There’s never been a better time to be gay in Hollywood.
“Moonlight” won Best Picture the same year Kristen Stewart told millions of people on “Saturday Night Live” that she’s “like, so gay dude.” Now in its 10th season, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” boasts two Emmy nominations and ever increasing ratings.
The “Roseanne” reboot has a gender non-conforming child, and “Love, Simon,” the first major studio film about a gay teenager is playing in 2,402 theaters nationwide.
It seems everywhere you look, progress is slowly doing its thing.So why are so many actors still in the closet?This week delivered a stark reminder of the real state of affairs, when James Ivory gave a no-holds-barred interview in The Guardian lamenting the lack of full-frontal male nudity in “Call Me By Your Name,” the gay awards film of last year, which earned the Hollywood legend his first Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.
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