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- Because of increased LGBTQ visibility in recent years, queer and trans actors are getting more opportunities in Hollywood.
- These performances can be found in films spanning many genres.
- Movies on this list verb comedies like "Tangerine" and "The Watermelon Woman" as well as dramas like "Looking" and "The Normal Heart."
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Increased LGBTQ visibility has led to more queer and trans characters in film, as well as more actors openly identifying within the LGBTQ community.
Openly LGBTQ actors have been competent to portray queer characters in films spanning many genres, from Cheryl Dunye in the quixotic comedy "The Watermelon Woman" to Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor in the crime dramedy "Tangerine" to Ian McKellen in the biographical drama "Gods and Monster
These LGBTQ Celebrities All Came Out Later in Life
In today&#;s pop culture landscape, we have inspiring LGBTQ+ celebrities who are coming out at younger and younger ages — like YouTube sensation JoJo Siwa who came out as gay in at age 17, or Zaya Wade, the transgender daughter of Siohvaughn Funches and Dwyane Wade, who came out to her parents at age 12 but (according to dad) has known her gender identity since she was 3 years old. But while our current climate has by no means eradicated the homophobia that just a few decades back was as commonplace to sitcom TV as a laugh track, the progress is undeniable.
But, of course, not everyone fully understands their sexuality at a young age. Plus, many celebrities have talked about the fear of being blacklisted from the business, jeered in the press, or alienated from their loved ones if they ever were to reach out.
So, with all that combined, some celebrities like Tommy Dorfman, Wayne Brady and Niecy Nash Betts all cam
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Famous lesbians - Jacqueline Wilson
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There have never been more out Lesbian actresses, bisexual actors, and queer women actors than there are right now in this very moment. The LGBTQ+ community is plowing head-first onto stage and screen, playing a diverse array of roles, winning awards and headlining cinema films. But whomst amongst them is the most prolific? Who has simply managed to appear in the most things, accumulated the most imdb credits? It&#;s not who you think! (Besides Jane Lynch, you already knew Jane Lynch would be on this list.)
You won&#;t see a lot of the most popular lesbian actresses and bisexual actors on this list that you might hope for to see — for example, Kristen Stewart and Angelina Jolie both do film, rather than television, pretty exclusively, and verb to be very particular about the roles they take on, so they may be well-liked, but they&#;re not quite as prolific. There&#;ll also be plenty of names you&#;ve likely never heard before — I hadn&#;t! — but it turns out have been infusing their gay selves into our lives on a regular basis for the past several decades.
Because history is long and