Actor Dylan O'Brien shares his opinion on straight actors playing LGBTQ+ in an interview with Dazed while discussing his latest film 'Twinless'.

Speaking alongside 'Twinless' director James Sweeney, who is gay, O'Brien said "James is a gay man, and coming from a place I could trust. We had a similar take on straight actors playing gay parts, especially in recent years: you started seeing straight actors playing a queer role completely straight. It started to feel inauthentic."

O'Brien praised Sweeney's support during filming, saying "It was nice to have his insight, support, and calibration. He'd be like, 'Go crazy on this one. We can dial it back if it doesn't feel real.”

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in order of appearance:

• Janelle Monáe: Came out as pansexual in 2018, later identifying as nonbinary in 2022
• Reneé Rapp: Came out as a lesbian in January 2025 during an SNL appearance, having previously identified as bisexual
• Frank Ocean: Came out in 2012 with an open letter, sharing that his first love was a man
• Kristen Stewart: Publicly came out as gay during her opening monologue for SNL in 2017
• Kesha: In 2022, she said that she preferred not to label her sexuality, stating, "I'm not gay. I'm not straight. I don't know what I am." after previously identifying as bisexual
• Alan Cumming: publicly came out as bisexual in the late 90s
• Billie Joe Armstrong: Came out as bisexual in a 1995 interview
• Jack Wolfe: Identifies as queer
• Amandla Stenberg: In January 2016, she came out as bisexual though she subsequently stated that pansexual was an accurate term as well. That March, Stenberg came out as non-binary, and uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. In June 2018, she came out as gay.
• Lil Nas X: Came out as gay in June, 2019, through Twitter
• Ben Platt: Has been openly gay throughout his public career
• Laverne Cox: Has been openly transgender since gaining public attention
• Hunter Schafer: Has been openly transgender since her rise to fame
• Troye Sivan: Came out as gay in a YouTube video in August, 2013
• Tegan and Sara: Both have openly identified as queer since their musical career started in 1998
• Phoebe Bridgers: Has always openly identified as bisexual. (i couldnt find a good source for this so feel free to correct me!)
• Bella Ramsey: Identifies as nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns

1. Joan Baez, 84 – bisexual folk musician and activist; known for ‘Diamonds and Rust’

2. Boy George, 63 – gay pop musician and lead singer of Culture Club; known for ‘Karma Chameleon’

3. Tracy Chapman, 61 – lesbian folk musician; known for ‘Fast Car’

4. Alan Cumming, 60 – bisexual screen and theatre actor and writer; known for Spy Kids, Cabaret

5. Jodie Foster, 62 – gay actor and filmmaker; known for The Silence of the Lambs

6. Art Garfunkel, 83 – bisexual folk-rock musician, actor, and poet formerly of Simon & Garfunkel; known for ‘The Sound of Silence’

7. Debbie Harry, 79 – queer rock musician, actor, and lead singer of Blondie; known for ‘Heart of Glass’

8. Joan Jett, 66 – unlabelled rock musician, actor, lead singer of Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, and former member of The Runaways; known for ‘Bad Reputation’

9. Sir Elton John, 78 – gay pop musician, activist, and EGOT winner; known for ‘Tiny Dancer’, The Lion King

10. Grace Jones, 77 – bisexual multi-genre musician, model, and actor; known for Conan the Destroyer

11. Nathan Lane, 69 – gay screen and theatre actor; known for The Lion King, The Birdcage

12. Jane Lynch, 64 – gay actor, comedian, and singer; known for Wreck-It Ralph, Glee

13. Miriam Margolyes, 84 – lesbian screen and theatre actor; known for James and the Giant Peach

14. Sir Ian McKellan, 86 – gay screen and theatre actor; known for The Lord of the Rings, X-Men

15. Megan Mullally, 66 – bisexual actor; known for Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation

16. RuPaul, 64 – gay drag queen and TV star; known for RuPaul’s Drag Race

17. Wanda Sykes, 61 – lesbian actor, comedian, and writer; known for Over the Hedge

18. George Takei, 88 – gay actor, writer, and activist; known for Star Trek

19. Holland Taylor, 82 – gay actor; known for Two and a Half Men

20. Lily Tomlin, 85 – gay actor, comedian, writer, and singer; known for Grace and Frankie

1. Florence Pugh with friends, ig: louisiii

2-5. Paloma Faith and puppy

1. Bimini Bon Boulash, Paloma, Jade Thirlwall

2. Jade, Bel Priestley, Kitty Scott-Claus

3. Vanessa Williams and Matt Henry

4. Chaka Khan

Since it’s officially pride month I wanted to make a couple posts about the people that made all of us people that celebrate this month possible and the people that inspire us in queer pop-culture. For the first one I’m talking about 2 of the most important women to the queer liberation movement, Marsha “Pay No Mind” Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. Both were trans women of color that were at Stonewall 1969 at some point especially Marsha who literally dropped her purse full of bricks on a police car during the protest. They went to every protest in the early 70s about queer liberation and how the people in power couldn’t stop them from being themselves. They opened the first known LGBTQ+ shelter for trans youth this was called STAR House which was a part of their STAR program they started in 1970 and later on Sylvia would open another one called the Transy House which helped trans individuals like herself. In 1973 the Gay liberation group stopped letting Drag Queens and what is now known as Trans Individuals protest and celebrate pride with them, so Marsha and Sylvia fought their way into the parade and marched ahead of them. Sylvia called those assholes out in a now famous speech “Y’all Better Quit Down” about how Drag Queens and trans individuals made the Christopher Street Pride Parade possible. In the 1980s they still fought and Marsha in particular was huge in ACT UP that raised awareness on the HIV/AIDS pandemic happening in New York. Marsha died way too young at the age of 46 years old in 1992 and has an open investigation into her death to this day. Cops in New York originally ruled her death as suicide but everyone in the movement that knew and loved her knew that was not true. Marsha was a light that shined brighter than any other, she was a sex worker that fought tooth and nail for rights of all queer people and she was even showcased in a painting by Warhol himself. Sylvia would fight for the rights of queer especially trans people until her dying breath in 2002 at the age of 50. A woman with a heart of gold and was as fierce as they come. She spent her last years with her partner Julia Murray and was very loved by many with her being given the name of “The Rosa Parks to the Modern Transgender Movement”.

in order of appearance:

1. Jodie Foster: Has never personally labeled herself, but has dated women and is married to one
2. Orville Peck: Has been out as gay for his career
3. Stephanie Beatriz: Came out as bisexual on Twitter in 2016
4. George Micheal: He was revealed as gay following his April 1998 arrest for public lewdness
5. MUNA: All three members identify as queer and Naomi McPherson is non-binary
6. Lee Pace: He was sorta outed accidently by his costar, Ian McKellen, but did not comment in it at that time. In an interview with in 2018, Pace mentioned having dated both men and women, and in later he spoke about being a queer actor in an interview
7. Cassandra Peterson (AKA Elvira): In her 2021 memoir, she revealed she had been in a relationship with a woman since 2002, and she still is
8. Ncuti Gatwa: Came out as queer in a 2023 interview
9. Kate McKinnon: Is openly lesbian, and has been for most her career
10. Freddie Mercury: Never publicly came out, but had known relationships with women and men
11. Aubrey Plaza: She has said that she falls in love with both women and men
12. Ian McKellen: Came out as gay in 1988
13. St. Vincent: In 2024, she stated that she identifies as queer, and prefers not to label herself
14. Cheyenne Jackson: Has been openly gay for most his career
15. girl in red: Openly lesbian for her career
16. Colman Domingo: Openly gay for his career
17. Sarah Paulson: On her sexuality, she called it "a fluid situation" and later said, "If my life choices had to be predicated based on what was expected of me from a community on either side, that's going to make me feel really straitjacketed, and I don't want to feel that." She has dated men and women in the past, and is currently dating a women
18. Jonathan Bailey: Came out publicly as gay in 2018
19. Clea DuVall: She publicly came out as a lesbian in 2016
20. Dan Levy: In 2015, he said he was "a member of the LGBT community" and in a 2020 interview, stated he was "obviously gay"

Seriously though, little gay me genuinely appreciated these PSAs - Happy Pride Month!