Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen has taken up a new job these days - preaching homosexuality to schoolchildren.
Veteran actor Sir Ian McKellen has taken up a new job these days - preaching homosexuality to schoolchildren.
The actor, who is a gay himself and is best known for his role as Gandalf in 'The Lord of the Rings', is giving talks to schoolchildren about gay tolerance, in a bid to end the bullying of gay pupils.
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"They invited me to come and give prizes to 13-year-olds in front of the parents and to talk, partly, about being gay.
"I said that we were all part of a minority group - be it for being short or tall or fat or thin, or having red hair or whatever. I said, 'Hands up who thinks they are part of a minority group,' and all the hands went up.
"I had Gandalf's sword with me and I knighted a pair of children 'Sir Minority' and 'Dame Minority' and it went down very well. It is essential to talk to 12- and 13-year-olds because they absorb what's thrown at them, whether it be homophobia or tolerance - and we have to make sure it's positive stuff," he added.
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Ian MCKellen said: "I didn't realise, as a gay man, that I'd be a criminal once I arrived because it's illegal for a man to make love to another man in Singapore.
Ian MCKellen said: "I didn't realise, as a gay man, that I'd be a criminal once I arrived because it's illegal for a man to make love to another man in Singapore.
