Ian McKellen
Actor
What makes Patrick Stewart a gay icon?
In the latest instalment in his series spotlighting gay icons, David Ferguson looks at Sir Patrick Stewart.I have been contemplating who else I would put on my gay icons list after Cyndi Lauper. I had a few ideas but something I saw online pushed the next person to the top of my list.I saw a meme the other day that suggested that we should expect older people to be bigoted as “they’re from another era.” However, the meme countered this suggestion with a picture of Patrick Stewart (a man born in 1940) wearing some rainbow socks.