Shocked!! Shocked, I tell you!!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

When Rob Halford of Judas Priest came out... I wasn't at all surprised. XD

[daleduke17]

Some surprising ones to me:

Nathan Lane, George Takei, David Ogden Stiers, Neil Patrick Harris (especially for his character on "How I Met Your Mother")

Not so surprising:
David Hyde Pierce, Lance Bass, Clay Aiken, Sean Hayes

In other MASH related names: isn't it quite surprising that Jamie Farr is straight, especially given his character for the first few seasons on MASH?

[Pagan]

You've personally ran into him? Is he as awesome as he seems?

Pretty cool. He's from ABQ and his parents own a really good restaurant here.

Some surprising ones to me:

Nathan Lane,

Really?

Did y'all know that Dan Butler that played Bulldog on "Fraiser" is?

[AdminAssistant]

Nathan Lane

*snip*

In other MASH related names: isn't it quite surprising that Jamie Farr is straight, especially given his character for the first few seasons on MASH?

Nathan Lane was surprising? He's second only to Harvey Fierstein on the Broadway Queen scale. (And The Addams Family is the first musical in ages I've been remotely excited about.)

Jamie Farr's character made it very clear that he only wore female clothing as a means to get a Section 8. He did get cleared for a Section 8 by Dr. Freedman, who said that Klinger was a homosexual and transvestite. Klinger then yelled at him "I'm just crazy, I'm not one of those!" Or something like that. However, until this thread, I didn't realize that David Ogden Stiers was gay. Hm.

[Fryk]

Okay, we of this thread need to all sit down together and write a song about like, like Adam Sandler's Hannukah Song.

But we need a rhyme for "homosexual"

[Plaidman]

Not to mention that once Jamie Farr's kids started to get older, he asked to not where woman's clothes so that his kids wouldn't be made fun of, or ask him questions of why he wore woman's clothes. That's why he stopped doing that, and tried other ways to get a section 8.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Okay, we of this thread need to all sit down together and write a song about like, like Adam Sandler's Hannukah Song.

But we need a rhyme for "homosexual"

I can only come up with consensual (could work) and perplexual (not a real word)

[crashhelmet]

I was surprised when NPH came out too. I met him at a DVD release party in LA about 10 years ago, hosted by an Asian porn star. One of the coolest guys I've ever met.

[Fryk]

How about....

Eat all your victuals!
Let's cheer homosexuals!
Don't be promiscual
When you party with homosexuals!

Or...
It's all contextual
To be homosexual!

Huh? Huh? Whaddya think?

[Ghel]

I was a little surprised when I found out Ian McKellen was gay. But the first thing I saw him in was X-men, and he came out in 1988. <shrug> I guess I'm a litle behind the times.

Although I might be a little surprised if I find out someone is gay that I hadn't suspected (my gaydar tends to misfire a lot), it really doesn't matter. It doesn't change who someone is, just who I thought they were. Especially in the case of celebrities, who I'm probably never going to meet, it doesn't matter what their orientation is.

I can still drool, though.

[Pagan]

Just thought of two more that could not have been less surprising -

Brian Boitano
Johnny Weir

[Fryk]

Ghel, you drool over Sir Ian McKellen?

[Ghel]

Absolutely. I love well-spoken older men. It doesn't matter what he's like in real life, it's how he behaves on the screen that matters.

[AdminAssistant]

Have you ever seen his Richard III? It's AMAZING. A friend of mine got to see him in King Lear....so jealous!

[RavenStarr]

I read Raymond Burr's (of Perry Mason and Ironside fame) bio on wikipedia and was shocked to find out he was actually gay.