In the year 2024, is it still OK for straight actors to play gay?
Other times the performances were not that fabulous.In the last decade, more and more LGBTQ+ roles have gone to actual LGBTQ+ actors to resounding success.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.This past year alone we saw out stars like Colman Domingo (Rustin), Jodie Foster (Nyad), Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers), Matt Bomer and Jonathan Bailey (Fellow Travelers) get recognition with acting nods for playing queer characters in movies and shows.Jonathan Bailey & Matt Bomer's chemistry in Fellow Travelers is electric.
The way they gaze at one another… you can feel them wanting to rip each other's clothes off — and then they also VERY much do!
pic.twitter.com/ozXGyamwFPPerhaps as a true sign of progress, many queer actors continue to be cast in straight roles long after coming out dispelling the misnomer that audiences would reject them in these parts once knowing their truth.
