Levy’s production team is also looking to hire LGBTQ+ persons at all levels of crew, including as producers, directors, and PR persons. Neil Patrick Harris playing straight Barney is common knowledge, but did you know his husband, an actor and professional chef, played a straight role on the same show? Charming, cunning and straight as hell, Caffrey has several female partners throughout the six seasons. Playing for jokes and cheap laughs is doing a disservice and missing an opportunity to go beyond the superficial.

Her wife and their two sons, Jake (5) and Tyler (1 ½) are the inspiration behind her creative endeavors. Nonetheless, she has portrayed heterosexual characters as well, such as Amanda in Blue Jay, alongside Mark Duplass. The decision to cast straight actor Jack Whitehall as Disney’s first openly gay character stirred the never-ending controversy on whether gay characters should be portrayed by non-LGBTI actors. The Mandalorian actor also stars alongside Ethan Hawke in gay Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar’s upcoming queer Western short, Strange Way of Life, which is set to premiere at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in May.

Last night the Foo Fighters performed at a party that Matthew Barzun, the American ambassador, held at his official residence Winfield House in Regent’s Park in honour of those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Levy and Flores tended to stay out of the on-screen drama and weren’t featured much — that is, until long-simmering tensions reached a boiling point between Levy and one of her fellow Housewives. I know that there are going to be challenges that we’re going to face as a same-sex family that I don’t honestly know if I’m prepared for, s o if I can start to make change while they’re at such a young age, then my biggest hope in the world is that they can speak eloquently and proudly of the way they were raised. Harris and Burtka tied the knot in Italy in 2014, with Elton John playing at the ceremony officiated by HIMYM’s director Pamela Fryman. Lesbian actress Sara Gilbert plays scientist Leslie Winkle, a straight character sexually involved with two main characters, Howard (Simon Helberg) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki).

Jackie Frakes is a talented architectural intern whose life has fallen into unsatisfying patterns, both personally and professionally. The first stage includes Zoom interviews between Levy and her team and qualified candidates from the applicant pool. In addition to covering the domestic angle, the ensemble cast will also travel around the country, campaigning on behalf of LGBTQ+ persons in need. The New Jersey-based entrepreneur, mother of two, and former “Real Housewives of New Jersey” personality has just launched her own production company, Famed Entertainment, and is looking to cast a diverse group of LGBTQ+ women for the new reality show “The Facts of Wife. However, Mandrake hears that the American rock band haven’t always made their feelings on warfare crystal clear.Levy was inspired to create “The Facts of Wife” so that she could create change in real life and on our screens. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. She also portrays the straight, promiscuous Lindsay Bluth Fünke in Arrested Development, originally aired between 2003 and 2006 and later picked up by Netflix for a revival.

But what they don’t know is that Rena has been in the closet since she arrived in Hollywood, her small-town roots turning into big-time secrets. While the incident defined her character on the show, Levy says it’s not at all representative of who she is. The actor has joined the cast of Ethan Coen’s upcoming film Drive-Away Dolls, which is slated to hit theaters on September 22. While a fall festival premiere for the film seems inevitable, it’s not the only Pascal project already generating awards buzz.I can play straight very well, in fact: I convinced everyone (including myself) that I liked men for 30 years so I’m damn sure I can play it convincingly on stage. When not writing, Maya can be found reading a book, gardening or snuggling with her spoiled cat, Pippy. Starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, the movie follows Jamie, a free spirit coping with a breakup, and her straight-laced friend Marian. Although being one of the most famous gay actors to have stepped in the shoes of a straight character, he wasn’t surely the only one. Ellen DeGeneres’ wife rose to fame for the role of lawyer Nelle Porter and John Cage’s love interest in legal dramedy Ally McBeal.

Levy had her own girlfriend at the time but remained determined not to tell her parents ever, if necessary. I thought to myself, ‘Oh my gosh, he is going to see this and he is going to be mortified that that’s his mother,’” she says. It would be the equivalent of assuming that, cast as a lesbian, you’d have to shave your head, get a cat and be a hardcore, angry feminist. Starting work on a new, prestigious movie, Rena knows it’s more important than ever that she keep her secret to herself – the notorious Alina Reyes, executive producer extraordinaire, hates gossip on any of her sets and Rena is too nervous around her to argue.It’s fantastic, but if elected he’ll go on obviously being both [the Mayor as well as an MP] so it means more on my schedule,” the 58-year-old joshes at a party for Grayshott’s 50th anniversary at City Hall. However, as long as opportunities for LGBTI actors remain unequal — and that is true especially for trans artists who face a struggle to be cast as anything but trans — a casting decision will always be more than just that. Now in a relationship with fellow actress Holland Taylor, Paulson had previously dated Cherry Jones. They are also looking to hire secondary cast members, known as ambassadors — show representatives from different parts of the country whose role is to monitor and report regional issues that affect the LGBTQ+ community.