The Psycho star supposedly had an affair with actor Tab Hunter, despite being married to Berry Berenson. I have never paid much attention to what people think about me.” Barbara StanwyckĪxel Madsen stated that the actress was publicly speculated to be “ Hollywood’s biggest closeted lesbian.” There were even rumors about how her matrimonies to Robert Taylor and Frank Fay were “lavender marriages” designed by studio executives to hide her secret. Like a large number of men, I, too, have had homosexual experiences, and I am not ashamed. In his 1976 autobiography Marlon Brando: The Only Contender, Brando shared with journalist Gary Carey, “Homosexuality is so much in fashion, it no longer makes the news. The before-mentioned Bowers insisted that Tracy was one of various stars he “serviced” out, and he insisted that he slept with Tracy “on numerous occasions.” At the opening-night gala for the documentary Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood in August 2018, Indiewire asked Bowers a question: “So how gay was Spencer Tracy?” to which Bowers replied, “He got drunk and thanked the man beside him in the morning for taking care of him.” Katherine Hepburnīowers alleged a common demand from Hepburn was: “When you get a chance, do you think you can find a nice young dark-haired girl for me? Someone that’s not too heavily made-up.” Bowers said that he has obtained “over 150 different women” for Hepburn. “Marilyn followed me from room to room,” she said. Crawford had a gigantic orgasm and shrieked like a maniac.” Judy Garland insisted that Monroe stalked her at a party. Ralph Greenson imply that she once boasted by stating, “Oh yes, Crawford. Records of Monroe’s therapy sessions with Dr. Lois Banner wrote in her book Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox that Marilyn Monroe “desired women, had affairs with them and worried that she might be lesbian by nature.” She supposedly hooked up with Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Marlene Dietrich, and Joan Crawford. Speaking to Ronald Martinetti for his biography The James Dean Story, advertising manager Rogers Brackett declared, “I loved him, and Jimmy loved me.” In the book James Dean: The Biography, writer Val Holley claimed Brackett “took in when almost no one else believed in him.” Marilyn Monroe
Composer Alec Wilder alleged “they were definitely a couple,” continuing, “Of course, the words ‘sexual fidelity’ would be unknown in each of their vocabularies.” Brando wasn’t the only one Dean had a relationship with. So scroll through the slideshow above to view some of the most surprising gay historical figures.Salon published that Dean declared, “No, I’m not homosexual, but I am also not going through life with one hand tied behind my back.” In the biography James Dean: Tomorrow Never Comes, writers Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince claimed that Dean liked “kinky sado-masochistic sex” with actor Marlon Brando. Thankfully, now we can look back with interest, fascination, and acceptance of their homosexuality. They may have been married or had children or denied it vehemently, but these men and women were quite likely gay in a time before that was at all acceptable. While nothing’s set in stone, we’ve managed to dig up a dozen gay historical figures whose sexuality is, more or less, agreed upon. Some, however, were either not so adept at hiding their sexual preferences, or they were shockingly open with it. No doubt, there are many closeted historical figures who we’ll never know if they were truly gay. With centuries upon centuries of gay suppression, its no wonder that countless gay historical figures and celebrities have had to hide their controversial sexuality. Fortunately, we live in a mostly accepting time of homosexuality, but of course, history hasn’t been so kind to the gay community.