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Gay models told to 'be butch' and 'act straight by Agencies
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Gay model couple who were told to 'be butch' and 'act straight' by their agents call for the industry to change the way it treats homosexual male fashion stars
- John Tuite, 22, and Carlos Santolalla, 25, share an Instagram account that their old agencies pressured them to delete
- The couple claims that the world of male modeling isn't as gay-friendly as most people believe
- The in-demand duo also DJs at hot New York City clubs and rubs shoulders with celebrities
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Model couple: Carlos Santolalla, 25, left, and John Tuite, 22, right, are the first openly gay couple to be signed together to a modeling agency
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Though the fashion industry seems very accepting of gay people, the couple explains that models are still expected to appear masculine or androgynous.
Both John and Carlos had to drop their old agencies after they were told to act straight and delete the Instagram account they share, where they often post loving images of themselves kissing and hugging.
'After coming out, I didn’t want to be weird about it again and act straight at castings,' John told The Cut in December.
'The weird thing about models — something that nobody really realizes — is that they’re all straight,' Carlos recently told Out magazine.
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Party hard: Jarlos is well known on the New York party circuit and has been pictured with Gigi Hadid, Paris Hilton, and Harry Styles
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The fact that the pair has become so widely known as a couple made them even more appealing to Fusion Models.
'We signed them as a duo because they are both models and they DJ as a duo, under the name Jarlos,' Fusion's Alexandra Phipps told Dazed. 'They’ve made a name for themselves as a team, so we decided to run with it.'
As for John and Carlos, they are as excited to be making strides for gay models as they are to have signed this new deal.
'Finally being represented as an openly gay man, let alone a couple, is a huge milestone for the industry, and the whole gay community,' John said.
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