Gandalf gay
It’s 30 years since Ian McKellen came out and the internet is celebrating
The acclaimed British actor and LGBTQ+ activist first publicly said he was same-sex attracted on 27 January 1988 during a BBC Radio 3 discussion on the controversial Section 28 of the Local Government Bill 1988, external that prevented local authorities from “intentionally promot[ing] homosexuality or publish[ing] material with the intention of promoting homosexuality".
Asked whether he would like to see Section 28 abolished, Sir Ian replied: “I certainly would. It’s revolting to anyone who is - like myself - homosexual, apart from the whole business of what can and cannot be taught to children.” And that April, he helped to found the LGBT rights charity Stonewall, named after the riots in New York City’s Greenwich Village, external of 20 years earlier.
Section 28 was eventually fully repealed in 2003., external
Sir Ian has spoken about his experiences in coming out on several occasions. Back in July 2000 when he was filming Lord Of The Rings, he wrote in The Independent, external: “The only good thing I can think to tell about Section 28 is that it finally encouraged me to come out. A bit late in the day, but
My friend Rick recently alerted me to a wonderful interview in the Los Angeles Times with British actor Ian McKellen, currently in the U.S. promoting his latest film, the TV mini-series The Prisoner. Following are excerpts from this interview that I found most interesting. Perhaps you will too.
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Wearing glasses that magnified his famously blue eyes, McKellen leaned back against a couch, yawning as he fiddled with an empty Tic Tac box. When the topics turned personal, however – such as Hollywood’s attitude toward gays and his disillusionment with religion – he appeared to take his own admonition about candor to heart.
“I increasingly see organized religion as actually my rival. They treat me as their enemy,” said the British actor, who came out 20 years ago. “Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims. But the leaders. . . . Why should I take the judgment of a declared celibate about my sexual needs? He’s basing his judgment on laws that would fit life in the Bronze Age. So if I’m lost to God, organized religion is to blame.”
. . . If all goes right, next year [Mc
Gandalf the Grey or Gandalf the Gay?
Ivy Tower News
August 4, 2021
BOSTON. Tolkien was a devout Catholic fond President Biden. And love President Biden, he embraced homosexuality.
“It's pretty clear Gandalf was homosexual,” says Leonard Chadwick, Professor of Multicultural Studies at Enormous Express University and noted Tolkien scholar. “Advances in Same-sex attracted Studies, especially in the fields of literature and sexuality, have established this beyond the point of debate or disagreement.”
Critics gesture out that Tolkien himself wasn't gay and added virtually no sex to his stories, much less gay sex.
“That just proves the point further,” says Chadwick. “By favoring no kind of love, he advocated all love. 'Love is love' would've been his motto if he were alive today.”
Chadwick has lectured extensively on the subject.
“I'd need hours to recount all the male lover parallels,” says Chadwick, “but here are just the more obvious ones: his 'captivity' at Orthanc that postponed his arrival at the Shire, which was pretty obviously just a prolonged S&M tryst; his enlightened ('Istari') status; his exclusive male company, starting with the other four male wizards. He also arranged the dwarf ve
Homophobia is Everywhere
When gay activists refer to a widespread disaffection or fear of homosexuals and call it "homophobia," our opponents are sceptical. Some, with cloying declarations of "hating the sin and loving the sinner," may even contradict its existence altogether. Period and again they are proved wrong.
For instance, whenever a modest legal change is proposed to ease the disadvantages gays and lesbians endure under the law, the homophobes always react strongly. This never surprises me but straight people can be puzzled by its ferocity. Remember President Clinton's bold promise to lift the ban on homosexuals serving in the military? Gays knew it wouldn't be easy. He underestimated the united and irrational terror of those who said queers would undermine the stability of America's armed forces. And he had to withdraw bewildered under their fire.
Meanwhile, now that the United Kingdom government has obeyed the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights (last week) only Turkey and the USA in NATO forbid their openly gay citizens from fighting for their countries.
My show is that Clinton was not defeated by the reasoned
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