All the Openly Gay Male Celebs Who Are Out, Proud & Smok’ Hot – SheKnows

Contents:

• HOW HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST OUT GAY STAR CHOSE LOVE OVER REER
• ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT
• JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
• THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

HOW HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST OUT GAY STAR CHOSE LOVE OVER REER

In 1930, the wisecrackg matee idol William "Billy" Ha was Ameri's top box office star — and openly gay. "He beme popular as an actor not by hidg his gayns, but by actually makg that part of his persona, " Mann explas. "The 'wisecracker' was a ltle mpy, a ltle flashy, a ltle b sneaky, a ltle b ivolo, and he brought his very openly gay, unapologetic personaly to his screen performanc, even when he was playg ostensibly heterosexual.

" Mann adds, "The fact that he was able to do that and bee the top box office star of 1930, 's bee he didn't pretend to be anythg other than what he was, and the dtry knew that he was gay. Schnapp posted a TikTok vio January that read, "When I fally told my iends and fay I was gay after beg sred the closet for 18 years and all they said was 'we know.

"Page, who is married to dancer Emma Portner, prevly me out as gay durg a 2014 speech at Time to Thrive, a nference to promote the welfare of LGBTQ youth Las Vegas. Jim Parsons has taken rol that amplify and explore the experienc of gay men.

ALL THE OPENLY GAY MALE CELEBS WHO ARE OUT, PROUD & SMOK’ HOT

Parsons publicly me out as gay a 2012 New York Tim feature, which explored his role as a young gay activist onstage "The Normal Heart, " a Broadway show that grappl wh AIDS. If you still have a problem wh gay people, you directly have a problem wh me, '" he recently told Variety.

"The actor is set to star a Netflix adaptatn of the drama "The Boys the Band" alongsi fellow gay actors Matt Bomer and Zachary Quto. The story follows group of gay men who fd solace each other, amidst their stggl a close-md society. "He reflected on his evolutn as a gay man theater, his recent succs on Broadway, and FX's "Pose, " and his refal to keep playg stereotyp.

JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY

Not totally straight, but also not gay and not necsarily bisexual. Elton John is one of the most inic openly gay micians of all time. The "Rocket Man" sger has habually donated and drawn attentn to LGBTQ , cludg foundg the Elton John AIDS Foundatn 1992, the same year he told Rollg Stone that he felt "que fortable beg gay.

THE VIEW STAR REVEALS WHY SHE AGRE WH SUPREME COURT LG FOR SIGNER WHO OPPOS GAY MARRIAGE

"I've been very privileged bee I'm a bs that kd of accepts gay people. "Remember, bisexualy don't mean halfway between gay or straight. " "This is not somethg that I'm ashamed of, and 's not somethg that anyone should have to be ashamed of, " he followed he ndid vio wh a "Part 2" 2015 and now, as a pop star and actor, Sivan has ntued to openly discs his experienc as a gay man.

Kristen Stewart, who intifi as bisexual, famoly joked about beg "so gay" on "Saturday Night Live. Eichner has played gay characters shows like "Difficult People" and "Parks and Recreatn. As Brent Lang wrote a profile of Eichner for Variety, "On social media, he's bee one of the most vol gay voic of the ristance" and equently urg his fans to get volved polilly.

Acrdg to Variety, this mak Eichner the first openly gay man to wre and star a major stud movie. "I hear people talkg about diversy and cln, but I often see gay people left out of those nversatns.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

The edy muny, which has always been such a straight man's game, has not been kd to openly gay men, and I still see so much homophobia when to stg.