Last week, nearly 200 German actors came out as members of the LGBTQ community on the front page of one of the country’s biggest print publications. Copies flew off the stands. The movement is called #ActOut, and the actors say they’re not staying silent any longer. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports.
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