I met Sean in January when I was on Good Morning Britain, a really lovely friendly guy, but straight as an arrow.

Which translates as - "I'm a total power-bottom"...

Probably. He was rumoured to have bened Justin Bieber though, and there is zero chance of Bieber being a top

That's understandable, he looks a lot like Zac Efron

Is Jack Derges from Eastenders gay? He is now appearing in The Boys in the Band, and trains with Andi Peters, also has two little dogs lol just hoping he is

Has Jake Bugg been mentioned yet?

I don't think so, though on the other hand he "dated" Cara Delevingne.

I usually come on the DS Showbiz forum to look at 100% Bollocks We Are Reading About..., but occasionally I look at other threads to see what they are about, and ended up here again. And not for the first time it struck me as being curiously old-fashioned.

I know some gays who aren't in the public eye are still closeted and feel they can't come out for one reason or another, but the days are long gone when the News of the Screws would make its moolah by frontpaging woofter vicars etc. I mean long gone.

Yes, we still have homophobia in several caves, football being the most prominent, and there just have to be one or two gays in the several hundred professinals plying their trade every Saturday, but we have come a long way since nasty stories in the Screws.

I work in the newspaper industry, and the media is probably and traditonally a little more 'progressive' than areas such as, say accounting, but we work side-by-side with several gays of both sexes, it is well-known, no one gives a f*** and pretty much the last thing on our minds when we talk (and laugh) together.

I can understand gays in acting and showbiz playing it down (or coming out with I like men and women, I like women and men) because part of their profession (and sadly marketability) involves to some extent gaining a following among the young and not so young of the oppsite sex.

For example, if you see L Dicaprio in a love scene (Gatsby), it's not going to be the same if you think he is actually thinking of some guy when he does the biz. Rupert Everett, all power to the man, took the bull by the horns and came out. Result? He is invariably cast at the gay best friend, which, as a working actor must piss him off more than a tad.

But that is showbiz. Here's a question: how many reading this have gay colleagues of either sex who are out and for who their gayness is pretty much the least important thing about them. Second question: how long can this thread go on for before looking more than just a but old-fashioned and silly?

1. Indeed, so why do you take exception to this "silly" thread?
2. As long as it's popular




Umm...

No, nowdays you just get the DM hinting at certain celebrities being gay (see Taylor Swift / Karlie Kloss and Sophie Turner / Hailee Steinfeld, among others).


One or two? Assuming that each football league club has 25 players on their books and 2% are gay (in the middle of the estimates for the general population) they'd be 46.


It depends how much the person makes it an important part of themselves. As far as I know I'm the only non-straight person who works for the company I work for, and it doesn't come up much, except as mostly lighthearted jokes.

Oh dear, you are a Kaylor and a Cumberbatch, which means you think Sophie Turner's baby with Ben is a hired actor, doesn't it? And Karlie's bf of four years is mysteriously bearding for this low key celeb. I guess you think Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Calvin Harris and Kendall Jenner are all gay too?

and oh dear, you felt the need to look down on others...

Wrong Sophie Turner, I meant the Game of Thrones one, who has been linked to about as many women as men.

I've never claimed to believe in Kaylor as such, I could believe Taylor is bi, but I have doubts that she's been with Karlie all this time (although I could believe they've had sex).

I've said for a long time that I think Harry Styles is bi. Him and Grimshaw I think is far more likely than the Larry stuff.

Louis Tomlinson I have no clue, but the Larry thing is pretty obvious bollocks.

No idea about Calvin Harris at all. I pay very little attention to him.

Kendall Jenner has certainly been rumoured to be gay for reasons other than who her boyfriends have been.

I[quote, can understand gays in acting and showbiz playing it down (or coming out with I like men and women, I like women and men) because part of their profession (and sadly marketability) involves to some extent gaining a following among the young and not so young of the oppsite sex.

For example, if you see L Dicaprio in a love scene (Gatsby), it's not going to be the same if you think he is actually thinking of some guy when he does the biz. Rupert Everett, all power to the man, took the bull by the horns and came out. Result? He is invariably cast at the gay best friend, which, as a working actor must piss him off more than a tad.

I do agree with you when it comes to the heartthrob roles like Bradley Cooper etc are going for, but there are gay actors who are no less believe able as straight characters, for example, Ben Wishall and Zachary Quinto. Rupert Everett claims he didn't get roles because he came out but I suspect it's more that he is a mediocre one dimensional actor with a massive superiority complex and allegedly very difficult to work with.

What percentage of sportswomen are gay? must be very high especially among team sports, football, rugby, hockey etc.
3 hockey players are out, but surprised none of the ladies in the Olympic rugby 7's.
Also female rowers there must be a few there. Why are so few sportswomen out?

Seems to vary between sports. Female tennis players don't seem to have a problem but track and field athletes do. It's hard to name one 'out' athletics star, apart from Caster Semenya, despite some being strongly suspected. Obviously for some it's privacy but for many it must be other reasons, such as worries about fan reaction and sponsorship. With rugby, many people think most of the team must be gay, so it would be no great shock if players came out in that sport.

matt terry

Ore Oduba from Strictly has got my radar pinging these past few weeks.

Hasn't his wife been in the audience?

It's hardly remarked upon in football either (England women once had IIRC 5 players who were either out at the time or subsequently came out playing for them in one game).

Sadly not it seems... I've stalked, sorry, looked him up on twitter, and he appears to have a gf in addition to his adorable dogs. That profile was for his character in Cucumber

I see Chris Mears went to Matthew Morrison's Halloween Party along with the likes of Bryan Singer, Kevin McHale, Chance Crawford, JC Chasez and Taylor Launter.

That sentence is actually gayer than a sequin clutch purse at the TONY awards held by Liza Minnelli.

BIB It has not hurt Matt Bomer's career.

AJ Pritchard?

That's so obvious, I didn't think it was a secret!

Chris Mears for sure! Friends with gay porn stars,