I just read a article on a website (http://www.hollyfame.com/top-10-bise...s-in-hollywood) that listed the top 10 (in their opinion) bisexual celebrities in Hollywood. I am not sure how recent the article is (maybe 3-5 years old?). I found it interesting that 1) only one of the ten listed was a man (Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong) and 2) only one (Angelina Jolie) is a (near or actual) A-list actor/director/producer/executive 3) that there were almost no minorities nor folk who were not actors and/or musicians on the list. I realize that in most career fields (especially sports, the media and so on) that being openly bi (especially if you are a man) may likely keep you from moving up the ladder (as fast if at all) and/or get big endorsements/contracts and so on. Some do not care and are openly bi (but are not A-list folk in their field of work), but virtually all are women and/or in music or acting, not other fields.
While I am pleased to see more gay and bi female (major) characters on scripted TV shows, I feel it is disappointing that in 2017, there are still practically no openly bi male (mainstream) celebrities and/or characters. Not trying to diss bi women, but bi men is the current big "double standard" out there, since being a bi woman is getting close to being "mainstream" today. I also read about that former football player (not saying his name...you can find him on Google) who was convicted of murder in Massachusetts years ago who recently committed suicide and the "reports" that he was secretly bisexual (which we cannot confirm now). The fact that he was a thug and a murderer is what matters, but if he wasn't that, and IF he was truly bi, there is a pretty good chance that he would not have gotten big NFL money, despite his talent, if he was openly bi. If he hadn't committed crimes that ended his pro career and had continued playing AND was actually bi and had either admitted such (or he had been outed somehow), how would that have affected him, the NFL and (male) sports as a whole? You saw how folk went nuts over a the possibility of a openly gay man being drafted in the NFL a few years ago (he was drafted, but didn't have the talent to stick in the League). What do you think? If you are a (closeted) bi (single, if you were married that is a different deal, I think) man and you were a seriously high-level celebrity and/or athlete making BIG money, would you stay in the closet and make more money and power and/or celebrity or would you out yourself for the good of others, like the folk on the list have? Why or why not? Just curious and interested in a civil conversation on such...not trying to start a fight.
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