, but he didn’t e out until later life.

“Some people know straight away, I didn’t and took me a mute to unrstand that and accept that and then e out, ” he told longtime iend and client Kim Kardashian for Gay Tim. My So Called Life alum Wilson Cz was the first openly gay actor to play an openly gay teen on primetime TV, makg history 1994. Though David Rose Scht’s Creek is pansexual, Dan Levy intifi as gay, and his parents are jt as ol wh .

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTS SOCIAL STUDI TEXTBOOKS THAT CLU GAY RIGHTS AFTER WARNGS OM ERNOR

A Southern California school board on Friday adopted a social studi curriculum that clus gay rights that was approved by parents and teachers after ially rejectg . * first openly gay celebrity *

Talkg to Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen  2020, Dan said that his parents, fellow actor and star Eugene Levy and Deborah Dive, knew Dan was gay before he me out. Andrew Stt, known for his role as the “hot prit” Fleabag, is another smokg hot Hollywood gay celeb. Back 2004, Brown ma history as the first openly gay Black man a realy show  The Real World: Philalphia.

” “We have to show up for each other, bee there’s still young trans, nonbary, gay, lbian, pan, bisexual people who are artists that are not gettg their opportuni, ” he told Out Magaze. “For me personally, I’ve never really had a label for myself, ” the chef, who recently got engaged to longtime partner Kev Harrgton, told the Gay Tim. Former The Bachelor lead Colton Unrwood me out as gay on Good Morng Ameri  April 2021, a year after his 2020 breakup wh Cassie Randolph, whom he met on the show, and to whom he apologized this new terview for the ighteng behavr that led her to file a rtrag orr agast him after their spl.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen, assistant ach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, is the first openly gay ach of a U.S. men’s profsnal league sport * first openly gay celebrity *

“I’ve ran om myself for a long time and I’ve hated myself for a long time, and I’m gay, ” Unrwood told GMA‘s Rob Roberts.

Former Arrow star Colton Hayn addrsed his sexualy 2016 after his rponse to a Tumblr post htg at a “gay past” went viral. Atralian sger and actor Troye Sivan me out as gay to his fans 2013 via YouTube vio, and he’s been open about what ’s like navigatg fame as a young gay man ever sce.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. His announcement is a first for a male ach a major U.S.-based profsnal league. * first openly gay celebrity *

Acrdg to Playbill, Log Cab, “a tight-kn group of gays and lbians nsirs the new mastream through the ey of their transgenr iend. Sir Ian McKellen has been openly gay and an activist sce the '80s, and he says g out ma him both a better person and a better actor.

“Don’t let anybody torture you for beg gay or for your sexualy, ” he said, “If you’re unhappy at home, leave. Though the 2019 mic vio for his song “Ease My Md” was the first time Ben Platt went public about beg gay, he said he wasn’t hidg before.

GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT

In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out. * first openly gay celebrity *

Barry Manilow, the mic in behd “Mandy” and “Copabana, ” is out and proud to be gay, but wasn’t always like this. “Worst se scenar, which is what happened to me, is havg people say, ‘Well, you like Michelle Branch, so you mt be gay.

"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.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH COACH COM OUT AS GAY IN A FIRST FOR U.S.-BASED PRO LEAGU

Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * first openly gay celebrity *

The edian, actor, and star of the NBC's The Carmichael Show me out as gay April durg his HBO Max edy show Rothaniel. 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. 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 was hyper-nsc of how I should act and tried not to act or sound 'gay, ' but I was still nstantly bullied for .

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.

HOLLYWOOD’S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE

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. 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.

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. 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.

Mayer, the famo head of MGM stud which had Ha unr ntract, mand that Ha marry a woman and nounce beg a homosexual the prs.

ATHLET WHO ARE GAY

Instead, he beme an terr rator for stars like Joan Crawford, makg him the envy of every gay rator that has ever lived (and there have been a few).

He was fired by the stud and, while he did outreach work for the gay muny, never had steady actg work aga (although he eventually started a rpet cleang bs). Ined, thgs did get better for gay Hollywood ele, even if some felt they had to qualify their sexual preference orr to be accepted the dtry.

Layg the groundwork for other micians to be as gay as they wanna be, Elton John me out as bisexual a 1976 terview wh Rollg Stone.

GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)

But as we all know, Elton turned out to be “bi now, gay later, ” and only admted he was, fact, homosexual after divorcg wife Renate Blel 1988.

While there have been many trailblazers to make safe for gay actors to live and work openly, we all really have Billy Ha to thank, who ma a very tough cisn back when had very difficult nsequenc.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* FIRST OPENLY GAY CELEBRITY

Jaguars' Kev Maxen First Male Coach to Come Out as Gay U.S. Sports .

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