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Contents:
- WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
- HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE
WHEN HOLLYWOOD STUDS MARRIED OFF GAY STARS TO KEEP THEIR SEXUALY A SECRET
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.
HOLLYWOOD’S GAY POWER COUPL: SARAH PLSON AND HOLLAND TAYLOR, MORE
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. 12 Gay Coupl Hollywood Who Have the Most Romantic Love Stori.
Love is the air at this time of year, so ’s a great opportuny to celebrate some of the gay upl Hollywood who have the cutt and most romantic love stori.