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louisev:
Another Hollywood Star Comes Out

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518463,00.html

Tom Cruise's girlfriend in the 1980s hit "Top Gun" confirmed in an interview the longstanding rumor that she's gay.

Kelly McGillis told the Internet show Girl Rock! that she was single, and in the market for a female partner.

"Definitely a woman," she said when asked if she's looking for a man or a woman. "I'm done with the man thing. You need to move on in life."

PHOTOS: Lesbian and bisexual stars in Hollywood.

McGillis, 51, has been married and divorced twice, and has two daughters with her second husband, Fred Tillman.

The actress said coming out as a lesbian was "an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12."

She added that "I had a lot of things happen that convinced me that God was punishing me because I was gay." McGillis was attacked and raped in her apartment in 1982 when she was a young actress working in New York.

The actress also told Girl Rock! that now that her daughters are grown, she's looking to get back into acting, but is having a hard time - because she won't dye her hair!

"Whenever I get an offer, they ask me to dye my hair," the graying star said. "And I just won't."

Jeff Wrangler:
She was also Harrison Ford's Amish love interest in Witness. She later moved to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where that movie was filmed (and yours truly grew up) to raise her daughters.

Brown Eyes:

--- Quote from: louisev on April 30, 2009, 01:35:19 pm ---Another Hollywood Star Comes Out

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518463,00.html

Tom Cruise's girlfriend in the 1980s hit "Top Gun" confirmed in an interview the longstanding rumor that she's gay.

Kelly McGillis told the Internet show Girl Rock! that she was single, and in the market for a female partner.

"Definitely a woman," she said when asked if she's looking for a man or a woman. "I'm done with the man thing. You need to move on in life."

PHOTOS: Lesbian and bisexual stars in Hollywood.

McGillis, 51, has been married and divorced twice, and has two daughters with her second husband, Fred Tillman.

The actress said coming out as a lesbian was "an ongoing process from the time I was probably 12."

She added that "I had a lot of things happen that convinced me that God was punishing me because I was gay." McGillis was attacked and raped in her apartment in 1982 when she was a young actress working in New York.

The actress also told Girl Rock! that now that her daughters are grown, she's looking to get back into acting, but is having a hard time - because she won't dye her hair!

"Whenever I get an offer, they ask me to dye my hair," the graying star said. "And I just won't."


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 :D

Wow!  What interesting news.  I'm sorry to hear that her coming out process sounds like it's been rather difficult and painful.  But, still, it's really nice that she's confident enough now to come out.

I'm all in favor of this trend of lesbian celebrities coming out on their own terms.  ;D

It feels like a nice little shift is happening in terms of lesbian visibility...  Feeling like an invisible community is often an issue - or can be an issue - for lesbians.

sel:
I met her once in London back in the 90s, had the opportunity to talk to her, she was reallly nice and friendly.  ;D
I wish her happiness and love.

CellarDweller:
I've never head that rumor about her.  Interesting.

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