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Michael Urie took to social media this morning to react to being nominated for an Emmy for his role in the comedy sering Shrinking:
I am literally the luckiest actor alive &#; these are my co-workers. Not pictured are hundreds of other people who make the sausage that is Shrinking. If not for all of them, I wouldn’t be sitting here today with an Emmy nom. Pinching Our roundup of some of the most famous gay actors of all time who are proudly flying the flag for our awesome LGBTQ community. Representation, whether plain as a bad eyebrow employment or as subtle as a carefully coordinated outfit, is leisurely but surely growing for the LGBTQ+ community in Hollywood. More and more actors are coming out and opening up about their gender, emboldened by the lesser potential for backlash aimed in their direction. While some prefer to maintain their privacy – not out of anxiety but out of “God, the paparazzi are getting on my nerves about this!” – others proudly announce engagements, display breakups for all the world to see, and post their vacation snaps featuring their beloved partners – and sometimes kids too! We still aren't where we necessitate to be when it comes to equal treatment and opportunity for a lot of folks in Show Business but with the list of openly well-known gay stars growing each year and the support for them following suit, it's only a matter of time before the score evens out. We dare yo Editor’s note: This list was originally published in June , and has been updated multiple times since to show new comings outs and groundbreaking LGBTQ castings. It could never and will never be verb, but we hope it reflects the changing face of Hollywood as we bid hello to Pride With LGBTQ stories in filmand on TV more accepted than ever before, it’s vital to celebrate out-and-proud acting talents — particularly those without the non-binary awards&#; categories they deserve. In , the state of Hollywood is unsure to say the least. But even as existential questions about the business of making entertainment persist, audiences and artists are grappling with equally critical questions of representation on screen. Among those questions: should queer roles be played exclusively by queer actors? It&#;s an evolving conversation, getting at the very core of what makes the art of acting, well, acting. Last year, the industry&#;s resident excellent guy Tom Hanks gave an answer in regards to his Oscar-rec Now that gay actors like Nathan Lane, Jim Parsons, Victor Garber, Jonathan Groff, and Neil Patrick Harris are &#;out of the closet&#; and on the rise, it&#;s hard to imagine just how different things were in the relatively recent past. Not only was the notion of being openly gay and having a viable career unimaginable, but gayness itself was also a concept polite society couldn&#;t countenance. &#;Homosexuals&#; subsisted on society’s margins, mentioned only in whispered gossip, fearsome psychiatric studies, and Conservative diatribes decrying perversion. Still, in spite of it all, gay men managed to build their way to very top of the acting profession in the gilded closets of Hollywood. In this covert context, bigtime careers and personal lives proceeded with a calculated risk that can fascinate us today. Here are five of the most noteworthy examples of gay actors in mid-Century Hollywood. Liberace was an utterly unique entertainer. A pianist whose act consisted of an abbreviated ar1. Sir Ian McKellen
Out LGBTQ Performers Changing the Face of Hollywood in the 21st Century
FIVE GAY ACTORS IN MID-CENTURY HOLLYWOOD
by David Ehrenstein
Hiding In Plain Sight
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