Ian McKellen was well known as a gay rights campaigner. In Britain in 1988, the divisive Section 28 became part of the Local Government Act. It banned any promotion or discussion of the LGBT ...

Getty Images Sir Ian McKellen has criticised Hollywood's record ... but straight actors have taken home the prize for playing LGBT roles. Tom Hanks won it for Philadelphia and Sean Penn scooped ...

This report analyses the current state of LGBTQ portrayals in advertising ... Mildenhall called Cannes out over a lack of ethnic diversityon the juries, and Sir Ian McKellen and... We’re long-term ...

Jimmy Erskine (out actor Sir Ian McKellen) is the titular character in "The Critic" (Greenwich Entertainment), now available on DVD, the feared and reviled drama critic for The Daily Chronicle, a ...

Veteran star of stage and screen Ian McKellen, the LGBT Foundation patron and committed supporter of the Pride in Ageing Programme, who visited the site earlier this year, said: “It’s ...