Category talk:LGBT actors

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[edit] Sexuality of actors

Some actors are included in this category for having "played gay" as opposed to their relationships in their personal lives. Notably, this seems to be the case with women (Sharon Stone, Dana Plato) and of course porn actors (actresses).

It is not sufficient to have "played gay" in a role. However, porn actors (actresses) are a special case: they are indisputably shown having sex with someone of the same sex (women). Does "gay for pay" count as identity for our purposes? Do porn stars belong here? Cleduc 21:22, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Pornstars are iffy unless they have specifically said they are bisexual. On the subject of Sharon Stone, she came out as a bisexual during a Letterman interview.

Really? I can't find a source on that. If someone has any further information regarding her coming out on a Letterman interview, please update Talk:Sharon Stone. Cleduc 02:31, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

It was an Advocate interview, not Letterman.

[edit] Regarding porn stars

The following pornstars identify as bisexual, outside their careers: Nina Hartley, Stacey Valentine, Jeff Stryker, Johan Paulik, Annie Sprinkle, and John Holmes. If a pornstar is on the list merely because they have performed same-sex scenes (gay pornstars excluded), they should be kept off.

So why would gay pornstars be excluded from this rule? There are plenty of gay-for-pay pornstars. Is there something so very sticky (ahem) about a man having sex with a man, even for money, that it would mark a guy for life? Is this a One-drop theory (ahem) for sexuality? Cleduc 11:52, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Okay, gay-for-pay shouldn't be included, either.