The Young, the Gay and the Rtls (2006) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb

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• YOUNG & RTLS’ CHRISTIAN JUL LEBLANC UNPACKS THE BAGGAGE OF HOMOPHOBIA: ‘I STILL LIVE WH THE LEGACY OF THAT AS A GAY MAN’
• YOUNG AND RTLS’ GAY ADAM STORYLE THAT’S BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SWEPT UNR THE RUG
• THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS: IS CAMRYN GRIM GAY REAL LIFE?
• 10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG
• TODAY IN GAY: "YOUNG & RTLS" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN "INPENNCE DAY 2"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013/3:51 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013 / 3:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TODAY IN GAY: \"YOUNG & RTLS\" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN \"INPENNCE DAY 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN TO MANY AS THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS' KEV FISHER, GREG RIKAART MA OFFICIAL WHAT MANY FOLLOWERS ALREADY KNEW: HE'S A BIG OL' GAY. THE EMMY WNER TWEETED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND ACTOR/WRER BOYIEND ROBERT SUDDUTH, WH THE MSAGE:  "NOT GETTG MARRIED ANYTIME SOON, BUT CELEBRATG #EQUALY TONIGHT NOHELS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE RIKAART NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY THE PRS, HE DID SH-KICK Y&R -STAR MELISSA REEV FOR PRAISG CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY POLICI. AT THE TIME, HE TOLD TV GUI, "PEOPLE WONR WHY THERE IS AN EPIMIC OF BULLYG THIS UNTRY. WELL, 'S BEE KIDS ARE LEARNG OM THE GROWNUPS, OM PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA REEV WHO IS A GROWN-UP BULLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF GREG LOOKS FAIAR TO NON-SOAPERS AMONG YOU, THAT'S BEE HE PLAYED JACK'S BOYIEND A LN YEARS AGO ON DAWSON'S CREEK. AND IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, JT SUBSTUTE GOSSIP GIRL. IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I N'T HELP  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVANGELIL NUTBAGS THE DOMIN REPUBLIC ARE ALL A BUNCH OVER PRINT OBAMA NOMATG A GAY MAN, WALLY BRTER, AS THE UNTRY'S AMBASSADOR. REV. CRISTOBAL CARDOZO LLED THE APPOTMENT “AN SULT TO GOOD DOMIN CTOMS.” WHILE VIR PABLO CEDANO SUGGTED, “IF HE ARRIV, HE’LL SUFFER AND WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.”   GUS ALL THAT LEGENDARY CARIBBEAN HOSPALY AND IENDLS IS JT FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROLAND EMMERICH, THE OUT ACTN DIRECTOR OF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AND WHE HOE DOWN TOLD HUFFGTON POST'S RICKY CALERI HE'S PLANNG ON PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER INPENNCE DAY 2. (DID WE KNOW THEY WERE MAKG AN INPENNCE DAY   2?) WELL, WHOEVER IS WE HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE WAY OF HARVEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SPEAKG OF INPENNCE DAY, THERE'S A MIL OF THE 1996 BLOCKBTER THE WORKS—AND 'S GOG TO STAR CHAZ BONO. APPEARG ON GOOD DAY L.A., BONO LOOKED MUCH FTER THAN WE'RE ED TO SEEG HIM. "IT'S VERY FAST PACED, VERY FUNNY," HE SAID OF THE 30-MUTE EDIC ADAPTATN. "YOU ARE AND OUT OF THERE AND 'S AMAZG THAT [-STAR/CREATOR] BROOKE [SEGU] IS ABLE TO GET EVERYTHG THAT IS IMPORTANT THE MOVIE THERE SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, RACHEL MADDOW VOTED HER TALK SHOW TO THE RETURN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAG CALIFORNIA, AND AIRED THE GOLN STATE NUPTIALS OF PROP 8 -PLATIFFS KRIS PERRY AND SANDY STIER AND PL KATAMI AND JEFF ZARRILLO. THE UALLY POSED MENTATOR LATER TWEETED "FOR A PERSON WHO CRI AT THE DROP OF A HAT, THIS IS REALLY TOO MUCH FOR A TV HOST TO BEAR." AW, BOO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS
• YANI GELLMAN TALKS ABOUT PLAYG Y&R'S FIRST MAJOR GAY CHARACTER
• OUT ACTOR GREG RIKAART LET GO FROM "YOUNG AND THE RTLS" AFTER 14 YEARS "I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY CODY GOHLMAY 5, 2017/10:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAGBURBANK, CA - APRIL 26: GREG RIKAART ATTENDS THE 42ND ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS AT WARNER BROS. STUDS ON APRIL 26, 2015 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NATAS)BY CODY GOHLMAY 5, 2017 / 10:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"OUT ACTOR GREG RIKAART LET GO FROM \"YOUNG AND THE RTLS\" AFTER 14 YEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-05T14:56:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-05T14:56:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENLY GAY ACTOR GREG RIKAART HAS BEEN AXED OM THE CBS SOAP OPERA THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS AFTER PORTRAYG REFORMED PERP KEV FISHER ON THE PROGRAM FOR 14 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIKAART, WHO ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY 2013, HAS BEEN A FAN FAVORE SCE HE JOED THE ST 2003 AND EVEN WON A DAYTIME EMMY FOR HIS WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 40-YEAR-OLD ACTOR RPOND TO NEWS OF HIS FIRG ON INSTAGRAM, WHERE HE REFLECTED ON THE ROLE AND HIS TIME ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, I BOOKED A TWO-WEEK LONG GIG ON THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MY WILST DREAMS, I ULD NEVER HAVE IMAGED WHAT WOULD TURN TO: A REER-FG EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BROUGHT ME SO MUCH HAPPS AND FULFILLMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PLAYG KEV AND WATCHG HIM EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS HAS MIRRORED MY REAL LIFE SO MANY WAYS," HE NCLUD. "WE BOTH FOUND LOVE, BOTH BEME DADS AND WE BOTH HAVE MORE GRAY HAIR NOW THAN WE DID 2003."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE 2015 DAYTIME EMMYS, RIKAART TALKED TO GAY STAR NEWS ABOUT HOW HE HOPED PRODUCERS WOULD MAKE HIS TV CHARACTER E OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WOULD BE A SUPER TERTG STORY TO TELL," HE SAID AT THE TIME. "I THK WOULD BE MORE SOCIALLY RPONSIBLE THAN JT BRGG ON A GAY CHARACTER–TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THE NVAS THAT THE DIENCE KNOWS AND THKS OF AS FAY AND TAK THAT [G OUT] JOURNEY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DIDN'T END UP HAPPENG AS KEV WOULD GO ON TO FATHER A DGHTER WH HIS ON-AGA/OFF-AGA WIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFF-SCREEN HOWEVER, RIKAART HAS NTUED TO THRIVE SCE OPENG UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER WRER ROB SUDDUTH AND THE PAIR BEME PARENTS LAST YEAR ON JUNE 12, THE SAME DAY AS THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FIGHT HATE, FEAR, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA AND JTICE THE WORLD WH LOVE, TELLECT AND ENLIGHTENMENT," THE UPLE SHARED ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOWG THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, MONTGOMERY ARGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE TT AND MOST PURE FNS OF THE LATTER WORDS, IS WH FULL HEARTS THAT ROB AND I TAKE GREAT PRI TRODUCG OUR SON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPARENTLY, KEV FISHER ISN'T GOG TO BE KILLED OFF, WHICH MEANS PRODUCERS ARE POTENTIALLY LEAVG THE DOOR OPEN FOR A RETURN OF THE CHARACTER AT SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE MOMENT IS UNCLEAR WHAT LI AHEAD FOR KEV AND I, AS WE WILL BE SAYG GOODBYE TO GENOA CY FOR A WHILE," THE ACTOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR," BUT ADD THAT HE WAS "EXCED" TO SEE WHAT LI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• IS MICHELLE STAFFORD ON YOUNG AND RTLS GAY?

YOUNG & RTLS’ CHRISTIAN JUL LEBLANC UNPACKS THE BAGGAGE OF HOMOPHOBIA: ‘I STILL LIVE WH THE LEGACY OF THAT AS A GAY MAN’

Young & Rtls’ Christian Jul LeBlanc Unpacks the Baggage of Homophobia: ‘I Still Live Wh the Legacy of That as a Gay Man’.

Hell, “not till after Stonewall did anyone take a gay man ser. “I still live wh the legacy of that as a gay man, ” he add.

The problem, however, is that until Fen walked wh Plot Pot Trey (no last name need), we hadn’t a clue that Lren and Michael’s son was gay (or bi). It memorat the Stonewall rts, which occurred at the end of June 1969 New York Cy, and sparked the gay rights revolutn the untry.

YOUNG AND RTLS’ GAY ADAM STORYLE THAT’S BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SWEPT UNR THE RUG

Gay pri or LGBTQ+ pri is the promotn of the self-affirmatn, digny, equaly, and creased visibily of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people as a social group. Young and Rtls’ Gay Adam Storyle That’s Been Completely and Totally Swept Unr the Rug.

THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS: IS CAMRYN GRIM GAY REAL LIFE?

Instead, Victor showed his son rare passn and acceptance for beg gay.

To throw him off the trail, Adam told Rafe, who was gay, that he had feelgs for him, and was implied they had a sexual relatnship, though wasn’t shown on screen.

10 GAY, BISEXUAL & QUEER SOAP OPERA STARS WHO ARE OUT — & OUTSTANDG

She, of urse, told Victor his son was gay, which led Victor to nont his son. Yet, Victor needn’t have bothered bee once Adam and Rafe were done, Adam beg gay or bi was never mentned aga, but should have been?

The Young and the Rtls fans are wonrg if Camryn Grim is gay real life.

“Not gay, but if I was I WOULD SHOUT IT FROM THE F**KING ROOFTOPS.

TODAY IN GAY: "YOUNG & RTLS" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN "INPENNCE DAY 2"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013/3:51 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013 / 3:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TODAY IN GAY: \"YOUNG & RTLS\" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN \"INPENNCE DAY 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWN TO MANY AS THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS' KEV FISHER, GREG RIKAART MA OFFICIAL WHAT MANY FOLLOWERS ALREADY KNEW: HE'S A BIG OL' GAY. THE EMMY WNER TWEETED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND ACTOR/WRER BOYIEND ROBERT SUDDUTH, WH THE MSAGE:  "NOT GETTG MARRIED ANYTIME SOON, BUT CELEBRATG #EQUALY TONIGHT NOHELS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE RIKAART NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY THE PRS, HE DID SH-KICK Y&R -STAR MELISSA REEV FOR PRAISG CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY POLICI. AT THE TIME, HE TOLD TV GUI, "PEOPLE WONR WHY THERE IS AN EPIMIC OF BULLYG THIS UNTRY. WELL, 'S BEE KIDS ARE LEARNG OM THE GROWNUPS, OM PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA REEV WHO IS A GROWN-UP BULLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF GREG LOOKS FAIAR TO NON-SOAPERS AMONG YOU, THAT'S BEE HE PLAYED JACK'S BOYIEND A LN YEARS AGO ON DAWSON'S CREEK. AND IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, JT SUBSTUTE GOSSIP GIRL. IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I N'T HELP  {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVANGELIL NUTBAGS THE DOMIN REPUBLIC ARE ALL A BUNCH OVER PRINT OBAMA NOMATG A GAY MAN, WALLY BRTER, AS THE UNTRY'S AMBASSADOR. REV. CRISTOBAL CARDOZO LLED THE APPOTMENT “AN SULT TO GOOD DOMIN CTOMS.” WHILE VIR PABLO CEDANO SUGGTED, “IF HE ARRIV, HE’LL SUFFER AND WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.”   GUS ALL THAT LEGENDARY CARIBBEAN HOSPALY AND IENDLS IS JT FOR THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROLAND EMMERICH, THE OUT ACTN DIRECTOR OF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AND WHE HOE DOWN TOLD HUFFGTON POST'S RICKY CALERI HE'S PLANNG ON PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER INPENNCE DAY 2. (DID WE KNOW THEY WERE MAKG AN INPENNCE DAY   2?) WELL, WHOEVER IS WE HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE WAY OF HARVEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND SPEAKG OF INPENNCE DAY, THERE'S A MIL OF THE 1996 BLOCKBTER THE WORKS—AND 'S GOG TO STAR CHAZ BONO. APPEARG ON GOOD DAY L.A., BONO LOOKED MUCH FTER THAN WE'RE ED TO SEEG HIM. "IT'S VERY FAST PACED, VERY FUNNY," HE SAID OF THE 30-MUTE EDIC ADAPTATN. "YOU ARE AND OUT OF THERE AND 'S AMAZG THAT [-STAR/CREATOR] BROOKE [SEGU] IS ABLE TO GET EVERYTHG THAT IS IMPORTANT THE MOVIE THERE SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, RACHEL MADDOW VOTED HER TALK SHOW TO THE RETURN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAG CALIFORNIA, AND AIRED THE GOLN STATE NUPTIALS OF PROP 8 -PLATIFFS KRIS PERRY AND SANDY STIER AND PL KATAMI AND JEFF ZARRILLO. THE UALLY POSED MENTATOR LATER TWEETED "FOR A PERSON WHO CRI AT THE DROP OF A HAT, THIS IS REALLY TOO MUCH FOR A TV HOST TO BEAR." AW, BOO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Not gay, but if I was. Camryn Grim is not gay real life, but she is proud to play a gay woman on televisn. 10 Gay, Bisexual & Queer Soap Opera Stars Who Are Out — & Outstandg.

Some of the actors and actrs playg the inic rol were straight, some were out and gay at the time, and others me out later on. The first Pri March New York Cy was held on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Uprisg, to honor the thoands of LGBTQ+ people who took to the streets to monstrate agast the discrimatn they faced hog and employment, the anti-homosexual laws agast gatherg bars or dance clubs, to even be out as a homosexual.

The ncept behd the ial march me om members of the Eastern Regnal Conference of Homophile Organizatns who had been anizg an annual July 4th monstratn known as the Remr Day Pickets, at Inpennce Hall Philalphia, between 1965 and 1969.

Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS

Known to many as The Young and the Rtls' Kev Fisher, Greg Rikaart ma official what many followers already knew: He's a big ol' gay.

"While Rikaart never disclosed his sexualy the prs, he did sh-kick Y&R -star Melissa Reev for praisg Chick-fil-A's anti-gay polici. Evangelil nutbags the Domin Republic are all a bunch over Print Obama nomatg a gay man, Wally Brter, as the untry's ambassador.

” Gus all that legendary Caribbean hospaly and iendls is jt for the Emmerich, the out actn director of The Day After Tomorrow and Whe Hoe Down told Huffgton Post's Ricky Caleri he's planng on puttg a gay character Inpennce Day 2. The relatnship between Mariah and Tsa isn't the first female same-sex pairg on a soap opera; All My Children ma history December 2000 when Bian Montgomery (En Riegel) told her mother, Pe Valley matriarch Eri Kane (San Lucci), that she was gay and had been datg a woman (Elisabeth Harnois as Sarah Livgston).

YANI GELLMAN TALKS ABOUT PLAYG Y&R'S FIRST MAJOR GAY CHARACTER

On As the World Turns 2007, Le Snyr (Van Hansis) and Noah Mayer (Jake Silbermann), beme the first teen same-sex uple and first gay male kiss Amerin soap opera history; Guidg Light brought together Olivia Spencer (Crystal Chappell) and Natalia Rivera (Jsi Leccia) 2008; and The Bold and the Betiful revealed 2015 that Maya Avant (Karla Mosley), who was a relatnship wh a cisgenr man, was a transgenr woman, makg her the first regular transgenr character the history of Amerin daytime televisn. The Young and the Rtls brought a gay character on the nvas back 2009, when Yani Gellman played the show's first LGBTQ character, attorney Rafe Torr.

In 2015, The Young and the Rtls actor Greg Rikaart, who plays Kev Fisher, exprsed that he would like to see Kev a gay relatnship on the soap.

OUT ACTOR GREG RIKAART LET GO FROM "YOUNG AND THE RTLS" AFTER 14 YEARS "I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY CODY GOHLMAY 5, 2017/10:56 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAGBURBANK, CA - APRIL 26: GREG RIKAART ATTENDS THE 42ND ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS AT WARNER BROS. STUDS ON APRIL 26, 2015 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JOHN SCIULLI/GETTY IMAG FOR NATAS)BY CODY GOHLMAY 5, 2017 / 10:56 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"OUT ACTOR GREG RIKAART LET GO FROM \"YOUNG AND THE RTLS\" AFTER 14 YEARS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-05T14:56:06.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-05T14:56:06.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"CODY GOHL","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OPENLY GAY ACTOR GREG RIKAART HAS BEEN AXED OM THE CBS SOAP OPERA THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS AFTER PORTRAYG REFORMED PERP KEV FISHER ON THE PROGRAM FOR 14 {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIKAART, WHO ME OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY 2013, HAS BEEN A FAN FAVORE SCE HE JOED THE ST 2003 AND EVEN WON A DAYTIME EMMY FOR HIS WORK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 40-YEAR-OLD ACTOR RPOND TO NEWS OF HIS FIRG ON INSTAGRAM, WHERE HE REFLECTED ON THE ROLE AND HIS TIME ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"FOURTEEN YEARS AGO, I BOOKED A TWO-WEEK LONG GIG ON THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN MY WILST DREAMS, I ULD NEVER HAVE IMAGED WHAT WOULD TURN TO: A REER-FG EXPERIENCE THAT HAS BROUGHT ME SO MUCH HAPPS AND FULFILLMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"PLAYG KEV AND WATCHG HIM EVOLVE OVER THE YEARS HAS MIRRORED MY REAL LIFE SO MANY WAYS," HE NCLUD. "WE BOTH FOUND LOVE, BOTH BEME DADS AND WE BOTH HAVE MORE GRAY HAIR NOW THAN WE DID 2003."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AT THE 2015 DAYTIME EMMYS, RIKAART TALKED TO GAY STAR NEWS ABOUT HOW HE HOPED PRODUCERS WOULD MAKE HIS TV CHARACTER E OUT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I THK WOULD BE A SUPER TERTG STORY TO TELL," HE SAID AT THE TIME. "I THK WOULD BE MORE SOCIALLY RPONSIBLE THAN JT BRGG ON A GAY CHARACTER–TO HAVE SOMEONE ON THE NVAS THAT THE DIENCE KNOWS AND THKS OF AS FAY AND TAK THAT [G OUT] JOURNEY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT DIDN'T END UP HAPPENG AS KEV WOULD GO ON TO FATHER A DGHTER WH HIS ON-AGA/OFF-AGA WIFE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OFF-SCREEN HOWEVER, RIKAART HAS NTUED TO THRIVE SCE OPENG UP ABOUT HIS SEXUALY. HE MARRIED HIS LONGTIME PARTNER WRER ROB SUDDUTH AND THE PAIR BEME PARENTS LAST YEAR ON JUNE 12, THE SAME DAY AS THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE AT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"WE FIGHT HATE, FEAR, BIGOTRY, HOMOPHOBIA AND JTICE THE WORLD WH LOVE, TELLECT AND ENLIGHTENMENT," THE UPLE SHARED ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOWG THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, MONTGOMERY ARGO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE TT AND MOST PURE FNS OF THE LATTER WORDS, IS WH FULL HEARTS THAT ROB AND I TAKE GREAT PRI TRODUCG OUR SON."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}APPARENTLY, KEV FISHER ISN'T GOG TO BE KILLED OFF, WHICH MEANS PRODUCERS ARE POTENTIALLY LEAVG THE DOOR OPEN FOR A RETURN OF THE CHARACTER AT SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AT THE MOMENT IS UNCLEAR WHAT LI AHEAD FOR KEV AND I, AS WE WILL BE SAYG GOODBYE TO GENOA CY FOR A WHILE," THE ACTOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I AM SAD TO LEAVE A PLACE I HOLD SO AR," BUT ADD THAT HE WAS "EXCED" TO SEE WHAT LI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Rikaart went on to portray a gay character, Leo Stark, on Days of our Liv om 2018 to March of this year, returng to The Young and the Rtls earlier this summer as still-straight Kev.

On the September 13 episo, Tsa refers to herself as gay -- and not that she and Mariah are a mted relatnship. Dpe the shows dippg their to the water wh queer characters and storyl the 1990s — like Ryan Phillippe as groundbreakg gay teen Billy Douglas on “One Life to Live” om 1992 to 1993 — the show shied away om romance for s queer characters until the 21st century. As the dghter of Eri Kane (San Lucci), was the first time such an important legacy character was wrten to be gay.

Other shows the first of the 21st century troduced gay characters, wh mixed rults. On “General Hospal, ” Lus Jon (then played by Ben Hogtyn), the adopted son of Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) and Tony Jon (Brad Mle) me out as gay, but he didn’t get much romance before he was wrten off the show 2006; the character returned to the nvas played by Ryan Carn 2013. “As the World Turns” wrote Le Snyr (Van Hansis) as gay.

IS MICHELLE STAFFORD ON YOUNG AND RTLS GAY?

The son of superuple Lily and Holn Snyr (Martha Byrne and Jon Hensley), he got a uple of major romanc, first wh Noah Reid (Jake Silbermann), wh whom he shared daytime’s first gay male kiss, though their romance was portrayed as far more chaste than soap operas ually pict heterosexual love stori. “Days of Our Liv” vted heavily Will Horton (Chandler Massey), who me out as gay, had many ont-burner storyl, and even had a proment love triangle wh Sonny Kiriakis (Freddie Smh) and Pl Nara (Christopher Sean), both of whom were also legacy characters om important fai on the show. Pl they had the bt sex scene out of any of the gay upl.

Tled Young, Gay & Rtls: My Sndalo On-Screen and Off-Screen Sexual Liberatns, the sexually explic (yet humoro) book unveils every one of the Wisns native's rnal adventur. The shockg and uncensored book created a lot of buzz, but Young, Gay & Rtls promis to top "the unabashed sensatnalism of his 6X award-wng Fivg Troy. Young, Gay & Rtls is available now for pre-orr, wh an official release date of Thursday, November 1.

When time to celebrate how far TV has e wh s pictn of LGBTQ characters, people always thk of the g out episo on Ellen and shows like Will & Grace and Pose — not Ryan Phillippe portrayg the first openly gay teen on One Life to Live, or the first lbian marriage that took place on All My Children.