Articles about Gay Actors

14 May 2013
Study: Audiences don’t mind gay actors playing straight roles 11 Researchers from South Carolina's Clemson University tested the hypothesis that out actors cannot play a believable straight role - and found it wasn't the case.
3 May 2013
Hollyoaks actor Kieron Richardson: ‘I’m shocked to be up for sexiest male in the soap awards and I want to win it for gay people’ 5 Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson says he’s “shocked” to have made the sexiest male category in this year’s British Soap Awards.
2 May 2013
Rupert Everett swears on ITV’s Loose Women as he mentions HIV scare story 10 Rupert Everett accidentally swore on live television earlier on Thursday as he re-told the story of how he was convinced he had contracted HIV during the 1980s.
1 May 2013
Gay actor Russell Tovey: ‘It might be more of a risk for me to play a gay character’ 28 Russell Tovey says he believes his career is unique because he always plays straight characters.
23 January 2013
Interview: Gay Hollyoaks actors strip off in support of the Terrence Higgins Trust 10 Gay Hollyoakes actors PJ Brennan and Kieron Richardson – who play onscreen gay couple Doug and Ste have decided to bare all for this month’s special ‘naked’ issue of Gay Times.
14 January 2013
Rupert Everett: Gay actors should stay in the closet 52 The British actor Rupert Everett says he would not advise any gay actor working in the movie industry to come out as it would not help their career.
2 January 2013
Former EastEnders actor John Partridge wants ‘hot new gays’ in the soap 20 Former EastEnders actor John Partridge is appealing for the soap to feature “hot new gays” now that he has left Albert Square.
13 December 2012
Simon Callow: I’m @Out4Marriage because I pay taxes and I’d like the same privildges as everyone else 13 In his video for the Out4Marriage campaign, the actor Simon Callow says that as a tax payer, he must have the same rights and privileges as anyone else to marry.
12 December 2012
Simon Callow: Banning the Church of England from same-sex marriage is a ‘medieval idea’ 29 Simon Callow has described the government's decision to ban the Church of England from conducting same-sex marriages as "a bit bewildering" and a "sort of medieval idea".
11 December 2012
Sir Ian Mckellen: I have been living with prostate cancer for years but it’s no big deal 10 Sir Ian McKellen has revealed he has been living with prostate cancer for several years, but says he currently requires no treatment.
29 October 2012
ITV commissions new gay sitcom starring Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 23 A new sitcom has been commissioned by ITV, which is set to feature Sir Derek Jacobi and Sir Ian McKellen as an elderly gay couple.
14 February 2012
Actor Matt Bomer comes out 37 US actor Matt Bomer revealed this weekend he is gay.
15 December 2011
Amber Heard: Staying in the closet in Hollywood is a “horribly detrimental lie” 5 Lesbian actress Amber Heard has said people in her profession are dissuaded from coming out in Hollywood and end up becoming part of a "detrimental lie".
15 November 2011
Jane Lynch says she “feels bad for Brett Ratner” after his gay slur 42 The openly gay actress said if "you put a microphone in somebody's face, they're going to say something that offends somebody".
13 September 2011
Jane Lynch: ‘I can’t tell anyone else how to come out as gay’ 9 Glee star Jane says she would never give anyone advice on how to come out as gay.
4 January 2011
Hollywood studios accused of ‘shutting out’ gay actors 14 Hollywood studios have been accused of "shutting out" openly gay actors.
30 December 2010
Rupert Everett: Hollywood homophobia denies gays leading roles 18 Rupert Everett, the openly gay star of 'My Best Friend's Wedding' has once again hit out at Hollywood, claiming that the lack of roles for gay actors is caused by homophobia.
2 February 2010
Colin Firth says there are ‘invisible boundaries’ for gay actors 38 Colin Firth has suggested that there are "invisible boundaries" preventing out gay actors from taking leading roles.

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