British actor Alan Cumming is complaining that media attitudes towards homosexuality are keeping many gays in the closet. "There is a lot of homophobia in the world - but in Hollywood definitely," says the X-Men 2 star (pictured as Glitch in the TV minseries Tin Man, a new take on The Wizard of Oz). Derek Munn from the Stonewall advocacy group adds: "The pitifully low number of openly lesbian or gay actors suggests that there is a problem. The film industry needs to think about why it is that gay actors choose not to come out." As far as I'm concerned a person's sexuality is irrelevant - unless it involves predatory or exploitative behaviour, or children or animals - and the decision to or not to declare it is ultimately that person's alone. The exception I would make - and I'll let you fill in the dots here - is when a prominent person contributes to a climate of hatred towards minority groups yet fails to declare their own sexuality (or ethnicity or religion for that matter) and defend others like them. That's hypocrisy and cowardice.