Colton Unrwood, the First Gay ‘Bachelor,’ Cononts His Controversial Comg Out

Contents:

• THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY
• COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT
• COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY
• ‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT
• ‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE
• A FORMER BACHELOR STAR ME OUT AS GAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AS MSY AS HIS SEASON.
• IT’S TIME FOR AN ACTUALLY GAY SEASON OF THE BACHELOR ALREADY

THE BACHELOR STAR COLTON UNRWOOD OUT AS GAY

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COLTON UNRWOOD, THE FIRST GAY ‘BACHELOR,’ CONONTS HIS CONTROVERSIAL COMG OUT

Colton Unrwood didn’t plan on ever tellg the world that he was gay.

COLTON UNRWOOD, ‘BACHELOR’ STAR, COM OUT AS GAY

“I’ll jt say , ” Unrwood reveals on a recent afternoon, still adjtg to his new life as an openly gay man.

Acrdg to him, last year, while livg Los Angel, he secretly vised a spa known for terg to gay clientele. At one time, g out of the closet was emed a reer killer, but shows like “The Real World, ” “Survivor” and the origal “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, ” now rebooted on Netflix, led to a profound, posive transformatn how gay people are perceived, and helped brg about progrsive chang to LGBTQ civil rights. As new generatns of lennials and Gen Zers have grown up wh LGBTQ iends and role mols, gay Amerins have attaed the right to marry, and queerns has bee more mastream media, as proven shows like HBO’s high school h “Euphoria” and sentially half of the characters the Ryan Murphy universe.

‘BACHELOR’ FANS MAND GAY SEASON AMID COLTON UNRWOOD’S G OUT

A gay “Bachelor, ” though? His announcement that he was gay cid wh news that he was filmg a Netflix realy show about his new media l up wh accatns that Unrwood was moizg his g-out story. And others legimately argued that as a hunky whe gay man, he was benefg om privilege, takg a platform that other members of the queer muny served more than he did.

“If you’re gay, be gay! “I had never seen a football player that had ma to the NFL that had been gay, growg up Catholic. “I’ve had hundreds of gay Christian men and women who are nfed their walk wh J say, ‘I felt closer to God when I me out.

“I never want people to thk that I’m g out to change the narrative, or to bsh over and not take rponsibily for my actns, and now that I have this gay life that I don’t have to addrs my past as a straight man, ” Unrwood says.

‘THE BACHELOR’ HAS A TROUBLED HISTORY WHEN TO GAY ROMANCE. IT’S NOT ALONE

Cled to ment for this story, or answer qutns about whether there have been discsns about velopg a gay season of “The Bachelor. • • •Realy TV has the power to change mds, showsg unrreprented muni to sectns of the untry who might not e across gay, bisexual or transgenr people their everyday Hollywood, progrs has still been slow. The number of high-profile gay love stori at the movi — among them, the Hulu romantic edy “Happit Season” and 2017 Sundance darlg “Call Me by Your Name” — remas small.

It’s rare to see a full-fledged gay love story, or hts of gay romance, on a realy TV show. When Lance Bass, who is openly gay, appeared on the program 2008, he was paired wh a female partner. Unrwood’s faced mons as a closeted gay man.

A FORMER BACHELOR STAR ME OUT AS GAY. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS AS MSY AS HIS SEASON.

For Unrwood, growg up Washgton, Ill., wh a populatn of 15, 000, there were no gay role mols.

“We had one gay person my entire town, ” Unrwood says.

IT’S TIME FOR AN ACTUALLY GAY SEASON OF THE BACHELOR ALREADY

”Though he felt that he was different at the age of 6, Unrwood never got the chance to teract wh gay people.

“I would have done anythg to see a gay football player, ” he says, gettg choked up.