Tag: coming out

Nico Tortorella has revealed he hooked up with a high school friend to help him come out. The bisexual actor and model – who has a penchant for dressing up as drag persona Almond Milk – spoke about the experience in an interview with Vulture, claiming it consisted of “dick-to-mouth” intercourse but “no assplay”. He recalled: “This is going to sound fucked, but I knew that he was really struggling. And I was like, Look, if I hook up with him,...

'Honestly, it’s the best thing that ever happened to me, being gay,' Russell Tovey says. 'It’s made my career.' Russell Tovey has said he believes being gay is the best thing that has ever happened to him and his career. The British star has spoken out against the idea that coming out can destroy an actor or actress. He will star in The Pass, a Premier League footballer wrestling with his sexuality, which is out on 9 December. ‘I think growing up I...

Former Ontario Hockey League player Brock McGillis came out as gay in a first person piece for Yahoo! Canada and he's speaking out on the outpouring of support he's received since doing so. He tells Yahoo!: “I didn’t expect this,” McGillis said from his hometown of Sudbury, Ont. “This was on a whole different level. On Thursday the amount of messages I received – text messages, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram – I would say was almost in the 10,000 range.” People he hasn’t...

Below Deck star Kyle Dixon comes out as bisexual in an upcoming episode of the Bravo reality series and also shares that he's "partial" to dating transgender women. Check out this clip, shared on Watch What Happens Live: Speaking to Radar Online on his crew members' reactions, Kyle says: “They had mixed reactions,” Dixon told Radar exclusively about his cast members, but declined to detail further. He added that he has “been doing it for years,” and decided to open up about his...

An international student studying in Canada has been left homeless and in need of support after coming out as gay to his family. The 21-year-old computer science student student from Punjab, known only as Sukh to protect his identity, was financially dependent on his parents while at uni and while staying with other relatives in Surrey. After coming out to his family, Sukh was quickly disowned, abandoned and thrown out of his home where he was allegedly physically assaulted by his cousin. In the wake of that...

A woefully misinformed person on Reddit has declared that Donald Trump gave him the courage to come out as gay. Uh huh. “The support that Donald showed for the LGBT community in Folorado today was heartwarming. It shows the man truly loves everyone in this fine country regardless of who they may be,” writes user Conservative_Horse. “Donald Trump just doesn’t espouse courage, he is courage, and he gave me the courage to come to terms with the fact that I need to...

Just in time for Halloween, verified kook Jaden Smith has made a theoretically chilling — but actually deeply silly — confession: He was once a vampire. He said as much while chatting with Numéro magazine, but emphasizes that those darker days of bloodsucking are now long behind him, and he knows deep down in his once-craven heart that it’s time to put childish fangs away: “During a period of my life, I was gothic. I was only wearing black and I was hiding from the...

Geordie Shore star Gaz Beadle wants closeted gay footballers to come out. In an opinion piece for the Daily Star, the reality TV personality condemned homophobia in sport, particularly football, and questioned why gay players don’t feel comfortable or safe enough to come out in 2016. He wrote: “If you are happy enough to let your balls slap against another lad, then think about having the balls to admit it and help stamp out homophobia in the beautiful game. “Yes, private life is private,...

The actor didn't come out publicly until 2010. Will and Grace star Sean Hayes opened up about regretting his decision to not come out until 2010 as he was honoured as an LGBT trailblazer at Outfest Legacy Awards on October 23. Hayes played one of the most loved gay characters in TV history, Jack, in the hit sitcom. Both Jack and Will, played Eric McCormack became LGBT cultural icons at the height of the show’s popularity. In his acceptance speech the actor said: “I was a...

Yesterday (22th October 2016) marked a year since Gus Kenworthy came out as gay. Olympic skier Gus Kenworthy celebrated a year since coming out as gay yesterday by posting a picture on his Instagram. The 25-year-old former Attitude cover star was one of the first men from the world of action sports to come out. After coming out last year on twitter with the same picture, Gus Kenworthy took to Instagram to share how life has been since coming out. https://twitter.com/guskenworthy/status/657213362137272320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Writing on the post that...

Longtime LGBT ally and judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Michelle Visage, came to the rescue of a gay teenager after he was kicked out his home for coming out to his parents. “I came out to my family last night and got kicked out of the house. I just want to die, please tell me it gets better,” Jake asked her on Twitter. “Honey your life is just beginning,” Visage said. “I’m proud of you. Do you have anywhere to go?” The...

Attitude's Man of the Year reflects on his own personal journey and why Hollywood has been slow to embrace openly gay leading men. Wentworth Miller shares his coming out story and his battles with mental health One of Hollywood’s biggest heartthrobs, Wentworth Miller famously decided to came out publicly in 2013 as a response to Russia’s crackdown on the LGBT community, declining an invitation to be guest of honour at the St Petersburg Film Festival with an open letter that declared...

Fox News anchor Shepard Smith revealed he is gay in an interview with the Huffington Post and defended former Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes against claims that Ailes urged him to never come out about his sexual orientation in public. “ was as nice as he could be to me. I loved him like a father,” Smith said in the interview. “I trusted him with my career and with ― I trusted him and trusts were betrayed. People outside this...

'Robron' shared some big scenes in last night's episode of the ITV soap. Last night’s episode of Emmerdale was lauded by fans after Robert Sugden (played by Ryan Hawley) came out as bisexual, before proposing to boyfriend Aaron Dingle (Aaron Livesy). The ITV soap was also used the episode to dispel myths that bisexual people are more likely to be promiscuous. After Robert confirmed his sexuality, Aaron began to fear that because his partner was interested in both guys and girl, he would...