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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:31 AM
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Name a famous person you think is gay but hasn't come out
And, do you think they have a responsibility to do so?? I have to say... I kind of do.
I see WHY famous people don't "come out"- but it pisses me off that most of the reason
is that it is assumed that they wouldn't be as "bankable". WTF is that? If more people
came out, maybe the small minded bastards of the world would realize they are out numbered.
Just a thought.




My list of people I think are but aren't out... yet


1. Clooney - I don't care either! I still see his movies and want his kids!
2. Queen Latifah
3. Jodie Foster - though she's finally taking baby steps out


those are my 3
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:33 AM
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1. Baby steps?
Being with the same woman for 15 years is baby steps? :shrug:
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:34 AM
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2. She's never admitted it and wont talk about it.
So to me, her finally acknowledging Cindy IN PUBLIC was a baby step.
It should just be known that Cindy is her wife and anyone who doesn't like it can F.O.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:35 AM
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3. Jodie Foster
sort of came out recently - she thanked her partner at an awards ceremony.

I heard that Latifah is about to come out.

I don't think Clooney's gay.



I'm almost positive Travolta's gay, but he'll never come out.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:45 AM
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4. Yeah, I think Travolta is def. gay
Do you think it's that he wont come out, or that Scientology is trying to "cure" him???
It seems silly not to have come out by now
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:46 AM
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5. Yeah
it's the scientology.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:47 AM
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6. John Travolta, because there's a photo of him kissing a man on the lips.


Judging by these photos, Travolta should also come out and admit he wears a toupee.

Who knows, maybe he does this to all his guy friends. Or maybe he has a thing for Kirk Douglas.

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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:58 AM
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7. Kirk Douglas literally looks like WTF???? in that pic
As if he couldn't be more stunned
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 07:58 AM
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9. There is a story about him ...
there is a man Paul Baressi, who has appeared in porn in the late 70s and early 80s, both straight and gay (he currently directs gay porn). Baressi said in the early 80s, he was taking a shower at a gym when Travolta came into the shower. He said Travola approached him and rubbing Paul's chest said he "liked his film work" and things went from there. Baressi said they were together for a couple of years.

Baressi does make an appearance in the movie "Perfect", a Travolta 80s flick about the aerobics craze at the time. Jamie Lee Curtis is a photographer who walks into the mens lockerroom and has a group of guys all wearing jockstraps to pose together for pictures. In the middle is Baressi. It's speculated Travolta got him to appear in that scene.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:10 AM
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10. I think Travolta being gay is probably a given.
What about Cruise and Gere?
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Kucinich4America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:33 AM
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14. Tom Cruise is NOT gay!!!
Edited on Thu Dec-27-07 11:34 AM by Kucinich4America
And if you say he is again, he'll have a fit and jump up and down on Oprah's furniture!!

Actually, when Cruise does come out, he'll probably claim that he's straight, but his Thetans are gay.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:46 AM
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15. Kirk Douglas has a thing for EVERY guy
If I had a quarter for every time he's tried to grab my ass, I'd have, like, a bunch of quarters.
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LibraLiz1973 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 12:58 AM
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8. I want to add Zac Effron to my list
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:20 AM
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11. Hugh Hefner.
Having sex with all those playmates; it's just a giant cover-up.

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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:23 AM
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12. I disagree that they have any "responsibility" to
Why is their private life anyone's business, whether they're gay or straight? I applaud those who do come out publicly - it's a courageous thing to do. But I can't condemn those who don't - it's just plain not my business. Whether anyone does or not is their own personal decision and that's all that should matter.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:32 AM
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13. Jodie Foster has essentially come out...
she acknowledged her partner in public forums several times recently.

As for Queen Latifah, she's not out, but I'll out her. You shoulda seen her at this gay club in Miami a couple years ago. Whew!

Anderson Cooper's certainly another one that rumors swirl about.

As for this responsibility business, no one has any responsibility to come out -- but if you're gay and you make your career bashing gays, then you should be outed. I have no problem with the outing of people like Larry Craig, Ted Haggard or Mark Foley.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-27-07 11:49 AM
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16. My beloved Ron Livingston.
And...egh...no, I don't think any celeb (or non-famous) person has an "obligation" to come out.
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