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Our celebratn of post-war gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all.

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

Durg the '30s and '40s, when stud boss were power, gay actors were expected to keep quiet about their preferenc and enter to well-publicised marriag, even if meant a life of misery. It was easier to ntrol rmatn back then, here's a few of the well-known secrets... READ MORE... click here to download… * gay actors of the 30s and 40s *

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.

They date back to the early 20th century and rried on past the gay liberatn movement of the 1960s. Bowers’ acunt tails sexual enunters, gay and straight, that he claims he both arranged and took part , begng wrote that he had been sexually volved wh leadg actor Cary Grant and his roommate, Randolph Stt, for more than a . They married 1955 and separated two years later, after mors of his homosexualy and fily began to pile up.

Bettmann Archive/Getty ImagRock Hudson and his bri Phyllis Gat at their 1955 gay actors chose to live openly, spe the risk. He’s now often nsired one of Hollywood’s first openly gay stars. Lavenr marriag beme ls prevalent the 1960s and ‘70s as the gay rights movement gaed momentum followg the Stonewall Rts of 1969.

GAY HOLLYWOOD THE 1930S

Although reprentatn film and on televisn was still srce, the actual liv of the stars on screen—straight, gay or bisexual—weren’t dictated by studs as much as they had been the past. Durg the ’30s and ’40s, when stud boss were power, gay actors were expected to keep quiet about their preferenc and enter to well-publicised marriag, even if meant a life of misery. READ MORE… click here to download the full article>> Beg Gay durg Hollywood’s Goln Age.

Ever sce the silent film era, Hollywood beefke photos have tillated both female and gay male fans.

RYAN MURPHY’S (KDA) TE ‘HOLLYWOOD’ STORY: 1940S MEETS GAY STARS, INTERRACIAL ROMANCE AND (GASP!) A FEMALE STUD CHIEF

Here we ntue our seri celebratg gay, bisexual, and straight movie stars wearg next to nothg at all. Gay actors Farley Granger and Roddy McDowall are ready to share — a Coke?

Gay star Gee Nar was lked wh another famo hunk — g up... Guy Madison was a sailor plucked om obscury by gay agent Henry Willson.

The troubled but betiful gay star Montgomery Clift. Montgomery Clift was sexually lked to many gay stars, cludg Rock Hudson.

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Gay tck driver Roy Fzgerald was transformed by gay agent Henry Willson to superstar Rock Hudson. Rock Hudson and Gee Nar — gay BFFs or somethg more?

Gay actor Sal Meo was the go-to boy to play a troubled teen — and never more overtly gay than Rebel Whout a Cse. 1950s heartthrob Tab Hunter was another gay hunk whose reer was built (and then stroyed) by agent Henry Willson. Tab Hunter's homosexualy was an "open secret" until he officially me out a memoir and new film.

Gay buddi Tab Hunter and Roddy McDowall: "Ssage or ke? Gay on durg the late 1940s and beyond apparently had Stty Bowers. His story has floated through moviedom’s clubby senr ranks for years: Back a more goln age of Hollywood, a guy named Stty, a former Mare, was said to have n a type of prostutn rg for gay and bisexual men the film dtry, cludg A-listers like Cary Grant, Gee Cor and Rock Hudson, and even arranged sexual liaisons for actrs like Vivien Leigh and Kathare Hepburn.

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