Gay Hollywood: 45 Out and Proud LGBT Stars (Photos) - TheWrap

Contents:

• WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
• ISAIAH WASHGTON, FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY ACTOR: “EVERYTHG FELL APART” AFTER GAY SLUR SNDAL
• 17 GAY SEX SNDALS THAT ROCKED AMERIN POLICS
• GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
• MEXI'S MOST FAMO GAY SNDAL SPOTLIGHTED A CENTURY LATER, NETFLIX MOVIE

WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET

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ISAIAH WASHGTON, FORMER GREY’S ANATOMY ACTOR: “EVERYTHG FELL APART” AFTER GAY SLUR SNDAL

Craig plead guilty to disorrly nduct but ntued to publicly ny beg gay or hookg up wh men -- which only prompted a number of gay men and male sex workers to e forward wh more salac stori. He eventually rigned om the Senate after Mt Romney's 2008 printial mpaign threw him unr the b (and then "backed up and ran over me aga") and Washgton watchdog groups began to qutn whether he'd vlated the Senate Rul of the GOP's culture wars ragg more tensely than ever unr Print Tmp's learship, would be fascatg to take another look at this polil sndal and how gay policians are perceived Washgton.

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This ma him Ameri's first openly gay ernor, but also ed him to rign his post was hardly the only sndal that beiged his ernorship, however -- he was also lked to Jared Khner's father Charl Khner, who took revenge on his brother--law by payg a prostute $10, 000 to lure him to a hotel room and have sex wh him, then sent the tape om a hidn mera to his sister. No list of gay sndals would be plete whout Mark Foley, a nservative "fay valu" polin wh a long rerd of antigay legislatn who got ught sendg appropriate msag to teenage boys. If he did what Rapp scribed, “would have been eply appropriate dnken behavr”, he also formally me out as gay the same statement on Sunday night – a move that outraged LGBT activists and actors, who said was a cel flectn that ed harm by lkg his sexualy to an allegatn of child abe, fuelg the homophobic myth that gay men are some, the Spacey ntroversy has been a paful remr that young gay actors n be particularly vulnerable to mistreatment – and that fluential men wield their power to abe both men and women.

17 GAY SEX SNDALS THAT ROCKED AMERIN POLICS

”Rapp, an openly gay actor known for his role the origal st of the mil Rent, said he was pelled to speak out followg the avalanche of harassment and rape allegatns agast movie producer Harvey Weste, whose behavr has been lled an “open secret”. Sexual harassment of gay men the dtry is “rampant”, she said, addg, “It’s as ser a problem as is wh women. ”Rapp’s story has sparked bate about whether sexual harassment and even childhood abe of men are also open secrets Cz, a gay actor who plays Rapp’s love tert Star Trek, recently spoke about sexual harassment at a Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) awards event, sayg “olr gentlemen” ma offers when he was young, addg, “I did not take them up on , but was unfortable.

”Gay actor Charlie Carver, known for The Leftovers and Teen Wolf, allud to his own experienc at the same event, sayg, “I’m not a stranger to . )Allred said n be pecially difficult for gay actors Hollywood to e forward wh harassment claims if they are not open about their sexualy. ”The Walt Disney Company, one of the world’s biggt media and entertament empir, pris self on a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) iendly culture.

But today s reputatn for clivy and tolerance is unr scty – as are s ep ti to the polil tablishment and the lack of LGBTQ reprentatn s ’s workers have been stagg walkouts prott at chief executive Bob Chapek’s lackltre rponse to Florida legislatn dubbed “don’t say gay”.

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

But their prejudic were laid bare by a tweet om Christa Phaw, prs secretary for Florida’s ernor, Ron DeSantis, that said: “The bill that liberals accurately ll ‘don’t say gay’ would be more accurately scribed as an anti-groomg bill. It has been nmned as “hateful” by Joe Bin and other Democrats who argue that monis LGBTQ, prs secretary of the LGBTQ rights anisatn Equaly Florida and a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shootg 2016, says: “The ‘don’t say gay bill’ was dubbed that by the muny bee is a bigoted, very specifilly anti-LGBTQ piece of legislatn signed to censor classroom speech about our muny.

Photograph: Chris Pizzello/Invisn/APYet the “don’t say gay” bill wrong-footed Chapek, who succeed Bob Iger as chief executive Febary 2020. They give to a lot of Democrats, bee they want those Democrats to be on their si too, but they have given a disproportnate amount to Republin legislators, many of whom supported and voted for the ‘don’t say gay’ bill.

The Human Rights Campaign has said will stop acceptg money om Disney “until we see them build on their public mment and work wh LGBTQ+ advot to ensure that dangero proposals, like Florida’s ‘don’t say gay or trans’ bill, don’t bee dangero laws” Whehall and Ey Blunt Jungle Cise. Eric Marc, creator and host of the Makg Gay History podst, says: “Disney has cultivated an LGBTQ-iendly image, both through their cln of LGBTQ characters recent years and wh their employe, so ’s shockg but not shockg that the CEO would have been so flat-footed.

MEXI'S MOST FAMO GAY SNDAL SPOTLIGHTED A CENTURY LATER, NETFLIX MOVIE

Photograph: APFor s the stud’s output was steadfastly heterosexual even though s creative talents clud gay people such as Howard Ashman, an Osr wner who wrote the lyrics for The Ltle Mermaid and Bety and the Beast before his ath om Aids has been some progrs sce then wh a growg LGBTQ portrayals films and TV shows and the sellg of LGBTQ pri-themed merchandise at Disney stor. Last year’s film Jungle Cise featured a proment gay character: McGregor Houghton, played by Jack Whehall.

“Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and executive learship at Pixar. Queerns uld be appreciated on stage, but the every day liv of major stars was often hidn sham unns known as "lavenr marriag, " acrdg to Stephen Tropiano, profsor of Screen Studi at Itha College and thor of The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lbians on marriag were arranged by Hollywood studs between one or more gay, lbian or bisexual people orr to hi their sexual orientatn om the public.