Actor Chad Allen, a former teen actor wh more than three s the profsn who rose to fame on Dr. Qun: Medice Woman and went on to appear dozens of shows cludg St. Elsewhere, Highway to Heaven, Star Trek, the Next Generatn, and Dexter, published a vio this week which he bid good-bye to his fanse and said he's leavg the profsn of actg for a more private life. As many will rell, Allen was forced out of the closet 1996 durg Dr. Qun when a tabloid published photos of him kissg another man. After g out, Allen ma a pot to get volved LGBT activism, and said he plans to ntue to do so. He also fully embraced his sexual orientatn on screen, portrayg Donald Strachey, a gay tective a seri of TV movi, and played a young gay addict who is placed to an "ex-gay" Christian retreat to be "cured" of his homosexualy the drama Save Me. "I've been focg on my tn and workg as a clil psychologist, which is somethg that I'm super exced about and I feel like will give me an opportuny to take my life experienc and my passn for well-beg and human growth and particularly my passn for helpg young gay people grow a healthy, nfint way and I'll be able to effect the world a slightly different way. I like to thk of my work as an actor and my work psychology as beg kd of siar. They're both human behavr. One's an artistic perspective and this one a scientific." Add Allen: "I plan on beg much ls public, fishg my doctorate clil psychology, wrg, workg private practice and maybe teachg some. And gettg to fally try livg somewhere bis New York and LA! obvly I’ve been tied to those bee of the bs." Watch the vio, AFTER THE JUMP... We wish Chad well his future enavors!
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* is chad alan gay *
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