Colton Haynes shares the photo he spent years trying to get wiped from internet
XY.Haynes says he was posting the throwback image now to reclaim it and to stop feeling ashamed or embarrassed by it. A post shared by Colton Haynes (@coltonlhaynes) “I’ve never posted this picture before.
In fact, I spent a big part of my career trying to erase it from the internet while I was still in the closet,” he said.“Partly because so many ppl in Hollywood told me I would never work as an openly gay actor, but part of it was because I was incredibly ashamed.
It made me sad to see these pictures I had taken as a 15 yr. old model…before I was placed with voice & movement coaches to straighten me up for the cameras…before I learned to see my queerness as a liability.
I was jealous of him. The boy in these pictures was so open, so free. He had to be taught that it wasn’t ok to be who he was.“Being gay is worth celebrating.
