Bbucko
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these celebs are so self absorbed its ridiculous. why do they have to announce that they're gay and why does the media make a big deal out of it?
Only gay dude I can truly respect is Anderson Cooper. He keeps his private life and his job separate.
Movie making is one of the most notorious industries for insisting that gays stay bearded and in the closet. There's a perception that women, especially, will never accept an openly gay man playing a straight romantic lead. This is incorrect, I believe, but that attitude is endemic in the industry.
The Hollywood closet is enormous, and in 2011 is shameful. When Prop 8 is overturned and marriage equality comes to California, I have the feeling that ZQ will suddenly have some more company.
The closet promotes stigma. It's an evil that should end for everybody, but the best place to start would be the entertainment industry, where only musicians get a free pass (and not all of them do, either).