You Can Look, But You Can’t Touch: 7 Hot (Openly) Gay Actors
Life can’t always be about having everything you want, when you want it. Sometimes you are limited to window shopping, to the quickest of glances, to imagined passion. Here’s a list of hot *openly* gay actors who will never long for our feminine touch, yet still. Still we lust and admire (and respect!) many of these excellent spokesmen for the gay community. So, stare and admire!
1. Luke McFarlane
Many of you may know McFarlane as Scotty Wandell on ABC’s “Brothers and Sisters,” on which he plays an openly gay man married to one of the “brothers” of the show, played by Matthew Rhys. McFarlane came out to the media in 2008 and then promptly said this wonderful thing:
2. Robert Gant
Gant is mostly famous for being on the American version of Queer as Folk for Showtime, as HIV-positive Ben Bruckner who crusades against “Prop 14″ inside the show, a TV equivalent of many controversial anti-gay marriage bills. His advocacy goes beyond the fictional world though. Gant was recognized and honored by The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) in 2003, and was given the National Equality Award by the Human Rights Commission in 2006. And, of course, Google him and you’ll get pages and pages of crazy tight abs photos. But remember the advocacy, ladies!
3. Neil Patrick Harris
Well. Doy. Doogie grew up and he’s cute and outspoken now. If you haven’t seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing a Long Blog then you’re missing out. If you haven’t seen that poster of NPH for Harold and Kumar 2, where have you been? And I don’t like CBS comedies, but the idea of a gay man playing a straight dude p*#syhound is priceless.
On shaking the whole Doogie thing: “All I have to do is hope that more chapters go by where I’m playing other roles, and Doogie will become an arrow in a quiver, as opposed to some albatross that I worry about.”
4. John Barrowman
Sci-fi nerd girls know who this bloke is! He plays Captain Jack (not Sparrow) on the newest incarnation of Doctor Who, and its subsequent spin-off show, Torchwood. Torchwood is kind of the X-Files of the UK, but with waaaaaay more hot gay grappling and sex with aliens (hey, stuff happens). Barrowman bears a strong resemblance to Tom Cruise…except Barrowman hops up and down on sofas about his gay lover of many years, whom he married in 2006. When Captain Jack taught Gwen how to shoot a guy in Season 1 of Torchwood, I had a TV-related orgasm.
Best Barrowman quote: “It’s about time we had a gay man playing a hero. What I do in my bedroom is just the same as what everybody else does; I just do it with a man.”
5. Darryl Stephens
I’m ashamed at myself that it took five entries before I broke the color barrier in this post, especially since Darryl Stephens of Noah’s Arc definitely belongs on this list. You can also see more of Stephens’ excellent *body* of work in Q. Allan Brocka’s indie drama Boy Culture. Hopefully LOGO will pick up more episodes of Noah’s Arc, so that gay actors of color can get some attention and respect too.
6. Russell Tovey
When consulting my gay bros for their favorite open actors, and this man (former star of the History Boys – both on stage and screen) popped up a few times. And this is how he was described: “Oh he’s the cute werewolf in Being Human, so he turns into a wolf and his clothes always come off!” Well, well. Besides THAT – Tovey has ears that adorably stick out like tea cup handles and he’s been on the aforementioned awesome Doctor Who, once again proving that being a gay actor on TV in the UK seems like less of a detriment.
Good gravy! alert: “I have a nice bum, so I’ve been told. It’s very smooth and pert. Would I do full-frontal? Yeah, if it was right.”
7. Cheyenne Jackson
I left one of the pretties for last! He has a pretty name and is quite, quite pretty himself. Especially in his underpants. Jackson has sang backup for Vanessa Williams and Liza Minnelli and has appeared up and down Broadway in many stage productions (Xanadu, All Shook Up, Damn Yankees). And to finish this off in an entirely professional fashion, he looks damn good in his underpants.
Who did we leave out? Sound off in the comments…
Yes, yes & yes to Darryl Stephens! Would do all sorts of awful things to that man.
You do realise Zachary Quinto isn’t out… and you are probably about to get sued.
When exactly did Zachary Quinto come out of the closet? It’s hilarious that he’s number 1 when he’s actually still locked in there.
I can’t believe you’re allowed to write garbage like this – if Zachary Quinto is gay, he most certainly is not out to the general public.
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Oh so funny.
I really though he was out of the closet… I feel like I read that somewhere.
Maybe not. Whichever it is he’s hot!
ZQ is not openly out and who are you to try and publicly out him? Get a real life instead of making up lists that don’t matter or contribute anything useful to us.
I’m talking about Zachary Quinto of course.
ZQ is not gay!
We are going to get married and have badly-dressed babies.
LoL you took ZQ off the list *sad face*
um what happened to ZQ?
I should have screencapped this!
The backpedaling on this post is amazing. First you say ZQ is out and openly gay, then you say he’s gay but not out of the closet and will maybe be out soon? maybe not? and then you just delete it
THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS.
That’s ok. You know it’s all over the internet anyway.
They should at least have added another person to replace him.
Re: Zachary Quinto. As the above poster said, the internet never forgets and someone has a copy of the original post somewhere. You are worse than Perez Hilton and the ZQ fangirls who want Quinto to be gay so he can live out their boy sex fantasies for them. There is no proof that he’s gay or out or shaking up with a bf, just because fatboy Perez wishes it’s so, does not make it so. It doesn’t seem to matter at all that Quinto himself has never commented on his sexual preference either freaking way and to be honest why should he?
It’s his life and his choice and because you might want it to happen, it doesn’t mean it will. Word on the streets on LA, what a crock.
i am the only person who finds John Barrowman repugnant? He keeps showing up on these hots lists and i keep thinking ‘ewwwww no!’ If he was straight no one would give a crap, after all we already got Hugh Jackman . . .
where is b.d. wong?
yes okami you are the only one that feels that way about john barrowman. he is a super fine singer.
I am not one for outing unless the person is someone who is speaking or working against the gay community and is in fact gay themselves. That said, it’s really unfortunate that some people still consider speculation about a celebrity being gay an accusation which they should be defended against. One poster stated that ZQ hasn’t commented on his sexual preference and asked why should he, like it’s no big deal, which in my opinion is true. It shouldn’t be a big deal. But those words from the poster ring hollow when before making that statement, they said something about “ZQ fangirls who want Quinto to be gay so he can live out their boy sex fantasies for them”. If it’s no big deal, why the negativity? No such vitriol is ever aimed at straight women who tell a gay man whom they find attractive that he just hasn’t had it right. Or to straight men who tell lesbians they find attractive the same thing. If it’s no big deal, how about people doing their part to make life outside of the closet, for ZQ and anyone else residing there, more comfortable. Save the “atmosphere of accusations” for criminal activity, not sexual orientation.
That is, if ZQ is actually in the closet or gay. I don’t know and am not particularly concerned.
It is rare that I would take the time to read/write a comment about a topic like this; but I felt the need after all the talk of 1 person.
When & if a person want to comment about their sexual prefference, LET THEM do it! There is enough internal issues with-in the gay community. Don’t start another one. Let a person live their lifes the way they feel best. There is no harm being done to anyone eles. Oh, and as far as John Barrowman–HOT & Cute as Hell!
>“ZQ fangirls who want Quinto to be gay so he can live out their boy sex fantasies for them”. If it’s no big deal, why the negativity?
It’s not negative, I said it because it’s the truth. I honestly don’t see the difference between them and the fangirls who dream about him being straight because they think they have a chance with him. A fangirl is a fangirl, no matter if she has to live through someone else to live out her fantasy. There is a difference between fantasizing about someone and making it fit that fantasy than making a public statement about the sexuality of the same person on the internet and try to pass it off as truth. I mean people act like being gay is like being the last unicorn, and that it’s somewhat unique so they make a big deal about it. When it’s not that big of a deal. Being gay is not shameful, but what is shameful is trying to out someone who isn’t out and that is what they say about Quinto on most of the websites I have seen. No proof that he’s gay, just “oh lookie he’s so obviously gay let’s gawk at him”. Ridiculous.
For example of how ridiculous all of this has gotten, fangirls thought he was involved with that photographer Tyler Shields, until they found out Tyler is straight and has a pretty blond girlfriend. And they only thought he was Zach’s bf because Tyler had gone to some events with Zach and had gone to the set of Heroes. No proof, just assumption. Now apparently his current paramour is Colton Haynes only because he went to a concert with him, oh and then there’s Matt Bomer who went to school with him, and then of course his regular lay, Chris Pine, Capt Kirk himself. Oh that Quinto, what a whore, because he’s apparently doing them all. Where does he find the time? But that’s okay, all of this talk is just talk and it never filters over to websites like this as fact. Not.
*shakes head*
I feel sorry for him to be honest.
Thanks for deleting my comment!
THE INTERNET DIDN’T FORGET THAT, EITHER.
Snubbed:
Neil Patrick Harris -have can he not be on the list
also,
Jeremy Sheffield -gorgeous and hyper masculine
If you were a gay man in LA, you’d know that ZQ is gay. And I think “outing” implies there’s something to be ashamed of. There isn’t.
you speak for the entire world Ricky?
i never said he couldnt sing – just that he’s a lil repulsive . . .
Bonnya, my point is that if being gay is no big deal and not shameful then the vitriol for these “accusations” about sexual orientation would not exist. Robert Pattinson constantly maintains that he and Kristen Stewart are great friends, not a couple. But every time they’re seen together, the tabloids and websites “report” that they’re on a date or at some love nest. But no vitriol then. It only happens when a hot commodity in the entertainment industry is “accused” of being gay and either they have not mentioned their orientation or have denied it.
While there are some gay men who look at ZQ as sexy and fantasize about him, I would argue that most gay men who think he is gay are more of the feeling that they wish him to come out, not to add more fuel to fantasies but to further drive home the point that an openly gay man can be a hot commodity and have an extremely successful career in Hollywood. The problem with that is not everyone is cut out to be a role model or trail blazing pioneer on human and civil rights. It takes an extremely strong individual to risk fame, fortune and possible loss of family and friends. I know SEVERAL extremely handsome men with beautiful wives or girlfriends who actually prefer men sexually. When asked why they’re in the closet, the answer is usually fear of losing family, friends and/or their job. Now take that theme of fear and loss and shift it from an every day guy with an every day job in middle America to a person whose career success is based upon acceptance by the masses.
The truth of the matter is that if all of the guys you mentioned ZQ is alleged to be involved with were women, no demand for proof of his straightness or even of the relationships, would be necessary. It would be looked at as him being a hot, young, single man in Hollywood, enjoying his wave of popularity. Hi fives all around. But because of the gay thing…refer to my opening sentence in this email.
While I don’t think it’s healthy for people to live their lives hiding in the closet, given the atmosphere, I definitely understand it.
Who cares about ZQ? the days have gone by when you should be ashamed, and it is not worth all this useless banter about one gay/notgay man.
PS: What about b.d. wong.. sexiest asian man I’ve noticed lately. My gaydar told me so even before he came out on the show
>proof of his straightness or even of the relationships, would be necessary.
Even with women, the fangirls still demand proof of status and het. For example, that rumor that he dated Rumer Willis. That was a couple of years ago and the fangirls are still harping over that one. Pics recently surfaced of them going to a party together around the same time the rumor started, and the **** hit the fan yet again. My point, fangirls want him with either themselves or fantasy lives they’ve made up in their heads. IE:” if he can’t be with me, he can be with Chris Pine, so at least unlike me he’s got the chance of getting some and so on”
Fandom: A jealous, clingy girlfriend. Ta.
Besides it wouldn’t matter if he was seen with a woman anyway, she would get labeled a beard and he would be blasted for trying to cover up his gayness. People should just leave him alone and let him do his thing, he’s a good actor and pleasant to look at, that’s all that really matters.
I saw some of the Rumer Willis pictures but not all, but nothing that screamed relationship, Zach is surely more intimate looking with Hayden, Dania and Kristen (which he has been rumored to have hooked up with too).. but Zach did deny Rumer..
Zach does claim to be single and most of the “sightings” of Zach and boyfriends etc cannot be proven. Anyone can be anyone on line, anyone can claim to have slept with him or say they saw him kissing a man or woman without any way to back it up and there will be people who believe them!
http://zach-quinto.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=477
Are these the pictures of Rumer supposedly…
john barrowmen is so sexy i will love to do very bad things to that man hey i’ll make him go straight
Great list! I absolutely adore Luke Macfarlane. While I’m sometimes “meh” about the scripting on Brothers and Sisters, I love the actors, including pretty Luke.
NPH is also super sexy. He’s funny and charming and definitely has that “x factor” whatever that is.
Love Russel Tovey too, and I wish more north american actors were so casual about nudity!