Slideshow: The Evolution of the Gay Celebrity

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While we were applauding the San Francisco Giants for creating an "It Gets Better" video, another gay pride campaign was taking shape. The Trailblazer Campaign is calling on actors, musicians, and other celebs to come out of the closet. Stars are often terrified that coming out will hurt their careers, but as actor Steve Callahan says in one of the videos, "It doesn't matter...Hollywood doesn't get a pass anymore."

Here we've chronicled the evolution of the gay star, from Hollywood's silent era to the slightly less, but still too silent, modern-day celebrity landscape.

Nona Willis Aronowitz
Associate Editor

Posted in: Culture

Tags: hollywood,; gay rights,; it gets better,; gay stars,; gay actors,; trailblazer,; ellen degeneres,; neil patrick harris,; ricky martin,; rock hudson

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