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French actor calls out cinema's gay glass ceiling
By Francois BECKER
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Paris, Sept 19, 2023 (AFP) - A prominent French actor has rekindled debate over discrimination against LGBTQ performers in the country's venerated film industry, where most roles go to straight men and women.
"I know French gay actors. They keep their mouths shut" regarding their sexuality, Muriel Robin, long one of the country's most popular actors, told French television at the weekend.