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InJane told Outfest that her coming out "happened so naturally and I didn't hide anything. He has since opened up about playing a character who is "nothing like" him, commenting that "as an actor you certainly hope you can be a visible option for all kinds of different roles".

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The series aired insix years after Andrew first being mentioned gay in an interview with The Independent. The actor began appearing as the often aggressively straight Sue in Glee inand married her girlfriend Lara Embry a year later. Vincent actually married his husband Musclebull gay Wright in the same year that The CW comedy-drama began airing, and played the character until the series end.

Things started to change in the previous century, but even in recent decades, out gay actors have spoken about being disenfranchised by the industry. Of his casting, he told Advocate that the "idea of Asian or LGBTQ representation, this is all stuff that's been percolating and building momentum behind the scenes Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is on its fourth and final season with a Filipino romantic love interest on network television, who happens to be gay in real life.

Alternatively, they could stay in the closet and play whoever they liked, as long as they pretended to be straight in the public eye. The actor has had a number of high-profile roles — think The Hunger Games ; Everything, Everything ; The Hate U Give — while also powerfully asserting their queer identity from as early as Again, however, the wickedly sharp and suave actor doused his own star fire by clashing with the press and even his own fans in the late 's.

InEverett openly and proudly declared his homosexuality which put an initial damper on his status as a romantic leading man. When there were gay parts, these were often hideously stereotypical and offensive. Neil is said to have officially come out in after years of speculation about his sexuality, which appears to have grated on the actor.

Check out some of the famous queer actors who have made a fortune in movies. Andrew's performance as the "hot priest" was a actor de force addition to the second series of Fleabagand many remarked upon the scintillating chemistry between his character and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's.

Nico Lang of Salon wrote that the fact that Josh is written and played without the "faintest hint of irony [is a] stunning rebuke to the long-standing belief that queer actors simply cannot play straight. Of appearing as a lesbian dog trainer in Best in Show inJane told The Daily Beast that it didn't openly cross her mind whether people would think she was gay in real life.

But there's a difference between privacy and secrecy, and I'm not a secretive person", he told the outlet after clarifying he was gay. Rupert Everett famously said in that after gay out he "never had another job for ten years".

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He told People Magazine "rather than ignore those who choose to publish their opinions without actually talking to me I am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest". The entertainment industry has been at the forefront of supporting gay actors.

Back inCrazy Ex-Girlfriend was lauded for its groundbreaking casting of Vincent as Josh, a straight bro-type who plays the romantic lead in the series. Back inAmandla told Wonderland Magazine that they identify as gay. Similarly, actor Richard Chamberlain once said he wouldn't advise a leading man type to come out lest he lose out on parts.

While the actor, best known for such roles as Shaw in Fast & Furious 6, Bard in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit, and Gaston in the live-action Beauty and the Beast, is openly gay, he is very private regarding his personal life. Simple as that. Jane has said she didn't particularly have a coming out, but she has equally never denied being gay either.

He has also said he thinks filmmakers shouldn't demand actors be gay or straight. That's its own thing.