http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/27/richard-chamberlain-gay-actors-coming-out/
Apparently the It Gets Better campaign is a lie, at least according to Richard Chamberlain. Really? Really? WTF is he thinking?
I'm going to name as many LGBT celebrities as I can think of, beginning NOW.
Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Ryan Murphy, Neil Patrick Harris, Ellen DeGeneres, John Barrowman, Adam Lambert, Portia de Rossi, Clive Barker, Perez Hilton, Jay Manuel, Graham Norton, Melissa Etheridge, Elton John, Freddie Mercury.
That's 15. Judging by the fact that I've heard of them, I don't think you could say that their careers were negatively impacted because they're out of the closet. So why would Chamberlain say something like that? Granted, he's specifically referring to male lead actors, but my point is still valid. I realize, as much as anyone who's not gay can, that coming out is difficult. I think, though, that celebrities have an easier time of it, for the simple reason that people are more accepting of odd behavior from celebrities, regardless of their sexuality. If there's anyone without an excuse for remaining in the closet, it's the celebrities.
A side note about my opinion regarding this campaign. About it gets better campaign... sure it gets better . Yet would not be even better when we do not have to focus on who is everyone sexually interested in and we need to put labels as who we are rather than just be who we are without the labels and the tiny classifications as in oh you are this then you are suppose to be and act like that. Instead we should be whatever we want to be and accept us and others as they come into this life. This goes to growing up and as adults. Cause I have seen how even adults can be really meanie when it comes to this subject of identity regardless of sexuality, style, appereance, etc.
ReplyDeleteNames of celebs who have come out as gay and that pop quite easily in my head without thinking that much: Tiziano Ferro, Ricky Martin, Angelo, Lance Bass, George Michael, Clay Aiken, Roy Halston, Dean and Dan Caten, Sean Hayes, Wolfgang Joop, Rudy Galindo, Pedro Almodovar, Alan Cumming, Christian Chavez, Wilson Cruz, Pedro Zamora, Darren Hayes, Cheryl Wright, Cheyenne Jackson, Ian McKellen. Jesus Vazquez, Stephen Gately, Rob Halford, Boy George, Tracy Chapman, Dusty Springfield, Beth Ditto, K.d Lang, Indigo Girls, T.R Knight, George Takei, Marc Jacobs....