‘Big Bang Theory’ Star Jim Parsons is Gay, By the Way – The Hollywood Reporter

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• ‘BIG BANG THEORY’ STAR JIM PARSONS IS GAY, BY THE WAY
• JIM PARSONS, 'BIG BANG THEORY' ACTOR, IS GAY AND 'IN A 10-YEAR RELATNSHIP'

‘BIG BANG THEORY’ STAR JIM PARSONS IS GAY, BY THE WAY

While society was certaly more tolerant than the past, Parsons rells wasn't "even close to the era we are now, as far as what meant to tell somebody you were gay. " In rponse, he never really nied he was gay, but he also ma a pot of not talkg about publicly.

"I n't remember the exact qutn, but he asked about somethg to the effect of, 'Was more meangful to be a part of The Normal Heart beg gay? "RELATED | TV's Hight Paid Actor, Jim Parsons, Is Gay, and So Are Many of His Contemporari. Jim Parsons, the lanky, Texas-born actor who has won two Emmys and a Goln Globe award for playg persnickety geni Sheldon Cooper on CBS’s The Big Bang Theory, acknowledg that he is gay and a 10-year relatnship, the New York Tim reveals.

JIM PARSONS, 'BIG BANG THEORY' ACTOR, IS GAY AND 'IN A 10-YEAR RELATNSHIP'

Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said. But pared to other primetime stars who intify as gay — take Morn Fay‘s Jse Tyler Fergon, for example, who has been tirels his vol support for same-sex marriage rights — there’s no nyg that Parsons has been extremely quiet on the topic.

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While the piece wrten by Patrick Healy did mentn the actor's homosexualy, the offhand way which was mentned- as an afterthought, rather than as the foc- belied the serns of the charge. Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said, " wrote Healy. Parsons "has lived as a gay man his private life, but his profsnal public life he skirted the issue, " acrdg to Hollywood celebry to associate themselv wh homosexualy has been Queen Latifah, who- although known for beg romantic edi oppose men- has been wily mored as a rapper and actrs performed at a Gay Pri ftival Long Beach May 19, and referred to the crowd as "[my] people.