Big Bang Theory's Jim Parsons reflectgs on g out as gay

Contents:

• SHELDON IS GAY? MISSY’S YOUNG SHELDON COMMENT EXPLAED
• Y, JIM PARSONS IS GAY: WHAT IS HIS NET WORTH? KNOW HIS HBAND & PERSONAL DETAILS
• JIM PARSONS SEXUALY: HE CAME OUT AS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO TODD SPIEWAK, KIDS AND NET WORTH
• 'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?
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FOLLOWG A SERI OF SMALL FILM AND TV ROL, HE ROCKETED TO FAME AS THE SOCIALLY STUNTED BUT BRILLIANT THEORETIL PHYSICIST SHELDON COOPER ON THE BIG BANG THEORY, WNG FOUR LEAD ACTOR EMMY AWARDS DURG THE H S'S 12-YEAR N. ALONG WH APPEARG FILMS LIKE THE MUPPETS AND HIDN FIGUR, PARSONS HAS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR HIS PERFORMANC BROADWAY PRODUCTNS OF THE NORMAL HEART AND THE BOYS THE BAND.EARLY LIFE & EDUTNJAM JOSEPH PARSONS WAS BORN ON MARCH 24, 1973, HOTON, TEXAS. HE GREW UP HOTON WH HIS SISTER, JULIE, AS THE CHILDREN OF A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE PRINT OF A PLUMBG SUPPLY PANY. PARSONS SHOWED AN TERT PERFORMG AT AN EARLY AGE, BEGNG WH STUDYG THE PIANO KRGARTEN. A BUDDG ACTOR NEARLY OM THE START, HE EVENTUALLY VELOPED HIS OWN SCRIPTS AND STAGED PRODUCTNS AT HOME. AT KLE OAK HIGH SCHOOL, PARSONS STOOD OUT SCHOOL PRODUCTNS. AFTER ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF HOTON, PARSONS NTUED TO STUDY HIS CRAFT AT THE UNIVERSY OF SAN DIEGO, S GRADUATE PROGRAM WH THE OLD GLOBE THEATER, PLETG HIS MASTER'S GREE 2001. MOVI AND TV SHOWS'JUDGG AMY,' 'GARN STATE'PARSONS THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK CY, WHERE HE TRIED TO LNCH HIS ACTG REER. AT FIRST, HE FOUND HIMSELF STGGLG TO FD WORK, APPEARG OFF-BROADWAY PLAYS. HE ALSO LAND A RECURRG ROLE ON THE TV SHOW JUDGG AMY AND A B PART THE 2004 FILM GARN STATE. PARSONS MANAGED TO W OVER CHUCK LORRE, THE -CREATOR OF THE BIG BANG THEORY, HIS DN FOR THE NEW S 2006. LORRE TOLD THE TORONTO STAR THAT PARSONS "NAILED OM THE MOMENT HE WALKED TO THE ROOM. HE NAILED SO MUCH, I HAD TO ASK HIM TO E BACK AND DO AGA, BEE I WASN'T SURE IF HE HAD SIMPLY GOTTEN LUCKY."'THE BIG BANG THEORY'IN SEPTEMBER 2007, PARSONS MA HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS THEORETIL PHYSICIST SHELDON COOPER ON THE BIG BANG THEORY. HE AND -STAR JOHNNY GALECKI, SHELDON'S ROOMMATE LEONARD, HAD GREAT IC CHEMISTRY OM THE START, PLAYG IENDS AND SOMETIM CLASHG SCIENTISTS. THE S'S ENSEMBLE ST ALSO CLUD SIMON HELBERG, WHO PLAYED ENGEER HOWARD WOLOWZ, AND KUNAL NAYYAR, WHO PLAYED ASTROPHYSICIST RAJ KOOTHRAPALLI. {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}KALEY CUO ROUND OUT THE ST AS THEIR MON SENSE NEIGHBOR AND LEONARD'S LOVE TERT, PENNY. MAYIM BIALIK JOED THE SHOW LATER ON, PLAYG SHELDON'S AFFECTN-STARVED SIGNIFINT OTHER, AS DID MELISSA RCH, AS BERNATTE. REAL-LIFE SCIENTISTS BILL NYE, STEPHEN HAWKG AND NEIL GRASSE TYSON, AMONG OTHER GUT STARS, ALSO MA APPEARANC ON THE SERI. THE BIG BANG THEORY GREW TO BEE TV'S TOP-RATED S, THANKS PART TO PARSONS' BRILLIANT JOB OF HANDLG THE DIFFICULT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNIL JARGON ED ON THE SHOW. HIS PELLG AND NVCG PORTRAYAL OF A QUIRKY BOY GENI HAD SOME FANS WONRG IF PARSONS BOASTED A SIAR IQ TO HIS CHARACTER'S. "PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW IF I'M AS SMART AS SHELDON," PARSONS EXPLAED TO THE TORONTO STAR. "IT'S SWEET THAT THEY FEEL PELLED TO ASK. BUT SADLY, NO." PARSONS RECEIVED HIS FIRST EMMY AWARD 2010, FOR HIS WORK ON THE BIG BANG THEORY, BEATG OUT SUCH TABLISHED STARS AS STEVE CARELL AND ALEC BALDW TO W ONE OF TV'S TOP HONORS. HIS WNG STREAK NTUED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WH HIM TAKG HOME THREE MORE EMMYS FOR OUTSTANDG LEAD ACTOR A COMEDY SERI 2011, 2013 AND 2014.THE POPULARY OF HIS QUIRKY CHARACTER LED TO THE CREATN OF THE SPOFF YOUNG SHELDON 2016, WH IA ARMAGE STARRG AS THE NE-YEAR-OLD VERSN OF SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL, AND PARSONS VOLVED AS THE SHOW'S NARRATOR.IN AUGT 2018 WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE BIG BANG THEORY WOULD SIGN OFF THE FOLLOWG MAY, AFTER AIRG S 12TH SEASON FALE. ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY REPORTED THAT THE SHOW WAS ENDG LARGELY DUE TO THE WISH OF PARSONS, WHO WAS LOOKG TO MOVE ON OM PLAYG SHELDON COOPER. THE BIG BANG THEORY WRAPPED S LONG N WH EPISO NO. 279 ON MAY 16, 2019.'THE MUPPETS,' 'WISH I WAS HERE'DURG PRODUCTN BREAKS ON HIS H S, PARSONS PURSUED OTHER CREATIVE OPPORTUNI. HE SURFACED AS THE HUMAN VERSN OF THE PUPPET WALTER THE MUPPETS (2011), AND 2014 HE APPEARED ZACH BRAFF'S DRAMATIC EDY WISH I WAS HERE AND LENT HIS VOICE TO THE LOVABLE ALIEN OH THE ANIMATED MOVIE HOME.'VISNS,' HIDN FIGUR,' 'A KID LIKE JAKE,' 'EXTREMELY WICKED' FOLLOWG HIS ROLE THE DARK THRILLER VISNS (2015), PARSONS WAS AMONG THE ST OF THE OSR-NOMATED BPIC HIDN FIGUR (2016). HE THEN -STARRED WH CLAIRE DAN THE DIE DRAMA A KID LIKE JAKE (2018), AS A PARENT ADAPTG TO HAVG A TRANSGENR CHILD.'EXTREMELY WICKED,' 'HOLLYWOOD'IN 2019 PARSONS PORTRAYED A PROSECUTG ATTORNEY THE TED BUNDY BPIC EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKGLY EVIL AND VILE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR HE LIVERED A WELL-RECEIVED TURN THE NETFLIX MISERI HOLLYWOOD AS HENRY WILLSON, AN AGENT WH MAFIA TI WHO HELPED LNCH THE SCREEN REERS OF CLOSETED GAY STARS LIKE ROCK HUDSON AND TAB HUNTER.THEATER WORK'THE NORMAL HEART' PARSONS HAS APPEARED ON BROADWAY SEVERAL TIM, CLUDG A 2011 REVIVAL OF LARRY KRAMER'S AIDS DRAMA, THE NORMAL HEART. A GAY MAN, PARSONS FOUND WORKG ON THE PLAY TO BE PECIALLY APPEALG. NOT LONG AFTER PERFORMG THE THEATER PRODUCTN, PARSONS WAS ST ALONGSI JULIA ROBERTS, MATT BOMER AND MARK RUFFALO THE TV ADAPTATN OF THE NORMAL HEART.'AN ACT OF GOD,' 'THE BOYS THE BAND'IN 2015 PARSONS RETURNED TO THE GREAT WHE WAY THE EDIC PLAY AN ACT OF GOD, STARRG AS THE TULAR CREATOR. IN 2018 HE JOED ANOTHER CELEBRATED BROADWAY PRODUCTN WH THE ROLE OF MICHAEL THE BOYS THE BAND, A REVIVAL OF THE GROUNDBREAKG 1968 PLAY ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN. IN APRIL 2019 WAS ANNOUNCED THAT PARSONS AND THE RT OF THE BROADWAY ST WOULD JO A NETFLIX ADAPTATN OF THE PLAY.PARSONS RECEIVED A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 2015. HE BEGAN HOSTG HIS OWN SHOW, JIM PARSONS IS TOO STUPID FOR POLICS, ON SIRIXM 2017.PERSONAL LIFE AND HBANDFOR MORE THAN A , PARSONS HAS BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH GRAPHIC SIGNER TODD SPIEWAK. IN SPEAKG ABOUT THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, PARSONS SAID 2013, "I'VE NEVER NSIRED MYSELF AN ACTIVIST. I'VE NEVER NSIRED MY RELATNSHIP WH TODD TO BE AN ACT OF ACTIVISM. RATHER SIMPLY, 'S AN ACT OF LOVE, FFEE THE MORNG, GOG TO WORK, WASHG THE CLOTH, TAKG THE DOGS [OUT] — A REGULAR LIFE, BORG LOVE.” PARSONS AND SPIEWAK MARRIED ON MAY 13, 2017, AT THE RABOW ROOM NEW YORK CY. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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SHELDON IS GAY? MISSY’S YOUNG SHELDON COMMENT EXPLAED

While the pair have been together for 14 years,  wasn’t until 2012 that Parsons, bt known for playg Sheldon Cooper NBC’s The Big Bang Theory, me out as gay. In a New York Tim profile, he nfirmed he was gay and a 10 year relatnship. The happy uple are believed to have held their weddg at New York’s Rabow Room (Picture: Getty)The 44-year-old actor has prevly spoken of marriage, admtg durg a 2014 terview on The View that he and Todd were no sh to wed and hadn’t felt the need to marry, given that gay marriage hadn’t always been an optn for them.

”) Is she startg to believe her brother is gay?

Y, JIM PARSONS IS GAY: WHAT IS HIS NET WORTH? KNOW HIS HBAND & PERSONAL DETAILS

Parsons said: "There's fely this spectm: I thk the fight, as were, is not about havg only gay people play the gay parts but to ensure that all parts are open to all Kle//Getty Imag"It's important that gay characters are portrayed as well-round and pletely human dividuals. "Parsons sgled out Brokeback Mounta's Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal as exampl of straight actors "who have played gay characters brilliantly". "I thk Brokeback Mounta is one of the most touchg gay movi and love stori I have ever seen, and those two straight actors [Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal] were the bt choic for those rol, " he FeaturMeanwhile, Parsons recently revealed that he once dned for a part the US remake of The Office even though he thought the show was a pretty bad ia.

Amidst Young Sheldon's packed 100th episo, a brief teractn between Missy (Raegan Revord) and her tws suggts that Sheldon may be gay. The 100th episo of Young Sheldon hted that Sheldon (Ia Armage) may be gay. " Ultimately, she fds out what's really happeng, but this moment has ed some fans to believe that Missy thought that her brother is gay.

JIM PARSONS SEXUALY: HE CAME OUT AS GAY AND IS MARRIED TO TODD SPIEWAK, KIDS AND NET WORTH

Long-time fans of Young Sheldon already know, however, that Sheldon isn't gay. Arguably, one of the few reasons this wasn't perpetrated on The Big Bang Theory is that Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Howard (Simon Helberg) were already often the center of gay jok — pecially s earlier seasons. "'The Normal Heart' ronated wh him on a few levels, " Patrick Healy wrote, referrg to a play about young gay men and the AIDS crisis that Parsons had prevly been .

Parsons is gay and a 10-year relatnship, and workg wh an ensemble aga onstage was like nourishment, he said. The Hollywood Reporter lled this "sual reference" a "new era" for gay celebri, notg that Parsons had long been open about his sexualy Hollywood circl.

Parsons is an openly gay Amerin actor who has been a proment advote for LGBTQ+ rights for many years. Parsons has spoken openly about the challeng he faced growg up as a gay man his nservative hometown of Hoton, Texas.

'BIG BANG THEORY' MYSTERY: IS SHELDON GAY?

'Personal Details: Y, Jim Parsons Is Gay The Big Bang Theory star Parsons has been very open about beg gay.

Personally, he referred to feelg different om a young age and took him some time to realize that he was a gay man.

Sce then, he has gone on to advote for proper reprentatn and ntued g his platform to raise awarens and promote acceptance for the LGBTQ+ Did The Fans Fd Out Parsons Was Gay? Rumors about Parsons's famo character Sheldon Cooper beg gay started out pretty early.

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FOLLOWG A SERI OF SMALL FILM AND TV ROL, HE ROCKETED TO FAME AS THE SOCIALLY STUNTED BUT BRILLIANT THEORETIL PHYSICIST SHELDON COOPER ON THE BIG BANG THEORY, WNG FOUR LEAD ACTOR EMMY AWARDS DURG THE H S'S 12-YEAR N. ALONG WH APPEARG FILMS LIKE THE MUPPETS AND HIDN FIGUR, PARSONS HAS EARNED ACCLAIM FOR HIS PERFORMANC BROADWAY PRODUCTNS OF THE NORMAL HEART AND THE BOYS THE BAND.EARLY LIFE & EDUTNJAM JOSEPH PARSONS WAS BORN ON MARCH 24, 1973, HOTON, TEXAS. HE GREW UP HOTON WH HIS SISTER, JULIE, AS THE CHILDREN OF A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE PRINT OF A PLUMBG SUPPLY PANY. PARSONS SHOWED AN TERT PERFORMG AT AN EARLY AGE, BEGNG WH STUDYG THE PIANO KRGARTEN. A BUDDG ACTOR NEARLY OM THE START, HE EVENTUALLY VELOPED HIS OWN SCRIPTS AND STAGED PRODUCTNS AT HOME. AT KLE OAK HIGH SCHOOL, PARSONS STOOD OUT SCHOOL PRODUCTNS. AFTER ATTENDG THE UNIVERSY OF HOTON, PARSONS NTUED TO STUDY HIS CRAFT AT THE UNIVERSY OF SAN DIEGO, S GRADUATE PROGRAM WH THE OLD GLOBE THEATER, PLETG HIS MASTER'S GREE 2001. MOVI AND TV SHOWS'JUDGG AMY,' 'GARN STATE'PARSONS THEN MOVED TO NEW YORK CY, WHERE HE TRIED TO LNCH HIS ACTG REER. AT FIRST, HE FOUND HIMSELF STGGLG TO FD WORK, APPEARG OFF-BROADWAY PLAYS. HE ALSO LAND A RECURRG ROLE ON THE TV SHOW JUDGG AMY AND A B PART THE 2004 FILM GARN STATE. PARSONS MANAGED TO W OVER CHUCK LORRE, THE -CREATOR OF THE BIG BANG THEORY, HIS DN FOR THE NEW S 2006. LORRE TOLD THE TORONTO STAR THAT PARSONS "NAILED OM THE MOMENT HE WALKED TO THE ROOM. HE NAILED SO MUCH, I HAD TO ASK HIM TO E BACK AND DO AGA, BEE I WASN'T SURE IF HE HAD SIMPLY GOTTEN LUCKY."'THE BIG BANG THEORY'IN SEPTEMBER 2007, PARSONS MA HIS FIRST APPEARANCE AS THEORETIL PHYSICIST SHELDON COOPER ON THE BIG BANG THEORY. HE AND -STAR JOHNNY GALECKI, SHELDON'S ROOMMATE LEONARD, HAD GREAT IC CHEMISTRY OM THE START, PLAYG IENDS AND SOMETIM CLASHG SCIENTISTS. THE S'S ENSEMBLE ST ALSO CLUD SIMON HELBERG, WHO PLAYED ENGEER HOWARD WOLOWZ, AND KUNAL NAYYAR, WHO PLAYED ASTROPHYSICIST RAJ KOOTHRAPALLI. {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}KALEY CUO ROUND OUT THE ST AS THEIR MON SENSE NEIGHBOR AND LEONARD'S LOVE TERT, PENNY. MAYIM BIALIK JOED THE SHOW LATER ON, PLAYG SHELDON'S AFFECTN-STARVED SIGNIFINT OTHER, AS DID MELISSA RCH, AS BERNATTE. REAL-LIFE SCIENTISTS BILL NYE, STEPHEN HAWKG AND NEIL GRASSE TYSON, AMONG OTHER GUT STARS, ALSO MA APPEARANC ON THE SERI. THE BIG BANG THEORY GREW TO BEE TV'S TOP-RATED S, THANKS PART TO PARSONS' BRILLIANT JOB OF HANDLG THE DIFFICULT SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNIL JARGON ED ON THE SHOW. HIS PELLG AND NVCG PORTRAYAL OF A QUIRKY BOY GENI HAD SOME FANS WONRG IF PARSONS BOASTED A SIAR IQ TO HIS CHARACTER'S. "PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT TO KNOW IF I'M AS SMART AS SHELDON," PARSONS EXPLAED TO THE TORONTO STAR. "IT'S SWEET THAT THEY FEEL PELLED TO ASK. BUT SADLY, NO." PARSONS RECEIVED HIS FIRST EMMY AWARD 2010, FOR HIS WORK ON THE BIG BANG THEORY, BEATG OUT SUCH TABLISHED STARS AS STEVE CARELL AND ALEC BALDW TO W ONE OF TV'S TOP HONORS. HIS WNG STREAK NTUED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WH HIM TAKG HOME THREE MORE EMMYS FOR OUTSTANDG LEAD ACTOR A COMEDY SERI 2011, 2013 AND 2014.THE POPULARY OF HIS QUIRKY CHARACTER LED TO THE CREATN OF THE SPOFF YOUNG SHELDON 2016, WH IA ARMAGE STARRG AS THE NE-YEAR-OLD VERSN OF SHELDON HIGH SCHOOL, AND PARSONS VOLVED AS THE SHOW'S NARRATOR.IN AUGT 2018 WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE BIG BANG THEORY WOULD SIGN OFF THE FOLLOWG MAY, AFTER AIRG S 12TH SEASON FALE. ENTERTAMENT WEEKLY REPORTED THAT THE SHOW WAS ENDG LARGELY DUE TO THE WISH OF PARSONS, WHO WAS LOOKG TO MOVE ON OM PLAYG SHELDON COOPER. THE BIG BANG THEORY WRAPPED S LONG N WH EPISO NO. 279 ON MAY 16, 2019.'THE MUPPETS,' 'WISH I WAS HERE'DURG PRODUCTN BREAKS ON HIS H S, PARSONS PURSUED OTHER CREATIVE OPPORTUNI. HE SURFACED AS THE HUMAN VERSN OF THE PUPPET WALTER THE MUPPETS (2011), AND 2014 HE APPEARED ZACH BRAFF'S DRAMATIC EDY WISH I WAS HERE AND LENT HIS VOICE TO THE LOVABLE ALIEN OH THE ANIMATED MOVIE HOME.'VISNS,' HIDN FIGUR,' 'A KID LIKE JAKE,' 'EXTREMELY WICKED' FOLLOWG HIS ROLE THE DARK THRILLER VISNS (2015), PARSONS WAS AMONG THE ST OF THE OSR-NOMATED BPIC HIDN FIGUR (2016). HE THEN -STARRED WH CLAIRE DAN THE DIE DRAMA A KID LIKE JAKE (2018), AS A PARENT ADAPTG TO HAVG A TRANSGENR CHILD.'EXTREMELY WICKED,' 'HOLLYWOOD'IN 2019 PARSONS PORTRAYED A PROSECUTG ATTORNEY THE TED BUNDY BPIC EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKGLY EVIL AND VILE. THE FOLLOWG YEAR HE LIVERED A WELL-RECEIVED TURN THE NETFLIX MISERI HOLLYWOOD AS HENRY WILLSON, AN AGENT WH MAFIA TI WHO HELPED LNCH THE SCREEN REERS OF CLOSETED GAY STARS LIKE ROCK HUDSON AND TAB HUNTER.THEATER WORK'THE NORMAL HEART' PARSONS HAS APPEARED ON BROADWAY SEVERAL TIM, CLUDG A 2011 REVIVAL OF LARRY KRAMER'S AIDS DRAMA, THE NORMAL HEART. A GAY MAN, PARSONS FOUND WORKG ON THE PLAY TO BE PECIALLY APPEALG. NOT LONG AFTER PERFORMG THE THEATER PRODUCTN, PARSONS WAS ST ALONGSI JULIA ROBERTS, MATT BOMER AND MARK RUFFALO THE TV ADAPTATN OF THE NORMAL HEART.'AN ACT OF GOD,' 'THE BOYS THE BAND'IN 2015 PARSONS RETURNED TO THE GREAT WHE WAY THE EDIC PLAY AN ACT OF GOD, STARRG AS THE TULAR CREATOR. IN 2018 HE JOED ANOTHER CELEBRATED BROADWAY PRODUCTN WH THE ROLE OF MICHAEL THE BOYS THE BAND, A REVIVAL OF THE GROUNDBREAKG 1968 PLAY ABOUT THE LIV OF GAY MEN. IN APRIL 2019 WAS ANNOUNCED THAT PARSONS AND THE RT OF THE BROADWAY ST WOULD JO A NETFLIX ADAPTATN OF THE PLAY.PARSONS RECEIVED A STAR ON THE HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME 2015. HE BEGAN HOSTG HIS OWN SHOW, JIM PARSONS IS TOO STUPID FOR POLICS, ON SIRIXM 2017.PERSONAL LIFE AND HBANDFOR MORE THAN A , PARSONS HAS BEEN A RELATNSHIP WH GRAPHIC SIGNER TODD SPIEWAK. IN SPEAKG ABOUT THEIR LIFE TOGETHER, PARSONS SAID 2013, "I'VE NEVER NSIRED MYSELF AN ACTIVIST. I'VE NEVER NSIRED MY RELATNSHIP WH TODD TO BE AN ACT OF ACTIVISM. RATHER SIMPLY, 'S AN ACT OF LOVE, FFEE THE MORNG, GOG TO WORK, WASHG THE CLOTH, TAKG THE DOGS [OUT] — A REGULAR LIFE, BORG LOVE.” PARSONS AND SPIEWAK MARRIED ON MAY 13, 2017, AT THE RABOW ROOM NEW YORK CY. {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Y, Jim Parsons is Gay, as he announced 2012.

BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS OFFICIALLY COM OUT: I'M GAY!!

On May 23, 2012, an article The New York Tim noted that Parsons was gay and had been a relatnship for the last ten years. Gay?

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

Straight, gay or… “other”?

BIG BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS SCRIB HIS JOURNEY TO PUBLICLY G OUT AS GAY

The followg year he livered a well-received turn the Netflix miseri Hollywood as Henry Willson, an agent wh mafia ti who helped lnch the screen reers of closeted gay stars like Rock Hudson and Tab Hunter.

A gay man, Parsons found workg on the play to be pecially appealg. In 2018 he joed another celebrated Broadway productn wh the role of Michael The Boys the Band, a revival of the groundbreakg 1968 play about the liv of gay men.

He’s gay!!

‘BIG BANG THEORY’S’ JIM PARSONS OUT AS GAY

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.

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. Cred Zachary Quto, another -mand gay actor straddlg both Broadway and Hollywood, wh havg fed the template: In late-2011, the Star Trek and Amerin Horror Story star gave an terview to New York magaze, ostensibly about his performance another New York theater revival wh gay them — Tony Khner‘s Angels Ameri. “And at the same time, as a gay man, ma me feel like there’s still so much work to be done, and there’s still so many thgs that need to be looked at and addrsed.

The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons has reflected on g out as gay at the height of his Emmy-wng s's Parsons's iends and fay knew he had been a relatnship wh partner Todd Spiewak for many years, the actor discsed his sexualy publicly for the first time 2012 after playg an HIV-AIDS advote The Normal a wi-rangg discsn on the new seri of ‎David Tennant Do a Podst Wh…, Parsons told the former Doctor Who star that his upbrgg the Bible Belt fluenced him to separate his personal and profsnal liv for years. I mean, I uld feel off her, and maybe she even said to different gre, of like, 'How would work to be a succsful actor… pay your bills wh , and be gay?

SPOILER ALERT'S JIM PARSONS ON WHY MOVI NEED "EVERYDAY, BORG PEOPLE" WHO JT HAPPEN TO BE GAY

"I'm not aaid to be my quirks on stage and brg who I am and my sensiv, but I am aaid of revealg [I'm] gay, " he said of that time Kle//Getty ImagRelated: Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons adms he "wouldn't have been able to handle" fame if he was youngerTennant asked whether Parsons felt prsure bee he was qutng his sexualy at the time, but Parsons explaed: "That would have been around the time I was g out, so I don't thk there was much more hidg , as far as that go. "I do thk I was aaid of not beg able to play anythg but gay parts, not only if I me out, but bee I would appear effemate.

‘The Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons is gay. PHOTOS: Gay celebri Although Parsons has had an extensive reer the theater, ’s his role as Sheldon Cooper on ‘The Big Bang Theory’ that’s ma him a star. ’ Last year, he spent the break starrg the drama ‘The Normal Heart, ’ about gay men dyg of AIDS.

Of urse, queer reprentatn is on the rise, and Parsons n now brg to the big screen, as both producer and star, a film like Spoiler Alert, a story featurg romance, edy, drama, and two lead characters who happen to be gay men.

JIM PARSONS WAS ‘SRED MIGHT E TROUBLE’ IF HE ME OUT AS GAY WHILE BIG BANG THEORY WAS STILL NNG

Club, the sexualy of the “characters” both is and isn’t tegral to the story—and both is and isn’t part of his recent reer trajectory toward gay rol, om The Normal Heart to The Boys In The You’ve ed the phrase “a regular life, borg love, ” reference to your own sexual orientatn.