Celebrities who were secretly gay

Hollywood in the Golden Era was a fickle place. Studio heads falsified events, arranged marriages, and had clandestine coverups, all in the name of ratings. Many of the stars lived double lives between what we saw and how they secretly were in real life. The truth, often seen in rumors, was only confirmed in death. Keep reading for our list of the stars that lived with sexual secrets.

I love that basically every male actor from Mean Girls has since come out. So fetch. Why you were crushing: You remember Jonathan as the groolest boy in school, Aaron Samuels, in the hit, Mean Girls.

Famous for his role as Hikaru Sulu in one of the most influential shows of all time, Star Trek. Not to mention, he's also starred in tons of movies and Broadway plays. Takei courageously came out as gay in and has been married to his husband, Brad Takei, since Being gay wasn’t always an easy road for the actor, however. In a interview with the Guardian he said, “You live.

National Coming Out Day is celebrated annually on Oct. But lucky for us, LGBTQ people — celebrities or not — come out days a year. While it would be impossible to honor them all, here are just a few of the countless queer people who came out in

Keep reading for our list of the stars that lived with sexual secrets. Anthony Perkins, best known for his portrayal of Norman Bates in the film Psycho, was a married father of two. Rumors.

Back in the days of the Hays Code, from the s to the s, movies depicting same-sex love interests were censored by studios. Look no further than Old Hollywood actor Rock Hudson, whose homosexuality remained a tightly guarded secret during the height of his fame. Likewise, both the entertainment industry and society have made strides since the heyday of Rock Hudson, at least in terms of how both those entities approach and accept sexual identity.

As a result, there are a lot of celebrities from the Golden Age of Hollywood who you definitely didn’t know were LGBT! In today’s video, we’re going to take a look at ten old Hollywood stars who never came out of the closet.

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