We have listed 30 sgers you may not have known were lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr or queer. How many have you heard of?
Contents:
- WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
- ‘THAT 70S SHOW’ SPOFF HAS A GAY MA CHARACTER
- WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)
- GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
More tails are emergg about the 'That 70s Show' spoff tled 'That 90s Show' and there's a gay character. * gay actors in their 70s *
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.
‘THAT 70S SHOW’ SPOFF HAS A GAY MA CHARACTER
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. They were the classit on ever.Terrence McNally, 81The long-nng playwright has brought The Rz (set a gay bathhoe), Love!
WHY BEG “GAY THE ’70S NEW YORK AND L.A. WAS MAGIC” — AND HOW HOLLYWOOD HAS CHANGED (GUT COLUMN)
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.
Comg out 1992, Geffen beme one of the most high profile gay power brokers the world, and he’s not about to budge om that throne.
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.
GAY HOLLYWOOD: 45 OUT AND PROUD LGBT STARS (PHOTOS)
The gay subculture of early Hollywood has gaed more attentn recently thanks to the Netflix seri Hollywood. Knowg as much as we do about some LGBT stars is a feat nsirg how much rewrg and verg up the Hollywood stud heads did to everyone they managed, whether gay or straight.
In his own words, he felt “pafully isolated, strand between the sual homophobia of most ‘normal’ people and the flagrantly gay Hollywood subculture – where [he] was even ls fortable and ls accepted.”.