Gays in hollywood
For many, June represents the month of pride; a time to celebrate, instruct and communicate all that is queer, gay and fabulous. Although today existence gay isn’t much of a deal, back in the 50’s it was a dangerous label to have. Throughout history, thousands have lost their lives because they were labeled as ‘gay’ or ‘queer’ and many lived out their true sexual preferences in secrecy. As it’s almost the end of Pride month, I wanted to have a observe at some celebrities from the golden age of Hollywood who were queer , or at least thats what the rumours said. It’s difficult to understand if all these celebrities, and of course many more, were truly queer , but I wanted to share a few stories just so see how far we’ve come. Cheerful pride everyone.
*Disclaimer: Please note that some of the following stories may depict graphic descriptions and behaviours which some readers may find disturbing. Discretion is advised.
Katherine Hepburn
Iconic Hollywood actress and Academy Award-winning performer in films such as Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter, and On Golden Pond, Katherine Hepburn reportedly had an insatiab
The Secret Homosexual Life of Hollywood
Flashback! The Hollywood film industry has always had a high percentage of gay and female homosexual employees, drawn to the theatre as a world of creativity, open mindedness and experimentation. Yet the hypocrisy is that as gay as Hollywood was (and is), actors possess had to fictional that it isn’t.
Hollywood has a history where it welcomes and nurtures queer and lesbian lifestyle behind the scenes but has often gone to fantastic pains to store its queer small secret from the heterosexual viewing public.
It all started during the early days of motion pictures. During the sexual revolution of 1920s there was ambivalence around gender roles and this was reflected in trendy movies with icons like Valentino and Marlene Dietrich. But eventually the media started to produce fun of these gender-bending characters.
The very handsome Valentino (pictured below) held a number of universal boxing matches to affirm his masculinity after the media named him the “pink powder puff”. Sadly it was wounds from one of these fights that ultimately conduct to his death at only 31-years-old. At the second of his death he was romantically involved with a woman.
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