The Ghostbusters star was the first out lesbian member of the Saturday Night Live cast. She said: “I’d love to be with Kate Middleton the most – at the risk of sounding controversial. In an interview with ITV’s Loose Women, the star weighed in on which member of the Royal Family she preferred.īut rather than opting for either of the younger Princes, the star who has opened up in the past about her relationships with women, said she’d pick Kate Middleton. In February 2017 she said she’d rather be with Kate Middleton than Prince William.
I have always considered myself bisexual.” However, today’s society is a lot more accommodating as gay black celebrities profess their love for their heritage and sexual orientation.She told Contact Music: “Do I like women sexually? Yeah, I do. During these prime years, few men, particularly black gay men, would dare to come out as gay, let alone profess it to the world. But, according to his widowed wife, Pryor was indeed gay and had a sexual encounter with Marlon Brando, which Brando talked about in an interview in 2018 with Vulture. You probably didn’t expect this, and neither did we. In an article published in Sports Illustrated, Collins expressed his desire to see more athletes being out and proud, without facing ridicule and condemnation. Jason agrees that the world, or at least in the sports context, is not fully ready to embrace gay athletes and just let them be. Jason Collins, a former NBA player, was an openly gay man playing in one of the world’s most masculine sports. Athletes, especially men, exude the traditional form of machismo. The respect and adoration he receives are profoundly stronger now, compared to what it was before he confessed to being gay.īeing in the spotlight as a gay man is one thing, and being a gay athlete is quite another. Since then, his celebrity status has only seen growth, his gay status notwithstanding. His love for someone of the same sex became clear in 2012 via social media accounts. On celebrities who capitalize on their status to help with the LGBTQ movement, Ocean doesn’t shy away from promoting gay awareness.
His name among top gay celebrities speaks volumes in terms of what gay men have and will continue to achieve – a plus for anyone dismissed as lacking potential due to their gay- orientation. Clive Davis is a man who breathed life into the late Whitney Houston career and was also responsible for reviving Billy Joel to name but a few artists. He highlighted a few gay-relationships he’d had in years past in a recent autobiography. After years of professing a dire need for communities to discuss LGBTQ issues, he decided it was time he came out himself, which worked out well for him, giving confidence to others to follow suit.Ĭlive Davis is a music mogul, well known and respected in the music industry. Who could be better placed to signify that gay men can indeed hold office or run conglomerates, perhaps better than straight men? Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple, probably the world’s most known and respected phone developer, came out in 2014 as a gay man. At the very least, each of these celebrities has given a gay man or two, the confidence they need to navigate life. Some of these celebrities don’t have a hands-on approach to gay matters, but their popularity helps promote gay rights, profoundly so.
The cool aspect makes it okay for someone to be gay, no matter what their upbringing, traditions, family, or society may have to say.
This coolness has nothing to do with short-running fads like baggy jeans or, indeed, jerry curls – not at all. One of the main reasons gays are finding it easier to come out of the closet is celebrities have made it cool.