Can you provide a list of contempoary male celebrities (sports, film,
politics, etc.) that have been rumored to be gay? Some of the ones
I've heard about are John Travolta, Tom Cruse, Mike Piazza, Troy
Aikman, etc. These are people who are not out but are rumored to be at
least bisexual. Others I've heard about are Kneau Reeves, Steve Young,
and Brady Anderson (Orioles).

Thanks

Hi there!

If you listen to the rumor mill long enough, pretty much everyone is
rumored to be gay or bisexual at some point or another.  What? 
Married?  Six kids?  Nah, he's gay too, the wife is just for show.

Rumors are often the price of fame.

Obviously, rumors are created, dispelled, and created anew every day,
so this is by no means a complete or comprehensive list, just a list
of rumors currently mentioned online.  I've listed the name of the
celebrity/public figure, followed by a link to the article in which
he's either rumored to be gay or is denying the rumor.  I've not
included any rumors which were later confirmed ( George Michael, Elton
John, David Bowie).

The first link is an A - Z listing of celebrities either wide rumored
to be gay, or who people just like to speculate might be gay:

Gay or Not? - An A- Z list of speculation.
http://queervote.com/az.htm

...and for the rest:


Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe
http://www.clubswim.com/news-detail.asp?NewsID=2434

British soccer player Sol Campbell
http://www.tampabaycoalition.com/sports~ns4.html#anchor_17704

Rhode Island politician Joe Paolino
http://www.insidepolitics.org/heard/heard081502.html

Former Congressman Bill Paxon (R-NY)
http://www.datalounge.com/datalounge/news/record.html?record=2923&continuebutton=Not+Now

Baseball player George Brett
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/3324407.htm

Singer Robbie Williams and Actor Jonathan Wilkes
http://popdirt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=24008

American Idol contestant Clay Aiken
http://www.bestandworst.com/pages/vote/vote-7850.html

Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Kordell Stewart
http://www.outsports.com/review/review082201.htm

Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Foley of Florida
http://www.gaychile.com/eng/det_news.php?cont=509

Dawson's Creek star James van der Beek
http://www.starswelove.com/scriptsphp/news.php?newsid=718

Actors Kevin Spacey, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Richard Gere, and singer Ricky Martin
http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/resources/glc_out_celebs_in.htm

Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax
http://www.rslevinson.com/gaylesissues/features/main/gl030222.htm

Washington Redskins wide receiver Michael Westbrook and Washington
Wizards player Rod Strickland
http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/events/122697ev.htm

Singer Justin Timberlake
http://www.voy.com/9623/1911.html

Actor Vin Diesel
http://www.planetout.com/pno/msgbrd/read.html?board=414&id=244697

Prince Charles
http://www.markfiore.com/forum/article.php?sid=1656

Actor Elijah Wood
http://veryverygay.com/elijahwood/ewivvg.html

Actor Orlando Bloom
http://www.mostbeautifulman.com/gossip/orlandobloomgay.shtml

Actor Viggo Mortenson
http://pub38.ezboard.com/ftheshire89142frm45.showMessage?topicID=117.topic

Actor Tom Selleck
http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,1689,00.html

Singer Barry Manilow
http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biom1/mani1.html

Actors Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
http://www.destinationhollywood.com/ubb/Forum89/HTML/000029.html

Socialite David Gest
http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/world/040802wo.htm

Actor Kenneth Branagh
http://www.branaghcompendium.com/artic-seattlegay.html

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
http://entertainment.yahoo.com/entnews/wwn/20030410/104998680005.html

Hip hop artists LL Cool J, Puffy & Mase, MC Lyte, Erick Sermon and
Will Smith (the Fresh Prince)
http://www.daveyd.com/fnvrumorsnews.html

Shock rocker Marilyn Manson
http://milk.sporkyou.com/topic-p-339642.html

Actor Chris Tucker
http://www.bet.com/articles/0,1048,c5gb710-1349-1,00.html

Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas
http://game-palace.net/GOT/GamesThatNeverWere.htm

Singer Randy Travis
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rock/travis-02.php

Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh
http://www.americanpolitics.com/20030103Letters.html

Singer Lance Bass
http://pub30.ezboard.com/fallfornsyncboardfrm5.showMessage?topicID=40.topic

Ohio Congresseman John Kasich and South Dakota Senator Larry Pressler
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/analysis/time/9610/14/tumulty.shtml

Evangelist Jerry Falwell
http://www.bobharris.com/scoop/falwell.htm

Actor Tom Hanks
http://gaytoday.badpuppy.com/garchive/reviews/011199re.htm

Comedian Carrot Top
http://www.orlandoweekly.com/bestof/color/index.asp

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle
http://www.differentspirit.inclusivechristians.org/essay30%2012193.htm

Not contemporary in the "still living" sense, but rather in the "still
talked about sense":

Jesus Christ 
http://www.rainbownetwork.com/content/News.asp?newsid=4112




Hope this helps!

--Missy

Search terms: [ gay rumors ], [ secretly gay ], [ gay gossip ]

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Request for Answer Clarification by johnster-ga on 30 Jan 2004 09:59 PST

Hi Missy,

Thanks for the answer. Did you not include information on those people
I mentioned in my question because you thought I had that information
already or there was nothing in the files? I think the former because
there have been many references to those people like Cruze, Piazza,
Aikman in the past.

Please research those people as well.

As far as your answer, there were a few surprises in it but I think
there is more. Most of the ones you mentioned, were no surprise. I
would like to see more names and more depth. I don't want to see names
for a names sake but a little more research especially into major
league sports and Hollywood. By the way, you didn't go outside the box
and post any listings on business people or religious men.

Please give me more depth, truthful, but more depth. Thanks.

I'm a generous tipper.

John

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Clarification of Answer by missy-ga on 30 Jan 2004 10:16 PST

Hi John,

You're correct.  I did not list the men you've already mentioned
because it's obvious that you've already heard those rumors.  But I
can certainly pull a few articles about them.

With respect to "more depth"...I'm afraid I don't know what you mean
in that regard.  This is an incredibly nebulous and ever-changing
topic - searching just on [ gay rumors ] produces more than *135,000*
hits, and I really can't provide you with more information than what
is already out there.  As I noted in the answer, at some point or
other, virtually *every* famous person is rumored to be gay by
*someone* - whether there is any shred of truth or not.

If there are specific names you're interested in, I can certainly look
into them.  Otherwise, we're just looking for specks of dust on the
ocean.

--M

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Clarification of Answer by missy-ga on 30 Jan 2004 10:51 PST

Something else:  You asked for contemporary figures.  Going a back a
generation or two yields rumors about J. Edgar Hoover, John Wayne,
Cary Grant, Howard Hughes...very tight lids were kept on those rumors
for many years, because of social sensibilities then.  How far back
would you still consider "contemporary"?

--M

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Clarification of Answer by missy-ga on 01 Feb 2004 22:30 PST

I'm sorry you're unhappy with your answer.

Your original question did not ask for rumors to be verified or
disproved - only for a list of men rumored to be gay.  It was
specifically noted in the answer that I did not include men who had
been rumored to be gay and had later confirmed that they were.

Had you provided the additional clarification I had asked you for, or
asked me to include those men who have recently confirmed the rumors
about them as true, I would have been more than happy to investigate
further.

Regards,

--Missy

Missy,

I've posted several questions or Google and in the same price range or
above and yours' was definitely the weakest.

First of all, you did not list information on those names that I
provided already;  whether they were true or false. In response to my
question, you just said what answer I had provided was that there were
rumors about these people. You didn't add anything to these rumors and
if you found evidence they were false, you didn't offer it.

Moreover, you didn't list some of the celebrities that have already
come out just recently and long denied it or some that have been
rumored to be gay, e.g., Matthew Broderick. There are others that your
flawed researching didn't pick up.

As far as, more specific answers are hard to come by and rumors, too
many to count, that's the easy way out. Actually, rumors about male
celebrities, probably make up about 1% or less of the total. No, not
everyone is gay but it can also be said "where there's smoke there's
fire". I've never heard any rumors about Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford,
Kevin Costner, etc. This pat answer of yours is an easy way out.
Besides, I take everything I hear with a spoonful of salt.

Missy, I don't know whether you choose a question to answer or it is
assigned; if the former is true, please do not choose any more
questions from me. I've had six or seven questions answered by Google
Researchers and your was the worse for lack of content, lack of energy
spent and lack of time. My grandmother could have done better. Your
heart wasn't in this and your answers showed it.

Johnster - I'm wondering whether you followed the first link in
Missy's answer - it is a site full of the type of infotmation you are
after, such as:
http://queervote.com/people/c_Cruise_tom.htm

Missy, 

I apologize for the various comments I made on this particular search.

I went to far and made comments that I regret. 

From now on, any comments, negative or positive, to researchers will
be kept succinct and totally professional.

Johnster