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Actor Charlie Carver Has Come Out As Gay
Former Desperate Housewives’ star Charlie Carver has come out as gay.
You may well know Charlie as one of the naughty Scarvo twins on the (much missed) ABC hit Desperate Housewives, well now he’s come out as gay in a series of Instagram posts.
After Desperate Housewives Charlie went on to star in Teen Wolf as Ethan, a gay character who made headlines when MTV aired the first gay kiss, between his character and Danny played by Keahu Kahuanui.
The 27-year-old explained his worries about coming out in the entertainment industry a series of posts on Instagram.
He said,“If I came out, I feared I would be limiting myself to a type, to a perception with limits that I was not professionally comfortable with.”
“Things in this business have changed and will continue to.
“I know that because of all of the brave men and women who’ve come out, self-identified, or couldn’t have possibly ever been ‘In’.
“So to them, I am also forever grateful.”
He took to Twitter to thank his fans for their support after he came out saying,
“Blown away by the support and love! It was not a secret to many, but I felt it necessary to share (until coming out is a thing of the past)
“Thank you for the kind words. I couldn’t do it without them. Much love xx” -
Did TV Star Colton Haynes Just Come Out As Gay?
Colton Haynes Just Came Out, Kind Of, In A Really Chilled Way.
TV star Colton Haynes has signalled that he maybe gay via his official Tumblr account after a fan revealed that he was excited about Colton’s “secret gay past’.The Teen Wolf and Arrow star rather meekly, sort of came out after acknowledging that him being gay wasn’t a secret.The 27-year-old TV star was responding to a comment on Tumblr when he said that him having a secret gay past wasn’t really a secret.A fan excitedly wrote on Colton’s Tumblr;“when I found out colton haynes had a secret gay past i got so excited even though i know it makes absolutely no difference in my life”
Colton responded by saying,
“Was it a secret? Let’s all just enjoy life & have no regrets :)”
we totally agree…
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9 Celebrities Who Came Out As Gay In 2015
In our quick round up of 2015, there were quite a few celebrities who came out of closet, here are nine guys who came out as gay.
Reid Ewing, Modern Family actorCame out very subtly via Tweet – saying that he found Eugene Bata “hot as f***”
Michael Angelakos, lead singer for Passion Pit
Came out on a podcast by writer Bret Easton Ellis.
Gus Kenworthy, OlympianJust one day out and he already owned ** that who’s the man question ***
Keegan Hirst, Pro rugby player
Tamal Ray, British Bake Off Star
In an interview with Radio Times, Tamal confirmed that he was single and looking for a man.
Sam Stanley, Pro Rugby Player
The first professional rugby player to come out
Tooji, Eurovision Iranian-born Norwegian singer
Came out rather spectacularly in one of the most erotic music videos we’ve seen in a long time.
Gorgeous Youtuber Georgie came out in a brave video on YouTube
Joel Gray, Legendary actor
Hollywood & Broadway Star actor JOEL GREY finally come out publicly as gay.
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Modern Family Actor Comes Out As Gay, Subtly As A Tweet
Modern Family actor Reid Ewing has come as gay on Twitter.
Modern Family has come out as gay on Twitter after revealing that he found Eugene Bata onGood Morning America “as hot as f**k”.
When questioned by a fan whether if he had outted himself the 27-year-old actor replied, “I was never in.”
The actor recently wrote an article for Huffington Post to discuss living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder which resulted in numerous cosmetic procedures.
He has starred in Modern Family since 2009.
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Passion Pit Singer Michael Angelakos Comes Out As Gay
American singer Michael Angelakos, front man of Passion Pit has come out as gay on a podcast.
Michael Angelakos, frontman of Passion Pit has come out as gay on a podcast produced by writer Brett Easton Ellis.
Angelakos, 28 who has released 3 albums in the UK divorced his wife Kristy Mucci earlier in 2015.
They were married for two years.
The singer decided to come out to Brett because he “admires” him. He admitted that the most difficult thing about coming out was admitting he was gay to himself.
After the podcast was released Angelakos took to Twitter to write,
“everything’s going to be okay”
https://twitter.com/passionpit/status/663848760318033924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
and then went on to thank his fans saying,
“i’ve received so many kind and supportive messages today. thank you for reaching out and being so kind to me.”
https://twitter.com/passionpit/status/663912575453761536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
He said that his ex-wife was extremely supportive on hearing the news. He remarked,
“I just wanted so badly to be straight, because I love her so much,
“I think that was one of the most painful things when we decided to separate.
“When I decided to really deal with it head on – which was, I don’t know, in June – she was the one that kind of spearheaded it in a way.
“She said, ‘You need to figure out what’s going on with your sexuality, you can’t hate yourself any more.’”
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X FACTOR’s Sean Miley Moore: “I’m A Proud Gay Man”
In an interview with Now Magazine Sean Miley Moore, who is starring in X FACTOR said that despite the haters, he is the voice of confidence and a “proud gay man”
Seann Miley Moore has put the haters in their place by telling Now Magazine,
“I’m a proud gay man. Haters are gonna hate, but they’re usually the insecure ones. I just blow them a kiss. Hopefully I can be a voice of confidence.”
The confident singer wowed the judges in his first audition when he sang Queen’s hit The Show Must Go On.
He told the audience and judges that he had flown half way around the world and put his entire life on hold in order to audition for X FACTOR UK.
His confidence hasn’t always been strong. He spoke about a time he was “afraid” and said that how he dressed and behaves is “the new normal”.He also told Now how he has in the past suffered verbal and physical abuse. He said,
“I’ve gone through verbal and physical abuse and people will still shout things as I walk down the street, but it doesn’t faze me any more”.
He was chosen by Nick Grimshaw to become one of the openly gay Radio 1 presenter’s boys, ensuring his place as one of 12 finalists who are to go head to head in the live shows that start tonight (31st October).
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LISTEN: UK Man Loses Entire Family After He Comes Out As Gay
A caller to a radio station talks about how he lost everything when he came out as gay to his Jehovah Witnesses family.
A caller to LBC spoke about how he lost everything within 24 hours after he came out to his parents. The man called James, spoke about how his entire family “disowned” him because of their religious beliefs. He and his family are Jehovah Witnesses.
James’s heart wrenching call also revealed that he hasn’t spoken to his mother in 4 years after he came out to her. Whilst he was recovering in a psychiatric hospital she phoned him one night to ask if he was gay.
After he said that he was gay, his mother said,“Well I’ll always love you, but, if you ever have a boyfriend, you know we can never see you again and you will be disowned.”
He said that although he still lives in the same town as his family, if they see him about, they stop whatever they are doing and walk away.
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Sport Stars Who Came Out Of The Closet
Despite there being thousands if not hundreds of thousands of men and women in professional sports, very few have come out as lesbian, gay, bi or transgender.
We take a look at the brave few who have come out as LGBT over the last couple of years.
Tom Daley
Probably one of the most famous coming out stories of recently years. Daley decided to come out as bisexual through a video on YouTube. He later came out as gay on national TV on a Keith Lemon show.
Gus Kenworthy
Olympian medalist Gus came out in 2015 in an interview with EPSN.
Liam Davis
A high profile footballer, Liam Davis came out as gay in a newspaper interview in 2014. He said,
‘I personally hope that over the next 10 years I’m not the only gay footballer out there. Nobody wants to be forced out, but I hope they can look and see there is someone out there who has done it.
Ian Thorpe
Swimming champion Ian Thorpe came out as gay in 2014. The gold medal Olympian said, “I’m not straight. And this is only something that very recently – in the past two weeks – I’ve been comfortable telling the closest people around me exactly that.”
John Fennell
A then 19-year-old, Canadian Luger John Fennell came out during an interview in which he called hiding his sexuality a ‘suffocating’
Ian Matos
A Brazillian diver came out shortly after Tom Daley revealed his sexuality. He came out despite being told to stay in the closet until after the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Thomas Hitzlsperger
German born Thomas came out as gay in January 2014. He was a football player for Aston Villa and West Ham.
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner made headlines this year after revealing that she is a woman. She was an Olympian champion known as Bruce Jenner. She is the highest profile professional athlete to ever come out as transgender.
Sam Stanley
Sam became the first professional English pro rugby player to come out in 2015.
Keegan Hirst
27-year-old Keegan Hirst came out in an interview with the Sunday Mirror.
David Benson
David a baseball player in the United States became the first pro baseball player to come out as gay. He did so on the same day that Keegan Hirst came out.
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Newly Out Gus Kenworthy Answers The Age Old Question “Who’s The Woman” Perfectly
It’s one of the questions most gay men hate to hear and newly out Olympian Gus Kenworthy has answered it perfectly.
“Which one of you is the woman,” is the question that makes many gay men’s teeth grind. However Olympian Gus Kenworthy, who came out as gay last week managed to answer it perfectly in just 140 characters on Twitter.
Responding to a question by @MmmPrexton, who asked,
“Are you the man or the woman in the relationship? That’s all I need to know right now.”
Twenty four-year-old Kenworthy shot back with,
“In a relationship I am the man. As is the other man. I’m gay. Not trying to emulate a heterosexual relationship.”
Kenworthy came out in an interview with ESPN magazine last week. He started the interview by saying, “I guess I should start by saying, ‘I’m gay.’”
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Ten Ways To Come Out As Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual or Trans
We asked readers and our writers for their top tips for coming out.
Everybody’s experience for coming out will be different, what works for one person might not work for someone else, but hopefully at least one of these tips will help you in the process of coming out.
1) Only come out if it is what you want to do. If you feel pressured into coming out, remember that it has to be your decision. It is a big decision to make in your life and the most important thing is that you feel comfortable with what you are doing.
2) Treat it like a bandaid and just tear it off. Quick and almost painless. Just tell them, quickly, confidently and get it over with.
3) Don’t approach the situation like you’re about to announce you’re terminally ill. Body language and the tone of your voice will play a massive role in how people react to what you’re saying.
4) Do it the way you most feel comfortable! I told my Dad by letter, but my friends mainly face to face…it just got easier the more I did it.
5) Speaking to a helpline, like Switchboard – first, if you’re not sure what to say. Talking with a counsellor or helpline can help you find the words you need to describe what you’re feeling.
6) If you’re not sure how to bring it up, casually talk about a celebrity’s recent coming out like Tamal Ray or Apple’s Tim Cook and gauge the reaction before going any further.
7) If you don’t get the reaction you expect, don’t be put off. You will get some negative reactions, but that is their problem not yours. The amount of positive reactions will far outweigh the negative ones.
8) It’s not an all or nothing deal. You don’t HAVE to tell everyone all at once. Start off with one person and let it grow organically from there.
9) Don’t apologise.
10) There is no right or wrong way to come out. It should be a tailor-made experience, as individual as you are.