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  • TWITTER POWERLIST | The 15 most popular LGBT actors on Twitter

    Between them, the top 15 gay, lesbian and bisexual actors on Twitter have a reach of over 164 million people across the globe.

    To make it on to this list celebrities needed to have at least one million followers. Trans stars are vastly underrepresented in the media and therefore may contribute to the fact no trans actors had enough followers to qualify. However, the most popular transgender star on Twitter is Laverne Cox with 679,000 followers.

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    14) Ruby Rose @RubyRose

    Ruby Rose made a name for herself in Netflix’s smash hit Orange Is The New Black. She came out as a lesbian at the age of 12. She now has 1.3 million followers on Twitter.

    13) Kevin McHale @druidDUDE

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    The Glee actor came out in 2018 on Twitter and is a brand new entry to this list. He has over 1.35 million followers on Twitter. Apart from Glee Kevin McHale has also starred in the E4 panel show, Virtually Famous.

    12) Ellen Page @EllenPage

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    In 2016 X Men actor Ellen Page had 1.39 million followers, she has grown that by around 100,000 new fans to reach 1.4 million followers.

    11) Colton Haynes @ColtonLHaynes

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    American Horror Story and Arrow actor Colton Haynes has managed to create a nice following for himself with nearly 2 million followers (1.96 million) In 2016 he had 1.76 million followers.

    10) Jane Lynch @janemarielynch

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    The Glee actor has 1.8 million people following her every word on Twitter, this is slightly down from a peak in 2016 at 1.92 million. Since Glee finished Jane Lynch has appeared in numerous TV shows including, Manhunt: Unabomber.

    9) George Takei @GeorgeTakei

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    The Star Trek original George Takei continues to be a Twitter favourite with 2.82 million followers. He’s actually had a huge uptake in followers since 2016 by over a million people. He is the oldest member on our Twitter Power list at 81-years-old.

    8) Chris Colfer @chriscolfer

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    Another Glee alumni, Chris Colfer has 2.36 million followers thanks to his advocacy, acting and range of children’s books – called The Land Of Stories. He has also seen a drop in followers from 2.56 million in 2016.

    7) Sir Ian McKellen @IanMcKellen

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    At 3.92 million followers Sir Ian McKellen is showing that age and technology should be no barrier. He has grown his following from 3.28 in 2016. Sir Ian is famous for his roles in the X Men films, The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings. He is the second oldest on our list after George Takei who is 81.

    6) Kevin Spacey @KevinSpacey ‏

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    Kevin Spacey is a new addition to the Twitter Powerlist after he came out early in 2018 following accusations of sexual misconduct. He has 4.57 million followers, although he’s been pretty much silent since the allegations came to light.

    5) Stephen Fry @stephenfry

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    Stephen Fry has had a love-hate relationship with Twitter but that doesn’t stop him from being an incredibly popular actor on the platform. In 2016 he had 9.55 million followers, today he has 12.8 million followers. Stephen Fry is a much loved English broadcaster, author and actor. He left twitter in 2016 after receiving abuse on the social platform.

    4) Cara Delevingne @Caradelevingne

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    Model/ actor Cara identifies as bisexual and has been in movies like Valarian and Suicide Squad. She has over 10.3 million followers on Twitter, making her one of the most influential bisexual women on the planet.

    3) Ricky Martin @ricky_martin

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    Since his starring role in The Assassination of Gianni Versace, Ricky Martin can definitely be included in our actors’ power list. The entertainer who is properly most famous for his singing career in the early 00s has amassed 20.5 million followers.

    2) Neil Patrick Harris @ActuallyNPH

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    Reaching far out ahead is Neil Patrick Harris with over 21.7 million followers although he has seen a massive decline in followers since 2016 when he had 24.1 million followers. Neil Patrick Harris famous for playing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother and Doogie Howser in the show with the same name.

    1) Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow

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    At the top of the tree, Ellen DeGeneres has a massive following of fans with 76 million of them. That’s nearly 20 million more since 2016 when she had 57.8 million. Since 2003 her talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show is one of the US’s most successful syndicated shows in history and is now in its 15th series.

  • The LGBT Twitter Powerlist – The Top 25 Most Popular LGBTs On Twitter

    The LGBT Twitter Powerlist – The Top 25 Most Popular LGBTs On Twitter

    Between them, the top 25 gay, lesbian, bisexual or trans celebrities we could find on Twitter have access to the eyes of up to 132,000,000 people.

    They range from a news anchor to YouTube stars, singers to actors. The average age of these stars is 46 years old, YouTuber Troye Sivan being the youngest at 20 and George Takei  being the oldest at 78. Some have made their celebrity status through reality TV, like Adam Lambert (American Idol) and some have played the long fame game, like singer Ricky Martin and actor Neil Patrick Harris.

    To make it on to this list celebrities needed to have at least one million followers. Trans stars are vastly under represented in the media and therefore may contribute to the fact that only one trans person had enough followers to qualify.

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    25) Zachary Quinto, Actor, 1.12 million @ZacharyQuinto

    Zachary Quinto came to fame during the Heroes TV show created by Tim Kring. He’s since gone on to star as Spock in the latest series of Star Trek films.

    24) Rylan Clark-Neal, Presenter, 1.34 Million @Rylan

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    CREDIT: Channel 5

    Rylan made his name during X Factor UK – and quickly became a reality TV favourite after he was snapped up by Celebrity Big Brother producers who put him to the house. Despite only becoming recently famous at that point he won that series of CBB. He now presents Big Brother’s Bit On The Side.

    23) Ellen Page, Actor, 1.39 million, @EllenPage

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    Ellen Page is a Canadian actor who came out in February 2014 during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time To Thrive conference. She stars in the X Men series of films.

    22) Samantha Ronson, DJ and Producer, 1.51 million, @SamanthaRonson

     

    > 21) Suze Orman, TV Host, 1.6 million, @SuzeOrmanShow

     

     

    >21 Gok Wan, Designer / Presenter 1.6million @GokWan

    Gok Wan is a well known presenter in the UK his Channel 4 show, How To Look Good Naked made him an instant success.

     

    20) Colton Haynes, Actor, 1.76 million @ColtonLHaynes

    Colton Haynes made headlines in 2016 when he came out by acknowledging that he wasn’t secretly gay.

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  • FILM REVIEW | Freeheld

    FILM REVIEW | Freeheld

    ★★ Freeheld | A dying female police officer struggles to get her benefits passed on to her female domestic partner in the new film ‘Freeheld.’

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  • Independent Fails To Hail Any Gay or Bisexual Men As Important For Landmark Year

    Independent Fails To Hail Any Gay or Bisexual Men As Important For Landmark Year

    The Independent Newspaper has failed to acknowledge any gay or bisexual men in its round up list of people who made 2015 a landmark year for LGBT rights.

    The Independent, home to the annual Rainbow List has failed to acknowledge any gay or bisexual men in its round up of the people who made 2015 a landmark year for LGBT rights.

    The list included Caitlyn Jenner, who many in the LGBT community have blasted as not being a good representative after claiming “If You Look Like a Man in a Dress, It Makes People Uncomfortable”

    The list, created by reporter Caroline Mortimer, hails, reality star Caitlyn Jenner, actresses Ruby Rose and Ellen Page, artist iO Tillett Wright and model Cara Delevigne as people who made “massive strides for equality and tolerance for LGBT people across the world.”

    Cara Delevigne is a former model who came out as bisexual in an interview with Vogue in July. She is in a relationship with singer St. Vincent and has now quit the modelling industry.

    iO Tillett Wright is an artist who photographs anyone who doesn’t indentify as “100% straight”.

    Earlier this year Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily Rose came out as not 100% straight.

    The list failed to mention the extraordinary efforts made by some gay and bisexual men in 2015 for LGBT rights across the globe.

    The only man mentioned on the list of just six people is Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who along with other judges who legalised same-sex marriage in the US.

    We reached out for comment from the list’s creator Caroline Mortimer.

  • X Men star Ellen Page comes out

    X-Men Actor Ellen Page comes out at a Human Rights Campaign conference.

    • Ellen Page, an Oscar nominee came to fame in the Juno movie
    • Spoke about wanting to live an ‘open and authentic live’
    • Celebrities react with positivity over her coming out

    26-year-old actress Ellen Page has come out as gay at a ‘Time To Thrive’ Human Rights Campaign conference in Las Vegas saying:

    ‘I’m here today because I am gay

    ‘And because maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility.’

    TIRED OF LYING BY OMISSION
    Page also said she was coming out because she was: ‘tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission. I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain. I am young, yes, but what I have learned is that love, the beauty of it, the joy of it and yes, even the pain of it, is the most incredible gift to give and to receive as a human being. And we deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.’

    ‘If we took just 5 minutes to recognize each other’s beauty, instead of attacking each other for our differences. That’s not hard. It’s really an easier and better way to live. And ultimately, it saves lives. Then again, it’s not easy at all. It can be the hardest thing, because loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves. I know many of you have struggled with this. I draw upon your strength and your support, and have, in ways you will never know.’

    Ellen Page made her fame in the film Juno, however she has also starred in X-Men The Last Stand and Inception.

    Her new film X-Men Days Of Future Past is due out in May 2014.

    STAR REACTION
    Former Boybander Lance Bass took to twitter to congratulate the star saying:

    ‘I just watched Ellen Page come out! Wow! What a speech! Congrats!!’ the gay N’Sync singer captioned the picture. ‘We love you @ellenpage!!’