How come there aren't a lot of lesbian actresses and gay actors out there ?

How come there aren't a lot of lesbian actresses and gay actors out there ?
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Isn’t Anderson Cooper gay. But I guess by media you are talking about tv shows and other entertainment. A lot of tv shows are trying to appeal to a wide audience, so thats why you see a smaller amount of shows with homosexuals as characters. Edit: Oh, I confused gay actors with actors playing gay characters. oh well my bad
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