Celebrity society has changed over the years. During the 1920's, it was seriously exaggerated the other direction. Have a look at the art from the era. Men with men, women, orgies that disregarded gender... roaring 20's indeed.
"Coming Out" is a new perspective, due to society's knee-jerk reaction to the absolutely extreme tolerance of that time. Like all history, the pendulum swung the other way. During the 1930's and 1940's Hollywood still had a distinct homosexual center that lasted to the present day. The only question was whether you needed an umbrella in that decade to go out into the society rain. So check the weather, and you decide... umbrella, boots and raincoat or naked and celebrative. If you choose the latter, people may celebrate your freedom or brand you insane.
I submit to you we have not moved that much forward in inner truth and honesty, rather shifted the table as to who must stay in the closet with their own truth. It's not an attractive characteristic, period. In fact, if bigots can't speak up and be honest about how they feel, we'll never know who they are and how to deal with them. The more we practice what they did, forcing attitudes, opinions and behaviors only in our direction, the more we risk a backlash and another swing of the pendulum into the world of the 40's and 50's... hiding everything for fear of oppression.
The perspective that one must "identify" or brand themselves I find absurd. While it is absolutely an individual stance that every human takes in how much of their lives to reveal to others, the current trend is to create a ridiculous level of stress to comply with the new "norm". So I'd like to know which comedic, bossy queen waved this wand and decreed that I must, after 68 successful years on the planet, no longer be surprised, dismayed, unapproving, or of a unique and individual opinion in any single thing, complying to this new and erroneous homogenizing decree.
So let's be fair. If you or I or anyone tells any person for whatever reason that they must not live their truth, then you or I or anyone are forcing someone to live a lie. Presenting facts without accusation and from your individual perspective is how anyone can learn... but you can absolutely learn from them in the same way. That is, unless in school and life it was only you teaching others how to think and live in your supreme superiority.
I will never sport a forehead tattoo with an added letter every few months declaring I treat all fairly. It's as if a hetero individual were to wear a neon flashing sign that kept people up nights "I fuck my wife in the ass while she reads Shakespeare. Equal rights for Shakespeare buttfuckers!!"
The school story of a father storming into the school admin office demanding his daughter who identifies as a cat  be allowed to have a litter box under her desk at school... and SUCCEEDED. Puh-leeeeeeeeze, Agnes Ridiculous, if I had children in school (given I'm paying for it anyway and will never utilize these asylums of dementia), I'd insist my child identifies as a privileged, wealthy bully, and therefore can only be taught while sipping champagne in his Ferrari. It's his right to be an individual and live his truth.
Let's stop being such total hypocrites and practice what we preach. Then the world would truly be a beautiful place.