All the Openly Gay Male Celebs Who Are Out, Proud & Smok’ Hot – SheKnows

Contents:

• 8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY
• INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+
• FAMO GAY MEN INDIA
• INDIAN GAY CELEBRI WHO CAME OUT AND ARE PROUD OF
• ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
• OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

8 BOLLYWOOD STARS AND INDIAN CELEBRI WHO ARE GAY

Award-wng filmmaker, edor and wrer Apurva Asrani, who is known workg on succsful films like Satya (1998), Shahid (2013) and CyLights (2014), is one of few openly gay men Indian cema. “The largt qutn, I thk, before India is not jt terms of legalisg homosexualy bisexualy or the transgenr muny, is social acceptance…there’s a great difference between the two thgs. Dpe beg the 21st century, discsns around the topic of homosexualy tend to be regrsive as many ntue to look at people wh "different" sexual orientatn as a subject of mockery.

INDIAN CELEBS WHO ARE OPENLY GAY AND PROUD TO BE LGBTQIA+

The recent cint, where a man Delhi had to stand up for the LGBTQIA+ muny after hearg the dience crackg homophobic jok while watchg Badhaai Do, which featur a lbian uple played by Chum Darang and Bhumi READ: 'Fally My Communy Has A Film', Rajkummar Rao's Sister--Law Parnalekha Lds 'Badhaai Do'. Intertgly, Apurva Asrani, who is among the few openly gay men the dtry, opened up about his sexual orientatn back 1998. Makg her directnal but 2005 wh Amu, Shonali is known for litely tacklg subjects around sexualy and spreadg awarens about the LsInstagramShant DivgikarFrom appearg on realy shows to beg crowned Mr Gay India 2014, mol Shant Divgikar has ...

In an terview, the Indian novelist and poet had shared how he wish that homosexuals across the untry would be able to be open about their sexualy and e out.

close01/6Sonam Kapoor, Ayhmann Khurrana, Cela Jaly: 5 Bollywood celebs who champn LGBTQ rightsThe Indian film dtry is slowly but gradually embracg homosexualy on the big screen. Readmore02/6Sonam KapoorShe was amongst the on who were overjoyed when New York legalised gay marriag and also the one who exprsed her anger and disappotment when the Supreme Court ma homosexualy a crime 2013. The actor, who proudly played the character of a gay man ‘Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan’, has been que supportive towards the muny real life too.

FAMO GAY MEN INDIA

He believ that if films normalise same-sex relatnships on the big screen, will help people realise the importance of gay rights.

In an terview wh The Tim of India last year, she'd said, “The realy is that LGBTQIA+ rights, which are universally regnised and agreed upon, are routely beg nied to people jt bee they happen to be – or are assumed to be – gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr or tersex. Readmore06/6Manoj BaayeeManoj Baayee broke barriers wh his performance ‘Aligarh’, which he had played the role of a wronged gay profsor. Thanks to the shownners drivg thentic stori, filmmakers buckg s-old heteronormative paradigms, actors embolned to live more hontly and platforms bankrollg so much of , beg gay, queer, transgenr or any other other has never been more wily embraced the entertament s gural Pri issue, The Hollywood Reporter homed on the talent and makers helpg boost visibily and creatg opportuni for members of the extend LGBTQ muny.

After more than a of Watch What Happens Live Wh Andy Cohen, where he beme the first openly gay host Amerin late night, Bravo's exec turned talent tackl all kds of media (SiriXM show Rad Andy, multiple books), while upliftg and advotg for the LGBTQ muny.

INDIAN GAY CELEBRI WHO CAME OUT AND ARE PROUD OF

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "As much reprentatn as there is, there are very few big gay love stori. Puttg his stamp on The Ln Kg — he played Timon to great acclaim the billn-dollar-earng Disney reboot — the out-and-proud funnyman will next play Matt Ddge  Amerin Crime Story: Impeachment while his upg Judd Apatow-produced feature at Universal is set to be the first gay rom- om a major stud.

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

Creator of the NBC s One Big Happy and her own YouTube talk show This Jt Out, Feldman recently ma her Netflix edy outright queer, as Dead to Me's sophomore season revealed a lead character to be bisexual. I FELT MOST PROUD TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY LAST YEAR WHEN "An openly gay man beme a te ntenr as a printial ndidate. Broadst TV's first openly gay chief exec has ed his new post atop WarnerMedia's direct-to-nsumer bs to she a spotlight.

Lee's sophomore film, perd lbian love story Ammone, starrg Kate Wslet and Saoirse Ronan, is due out late 2020 om Neon. Levy, who -created the show wh dad Eugene, earned legns of admirers fans and crics alike for craftg a same-sex love story a seri that was ee of homophobia. Watchg Rickie Vasquez, a gay character played by an openly gay actor, Wilson Cz, certaly felt like the most hont and rpectful portrayal of a gay teen I had ever seen.

I'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HOLLYWOOD'S LGBTQ REPRESENTATION WHEN "When 'gay actor, ' 'gay director, ' 'gay wrer, ' 'gay story, ' et cetera, are no longer labels even worth mentng. In addn to speakg, and sgg, publicly about his own gay relatnships, Platt plays bi on The Polician — acuntg for several of the seri' many entangled LGBTQ romanc.

OUT AND PROUD: FAMO INDIAN PERSONALI WHO ARE OPENLY GAY

The Pose star beme the first openly gay black man to w the dramatic lead actor Emmy 2019, the year he turned heads for butg genr-ntral red rpet looks. The show will leave a legacy of thentic pictns of sexualy — cludg scen volvg gay character Lnel (DeRon Horton), moled after Simien himself.

The 'gay black spir' driv so much popular culture, through slang, mic, fashn, meme culture, dance and all manners of 'the arts.

' Yet, is still all too rare to fd — or produce Hollywood — stori where the humany of gay black men is not qutn, but is a given and is central to the story.