Even from the closet, he has always been an influential gay icon. Paul Reubens transforms himself in the mirror into his character Pee-wee Herman in May 1980 in Los Angeles, California. Michael ...

English actor Ian McKellen called on closeted gay actors to “come out” and “get into the sunshine” in an interview published Sunday in The Times of London.McKellen, 85, came out in a radio ...

Cover Media US. Ian McKellen: 'Gay actors should come out of the closet' Posted: March 10, 2025 | Last updated: May 23, 2025. The British actor, 85, who publicly came out at the age of 48 back in ...

"I feel sorry for any famous person who feels they can’t come out. Being in the closet is silly — there’s no need for it." "Don’t listen to your advisers, listen to your heart," he continued.

Ian McKellen Tells Closeted Actors to Come Out as Gay: ‘Being in the Closet Is Silly. There’s No Need for It. Don’t Listen to Your Advisers’ ...

“I think I had come out of the closet again when ‘Born This Way’ came out, because I went to conversion therapy, (which) obviously did not work out,” Yang said.

Benito Skinner talks exclusively with PEOPLE about his new series 'Overcompensating', which is loosely based on his own coming out experience in college.

Pee-wee as Himself, which premieres May 23, seeks to untangle not only Reubens as an artist, but his experience of being closeted as a public figure.His place in gay pop culture is complicated ...