Alan is gay
Alan Cumming spoke about his sexuality in a new interview.
The actor and Traitors host publicly came out as multi-attracted in 1998. He is married to artist Grant Shaffer, tying the knot with him in 2007. Previously, he dated actor Saffron Burrows and was married to Hilary Lyon for eight years.
As it says on his website, "I think my sexuality and most people's sexuality is gray. I am married to a man. I hold a healthy sexual appetite and a healthy imagination. I also have an attraction to women. I've never defeated it, actually. I've always been attracted to both sexes, and whether I act on it or not is not anyone's business."
So, when talking to Alan about his collaboration with Virgin Atlantic to mark their new LAX Clubhouse, we asked if he ever gets frustrated to see his sexuality be mislabeled. "I let that one go," he replied. "I try to, when I own a chance to, define myself as bisexual."
"But if people say gay — I like gender non-conforming, actually, because it's more all-encompassing, and it doesn't necessarily have to act with what you do with the contents of your underpants. It's more of a sort of sensibility as well. I quite like that," the 60-year-old continued.
"The T The Boys in the Band: What Was Alan's Secret (Is He Gay)?
The biggest mystery in Netflix's The Boys in the Band is what Alan was going to say to Michael (Jim Parsons) after his teary cell call. The question remains unanswered in the emotionally loaded adaptation of Mart Crowley's pioneering stage play, but there are major hints that Alan's secret comparable to his sexuality.
Netflix's The Boys in the Band follows a group of gay friends brought together by the birthday of Harold (Zachary Quinto) at the apartment of Michael (Jim Parsons) in 1968 New York, which is interrupted by the arrival of Michael's straight college ally Alan (Brian Hutchison) who desperately ask to see him. Terrified by the threat of his sexuality being outed, Michael asks his friends - ranging from the flamboyant Emory to "straight-acting" Hank - to temporarily tone down their behavior while he finds out why Alan was so urgent.
Related: The Boys in the Band Ending & Real Sense Explained
Unfortunately, Alan's presence derails the dynamic of the party as he discovers the sexuality of the other guests and becomes violent against Emory. Michael spirals into an alcoholic fog and becomes increasing
‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay
For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the police in 1952, did the maths genius Alan Turing volunteer that he was in an illegal homosexual relationship? The admission enabled the police to prosecute the Bletchley Park codebreaker for “gross indecency”, finish Turing’s groundbreaking operate for GCHQ on early computers and artificial intelligence and compelling him to undergo a chemical castration that rendered him impotent. Two years later, he killed himself.
Now, investigate by a University of Cambridge academic has shed beam on the reasons why Turing, a former undergraduate and lecturer at King’s College, Cambridge, did not hide his homosexuality from the police. “There was a whole society in King’s quite different from stories one knows about from gay history, usually involving casual pickups and a lot of despair, hiding and misery,” said Simon Goldhill, professor of classics at the college.
His research has uncovered a “rather happy” community in the formerly all-male college at “the centre of the British establishment” while homosexuality was still ille
An indicted hero: honouring Alan Turing as a male lover man failed by world | Pride Month 2024
Computer ScienceMathsSocial responsibility18th June 2024
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a mathematician, computer scientist and codebreaker whose work at the British Intelligence Service was instrumental in breaking the German Enigma machine and curtailing WWII. Despite the contributions to his country and the mathematics community, Turing was ultimately criminalised for his sexuality, with homosexuality remaining illegal until 1967, 13 years after his death.
Turing’s sexuality remained a secret for most of his being. He met his ‘first love’, Christopher Morcom, at school, but he sadly died at the age of 17. During wartime, Turing was engaged to Joan Clarke, a female friend and codebreaker. He shared his true sexuality with Joan before the engagement was reconsidered and called off.
After the war, Turing had an active dating life. During this time, his residence was robbed by the peer of a dude he’d shared a affair with. While reporting the crime to the police, Turing accidentally incriminated himself in what was considered ‘gross indecency’ at the time. Arrested, found ashamed, and t
The Boys in the Band: What Was Alan's Secret (Is He Gay)?
The biggest mystery in Netflix's The Boys in the Band is what Alan was going to say to Michael (Jim Parsons) after his teary cell call. The question remains unanswered in the emotionally loaded adaptation of Mart Crowley's pioneering stage play, but there are major hints that Alan's secret comparable to his sexuality.
Netflix's The Boys in the Band follows a group of gay friends brought together by the birthday of Harold (Zachary Quinto) at the apartment of Michael (Jim Parsons) in 1968 New York, which is interrupted by the arrival of Michael's straight college ally Alan (Brian Hutchison) who desperately ask to see him. Terrified by the threat of his sexuality being outed, Michael asks his friends - ranging from the flamboyant Emory to "straight-acting" Hank - to temporarily tone down their behavior while he finds out why Alan was so urgent.
Related: The Boys in the Band Ending & Real Sense Explained
Unfortunately, Alan's presence derails the dynamic of the party as he discovers the sexuality of the other guests and becomes violent against Emory. Michael spirals into an alcoholic fog and becomes increasing
‘A very camp environment’: why Alan Turing fatefully told police he was gay
For decades, it has puzzled historians. Why, in the course of reporting a burglary to the police in 1952, did the maths genius Alan Turing volunteer that he was in an illegal homosexual relationship? The admission enabled the police to prosecute the Bletchley Park codebreaker for “gross indecency”, finish Turing’s groundbreaking operate for GCHQ on early computers and artificial intelligence and compelling him to undergo a chemical castration that rendered him impotent. Two years later, he killed himself.
Now, investigate by a University of Cambridge academic has shed beam on the reasons why Turing, a former undergraduate and lecturer at King’s College, Cambridge, did not hide his homosexuality from the police. “There was a whole society in King’s quite different from stories one knows about from gay history, usually involving casual pickups and a lot of despair, hiding and misery,” said Simon Goldhill, professor of classics at the college.
His research has uncovered a “rather happy” community in the formerly all-male college at “the centre of the British establishment” while homosexuality was still ille
An indicted hero: honouring Alan Turing as a male lover man failed by world | Pride Month 2024
Computer ScienceMathsSocial responsibility18th June 2024
Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a mathematician, computer scientist and codebreaker whose work at the British Intelligence Service was instrumental in breaking the German Enigma machine and curtailing WWII. Despite the contributions to his country and the mathematics community, Turing was ultimately criminalised for his sexuality, with homosexuality remaining illegal until 1967, 13 years after his death.
Turing’s sexuality remained a secret for most of his being. He met his ‘first love’, Christopher Morcom, at school, but he sadly died at the age of 17. During wartime, Turing was engaged to Joan Clarke, a female friend and codebreaker. He shared his true sexuality with Joan before the engagement was reconsidered and called off.
After the war, Turing had an active dating life. During this time, his residence was robbed by the peer of a dude he’d shared a affair with. While reporting the crime to the police, Turing accidentally incriminated himself in what was considered ‘gross indecency’ at the time. Arrested, found ashamed, and t