Actors and singers who are gay
Gay actors & singers in the closet
by BeefStroganoff • Created 13 years ago • Modified 11 years ago
Some eminent people (men and women) whom I think are in the closet. This list has queer & lesbian closet actors & actresses in Hollywood.
The list IS IN a particular ORDER - from most speculated & obvious to just fairly. Observe out for the celebrities in the top 10 - I guarantee that one or two of them are out within ten years or so.
NOTE: This list is not made to badmouth or disparage these people. I'm in no way poking entertainment or anything. This is just a speculation list. So please take it lightly. :)
Update: Victor Garber came out in 2012.
UPDATE 2: Wentworth Miller and Lucas Cruikshank just came out! *REMOVED*
UPDATE 3: Ellen Page just came out! (Feb 14, 2014)
UPDATE 4: Daniel Franzese (Damian from Mean Girls) made a 'quiet' coming out in April 2014.
For many, June represents the month of pride; a hour to celebrate, instruct and communicate all that is gay, gay and fabulous. Although today existence gay isn’t much of a deal, back in the 50’s it was a dangerous label to have. Throughout history, thousands contain lost their lives because they were labeled as ‘gay’ or ‘queer’ and many lived out their true sexual preferences in secrecy. As it’s almost the end of Pride month, I wanted to acquire a look at some celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood who were gay, or at least thats what the rumours said. It’s complex to know if all these celebrities, and of course many more, were truly gay, but I wanted to share a limited stories just so see how far we’ve come. Cheerful pride everyone.
*Disclaimer: Please note that some of the following stories may depict graphic descriptions and behaviours which some readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised.
Katherine Hepburn
Iconic Hollywood actress and Academy Award-winning performer in films such as Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond, Katherine Hepburn reportedly had an insatiable
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Noah Schnapp came out as gay on TikTok.
Schnapp posted a TikTok video in January that read, "When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after entity scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know.'"
In the video, the actor also lip-syncs to voice-over audio that says, "You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious."
Schnapp, who plays Will Byers on the Netflix hit show "Stranger Things," alluded to the reality that he and his character were more a
Lady Gaga
It’d be impossible to understate out bisexual player and actor Lady Gaga‘s impact on culture and pop music, or the impact she’s made as an outspoken advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. Every Gaga performance and high-camp costume was iconic. Her male alter-ego Jo Calederone was absurdly hot. Her melody video for “Telephone” opened with Gaga making out with butch Canadian production artist Heather Cassils and ended with her holding hands with Beyonce and driving into the sunset. “Born This Way” doesn’t even matter —it’s “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face” and “Alejandro” and “Bad Romance” and “You and I” and “Paparazzi.” Lady Gaga is a queen of gay pop.
Hayley Kiyoko
On the cover of Nylon Magazine’s first-ever Pride Issue, Hayley Kiyoko was described as an unprecedented compel in the gay pop scene, a lesbian teen heartthrob unafraid to court a passionate, starving lgbtq+ fan base who crowned her Lesbian Jesus. She was the first queer woman pop star signed to a major label to make multiple music videos in which she kisses girls. It’s incred