Top Ten Famous Gays

Here are some of those who had the courage to declare they’re homosexuals, without the fear of being rejected by others.

But what distinguishes them from others, is the diplomacy in which they admitted and sustained their sexual orientation in a society that condemns any deviation from an accepted set of majority rules.

1.Tom Ford

He realized he loves men when he was 20 years old, while being a student at New York design school, and attending frequently a club renowned for its gay clientele.

This spicy detail about his personal life did not affect him professionally.

After a long collaboration with famous fashion houses Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, which helped him to boost in this industry, Tom Ford has launched its own brand. His work is still popular and successful.

2.Ricky Martin

Ricky Martin was always careful with statements, he never confirmed nor denied the rumors about his sexual orientation, and also the fact that he didn’t appear in public next to a potential girlfriend was not too helpful. In one of his interviews, Martin said that his heart might belong to “a man or a woman.”

In the summer of 2008, a surrogate mother gave birth to twins that the artist has named Valentino and Matteo.

3.George Michael

The singer has long kept hidden his sexual orientation, showing some fake relationships with Brooke Shields and Melissa Megginson, in order to avoid affecting his mother.

In 1991 he met Anselmo Feleppa, who would become his partner for the next two years, until 1993, when he died.

In 2008, when authorities in California have legalized, after eight years of discussion, marriages between persons of the same sex, George Michael acclaim the decision as being “fantastic.”

4.Jean-Paul Gaultier

Another big name in the fashion world is Jean-Paul Gaultier. His creations (clothes and perfumes) have not ceased to impress, starting with the first collection (released in 1976 under the tutelage of Pierre Cardin).

His sexual orientation was put in a certain extent influence on creation, but in a specific way. Not once, critics have insisted on the presence of certain “gay” elements on his clothes, but this has not prevented the divas to wear these outfits on the red carpet

A great success had been achieved through Madonna’s cone bra, while touring back in 2006.

5.Elton John

Elton John, on his real name Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight was among the first to embrace the laws of the civil partnership.

On December 21, 2005, he formalized the relationship with his partner, filmmaker David Furnish, in a civil partnership.

The singer wanted to clarify that, due to this event he didn’t got married, the marriage between persons of the same sex being, at that time, still banned in England.

6.Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs’ name began to resonate in the fashion world since 1986, when, together with Robert Duffy launched Jacobs Duffy Designs brand.

But his rise culminated in 1997, when he was appointed creative director of the French fashion house Louis Vuitton ( a position that he currently holds).

7.Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana

The two met in 1980 when both worked as assistants in an atelier in Milan. Two years later, they asserted the business that would bring them notoriety.

Their first collection was introduced in 1989 and had a huge success.

Besides the professional collaboration, between the two started a romantically one also, which lasted more than 20 years.

In early 2005 the couple split, the two chose to go different ways, but the brand D & G continued to dominate the fashion world.

Stefano Gabbana revealed that he is against on granting adoption rights for the gay couple. Furthermore, he told a U.S. magazine how he suggested to a friend to be the surrogate mother for his child.

8.Richard Chamberlain

We all know George Richard Chamberlain from movies such as The Four Musketeers (1974), Shogun (1980), The Thorn Birds (1983) Strength and Honor (2007), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007) and many other TV series.

In 2007 he had an episodic appearance in the TV series Desperate Housewives, interpreting to Glen Wingfield, Lynette Scavo’s stepfather. The character was also gay.

9.Rupert Everett

Rupert James Hector Everett is one of the few actors who had a huge success in the film industry even after he officially admitted his sexual orientation.

In the early ’80s, Everett was ready to launch his acting career by performing a gay student in the production of Marek Kanievska, Another Country (1984).

Throughout his career, Everett has played different roles of homosexuals such as My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), The Next Best Thing (2000).

10.Boy George

In interviews that have been taken, Boy George gave various answers about his sexual orientation.

For several years, Boy George formed, in secrecy, a couple with Jon Moss, Culture Club’s drummer. Later, the artist’s drug addiction was attributed to separation from Moss.

In the 90s, when the band reunited for a short time, Jon Moss talked openly about the relationship he had with Boy George, although at that time he was a married man with a wife and three children.

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