All the openly gay male celebri Hollywood who are out and proud: Chris Appleton, Dan Levy, Andrew Stt, Kal Penn, and more.
Contents:
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
- WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
- PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS
- ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
Pictured above: Stephen Sondheim.Like fe we, gay ins improve wh age, offerg worldly wisdom and thory along wh the groundbreakg talent they’ve served all the years. Here’s a toast to the olst on and what they still brg to the table.Kenh Anger, 93Known for ntroversial short films like the leather-drenched rabble-roer Srp Risg and the occult-ish Lucifer Risg and his explosive book of celebry sex gossip, Hollywood Babylon, Anger has long been a gay provotr of the first rank. Y, he’s still here, he’s still here...Joel Grey, 87The Tony and Osr wner, forever known as the leerg MC Cabaret, Grey fally me out as gay 2015.
Though four years earlier, 2011, he -directed the revival of Larry Kramer’s blisterg AIDS play The Normal Heart—a bountiful gay act.Richard Chamberla, 85A heartthrob as televisn's Dr. He didn’t e out until 2003, but a lot of people had a very strong feelg—and not jt bee he -starred a mil versn of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.Don Bachardy, 85The partner of the late, great thor Christopher Isherwood (Goodbye to Berl, A Sgle Man), Bachardy is a renowned portra artist livg California and still creatg new work.Larry Kramer, 84The fiery activist and thor (Faggots, The Normal Heart) is still shakg thgs up and makg a difference by targetg placency amongst homophob and people our own muny, as well. Ne years later, he and pal Ian McKellen (his -star Vic, the Brish s about a bickerg gay uple) were the Grand Marshals for the NYC Pri March.
Tacklg gay issu wh humor and heart, McNally has also served the librettos for The Rk, Kiss of the Spir Woman, Ragtime, and operas, too.Tommy Tune, 80A seven-time Tony wner (for performg, directn, and choreography, pl a Lifetime Achievement Award), the lanky Texan whipped up magil Broadway productns like Ne, Grand Hotel, and The Will Rogers Folli. Tommy turns 81 on Febary 28.Sir Ian McKellen, 80An openly gay actor wh two anchis unr his belt (The Lord of the Rgs and X-Men), McKellen—twice-Osr nomated—me out 1988 and has been a force the culture ever sce.
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
Pino turns 76 on Febary 22.Armistead Mp, 75A lerary legend and a gay voice, Mp is bt known for wrg Tal of the Cy, a seri of quirky San Francis–set novels.Gordon Thomson, 74The Canadian actor was sensatnally sexy as the snarlg Adam Carrgton on the prime time soap Dynasty, startg 1982. He don’t make films anymore, but you n tch up wh him via his books and his speakg engagements, which are a splendid mix of high- and lowbrow.Sir Elton John, 72The sequed Rocketman [who recently picked up a send Osr] has nothg to prove anymore, havg long been an openly gay hmaker and fashn plate. And if a gay n’t be funny, he don’t serve to live long!Sir Antony Sher, 70The South Ain born Olivier Award-wng actor entered to a U.K.
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. 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.
PRIDE TV: THE QUIET GAY HEROES OF SIXTIES SITCOMS
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. 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.
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.
ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
' 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.
LGBTQ STORY I'D LOVE TO SEE ONSCREEN "Would feature gay women of lor livg and lovg a three-dimensnal way, whout the imposn of polics.
In 2019, the bisexual actor uld be seen as French New Wave in Jean Seberg Venice premiere tle Seberg, as a secret agent Sony's Charlie's Angels reboot and on a particularly gay episo of SNL. The queer Salvadoran edian translated the handful of breakout Saturday Night Live scen he wrote to multiple als at HBO — where he buted the edy special My Favore Shap 2019 and is readyg season two of Los Espookys, the half-Spanish, half-English, entirely absurd edy which he stars as the gay heir to a cholate fortune. After 45 seasons, 's hard to believe there are any firsts left for Saturday Night Live — but Yang arrived at 30 Rock 2019 as the st's first Che Amerin stmember and only s third openly gay male.