Category talk:Gay actors

message: Alexis Arquette is not gay (i.e., not a gay man, and not a lesbian either). From her bio page:-
She mentioned [...] that she does not want people to call her either a man or a woman, but a transgendered individual — in her words, a "tranny."
: Arquette spent most of his male-period identifying as a gay man. He played primarily gay roles. Being a transexual, or a "tranny", does not have anything to do with one's sexual preference. There are, for instance, female-to-male transexuals who identify as lesbians because although they are now living a male life and have female partners, they still have female genitals. Pacian 02:11, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Is it possible to refer to the term orientation rather than preference? Thanks 11:24, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Nothing disputed about it

message: Why is Jimmy Shields on the page? I'm not disputing that he was gay, I've just never heard any mention of his having been an actor, even though he was partnered to one.--Saxophobia 23:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed Sheilds. his biography says nothing of him being an actor and he has no entry on IMDB.com Pacian 02:09, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jimmy Shields? 

message: I was very surprised and sorry when I read that Mr Porter was classified in gay actors.
I have been working for quite a year on my french article about him and read a lot of english articles from several sources as The Royal Shakespeare company's dictionnary, some obits, theatre articles and TV articles and there was no clear mention of this. Yes he was a bachelor and a loner but is it necessary to say he was gay straight away ?
I cannot believe when he said :"If Nyree Dawn Porter has not been already married I should have proposed." that he was perhaps lying in order that people think he was straight !
He is not there anymore to defend himself as he defended (very well indeed) his private life in his lifetime but until we find proof to the contrary (what are the sources !!!) he is not gay.
May be the little frech fan was romantic and blind for 30 years but I want to be sure in a way or another , it is very important for me and for his image. If it is not true though I do not think it is infamous to be gay. I just want the situation to be in accordance with reality and not with free suppositions.
Is it possible to find proof of this in England (articles ?)
Anyway I am not going to write the result in my article, I want to know it for myself for personal reasons as well.
Is there anybody to answer me ?
Marie-Christine SAGLIER-GALLICHER 86.203.192.127 07:12, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:CFD]]

message: I was very surprised and sorry when I read that Mr Porter was classified in gay actors.
I have been working for almost a year on my french article about him and read a lot of english articles from several sources as The Royal Shakespeare company's dictionnary, some obits, theatre articles and TV articles and there was no clear mention of this. Yes he was a bachelor and a loner but is it necessary to say he was gay straight away ?
I cannot believe when he said :"If Nyree Dawn Porter had not been already married I should have proposed." that he was perhaps lying in order that people think he was straight !
He is not there anymore to defend himself as he defended (very well indeed) his private life in his lifetime but until we find proof to the contrary (what are the sources !!!) he is not gay.
May be the little french fan was romantic and blind for 30 years but I want to be sure in a way or another, it is very important for me and for his image. If it is not true though I do not think it is infamous to be gay. I just want the situation to be in accordance with reality and not with free suppositions.
Is it possible to find proof of this in England (articles ?)
Anyway I am not going to write the result in my article, I want to know it for myself for personal reasons as well.
Is there anybody to answer me ?
Marie-Christine SAGLIER-GALLICHER 86.203.192.127 07:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The onus is on the person who adds the category to come up with proof. If there isn't any, he shouldn't be in the category. Sumahoy 01:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mr Eric Porter 

message: I notice that there are names in the categories 'Gay Actors', 'Gay Actors from the United States and similar for UK. Some names are in more than one category. Is this part of a managed transition to a single logical structure, or does it need to be tidied? VJDocherty 01:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of Categories 

message: Should Chris Crocker really be on this list? Being a so called 'Internet Celebrity' does not make one an actor.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.250.69 (talk) 00:03, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ummmm... 

message: Wouldn't it be faster and more compact to compile a non-gay actor list?  There currently is no "Straight Actor" category; does this mean that there aren't any?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.36.86.218 (talk) 14:16, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-Gay Actors 

message: Why no Rock Hudson? 209.90.140.72 (talk) 01:11, 15 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rock Hudson