It's an interesting problem, I suppose - normally it wouldn't be anyone's business, but since he's a movie actor playing leading-man roles, sexual orientation is (for better or worse) an important factor in determining "bankability." And presumably readers will want to know... In an ideal world, the subject could get things like that nixed from web-based biographical content on request, but I doubt anyone else is going to let him do it (i.e., other websites and media outlets).
Like Mr. Seren says, he did once claim to be gay in an interview, so even though it would be better to leave that out of the article, it's hard to justify making an exception for him if they're going to treat other gay (or whatever) celebrities the same way.
Naturally, if WP allowed people to opt out completely and have their articles deleted, I'd support allowing him to do that, no question - but it doesn't sound like that's what he wants either.
Looking at the big picture, I guess gay folks won't have complete equality until people either stop making a point of drawing attention to their sexual orientation, or until people start making a point of drawing attention to the sexual orientation of heterosexuals. Wikipedia isn't set up for either of those eventualities (and to be fair, the latter approach would be rather silly), so in that respect I'd have to say they're simply prolonging the problem every time one of these incidents occurs.
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