The man who played BYU’s mast revealed he’s gay and how he stggled growg up as a Mormon.
Contents:
- CHARLIE BIRD ON HIS NEW BOOK AND BEG BYU’S COSMO AND A GAY LATTER-DAY SAT
- BYU’S COSMO THE COUGAR OUT AS GAY
- FORMER BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSY MAST COM OUT AS GAY IN POWERFUL ESSAY
CHARLIE BIRD ON HIS NEW BOOK AND BEG BYU’S COSMO AND A GAY LATTER-DAY SAT
Charlie Bird on his new book and beg BYU’s Cosmo and a gay Latter-day Sat. In the gut opn piece, Bird “simultaneoly me out to the world as gay and revealed his inty as BYU’s beloved mast om 2015–18, ” acrdg to a recent article om LDS Livg, “I fely was eakg out, ” said Bird, who was Egypt at the time. As Cosmo the Cougar, he danced his way to fans’ hearts, all the while ncealg his face, and a secret that he is only now ready to share: Charlie Bird is gay.
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BYU’S COSMO THE COUGAR OUT AS GAY
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