'Mean Girls' actor out letter to his inic gay character

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• 'MEAN GIRLS' ACTOR OUT LETTER TO HIS INIC GAY CHARACTER
• DID YOU KNOW ALL THE 'MEAN GIRLS' GUYS ARE GAY NOW?
• ALL THE GUYS IN "MEAN GIRLS (2004)" EVENTUALLY CAME OUT AS GAY
• I'M A GAY GUY, BUT THERE'S THIS GIRL....
• I AM A STRAIGHT GIRL, BUT WISH I ULD BE WH A GAY GUY.
• DANIEL FRANZE REVEALS HOW PLAYG DAMIAN 'MEAN GIRLS' HELPED HIM COME OUT AS GAY
• MEAN GIRLS STAR DANIEL FRANZE WANTS TO SEE MORE SEXY BIGGER GAY MEN ON TV

'MEAN GIRLS' ACTOR OUT LETTER TO HIS INIC GAY CHARACTER

(Photo by Chelsea Guglielmo/Getty Imag)Jonathan Bent is livg his tth — and breakg barriers.The 39-year-old, whose first major actg role was as Aaron Samuels, the stereotypil and heterosexual hot jock Mean Girls, is on the ver of The Knot wh fiancé Jaym Vghan, makg them the first LGBTQ uple to be featured by the weddg magaze."Beg a closeted gay teen heartthrob, livg misery, I never would have thought a ln years that one day I would be on the ver of the biggt weddg magaze the world wh my fiancé, who I love, a picture that is pure pri and joy," Bent tells Yahoo Life.

DID YOU KNOW ALL THE 'MEAN GIRLS' GUYS ARE GAY NOW?

"Ever sce I ma the cisn to live my life loudly and proudly, everythg jt has felt better and brighter my life."While the uple has been livg loudly and proudly sce gettg together 2017, the impact of Bent's exposure as a gay man isn't lost on Vghan. "At that moment, we realized that our weddg is bigger than .""We want to make sure that we help to intify bs and vendors that gay upl n go to om the moment they want to get engaged until their honeymoon and fd plac where they're safe and celebrated," Vghan adds.It's for this exact reason that the uple also teamed up to create OUTbound — a travel pany lookg to create memorable excursns for the LGBTQ muny."We were able to really create somethg and craft somethg that is for our muny," Vghan explas. But cemented his gay in stat wh his breakout starrg role TaFey's mega h edy Mean Girls as Damian.

Speakg upon the difficulty he had navigatg his reer unr a Gay Glass Ceilg.

He has lent his image, voice and stand up edy gifts to many cludg The Trevor Project and hostg the 2016 Glaad Media Awards and 2017 Gay Men Chos Voice Awards. Ten years after they first "met" the 2004 edy "Mean Girls, " actor Daniel Franze has e out a letter he wrote to Damian, the openly gay character he played the Daniel Franze at a screeng Los Angel October 2011. Rodriguez / TodayIn the letter posted on the gay-culture webse /bent on Tuday, Franze explaed to the fictnal Damian what meant to play the character, what did to his reer and why took him so long to e out of the closet.

ALL THE GUYS IN "MEAN GIRLS (2004)" EVENTUALLY CAME OUT AS GAY

I might've been easier to be gay growg up. "Franze said he was "terrified" to play the part, but lled Damian "a natural and te reprentatn of a gay teenager — a character we lghed wh stead of at. The cult classic is often quoted, wh Damian, for stance, beg nsired "too gay to functn.

I'M A GAY GUY, BUT THERE'S THIS GIRL....

I was meetg a 'gay glass ceilg' stg. "He said that he turned down offers to play flamboyant, stereotypil gay men and told Damian, "you had ed my life and I was really pissed at you. Tellg me I gave them fort not only beg young and gay but also beg a big du.

Did You Know All the 'Mean Girls' Guys Are Gay Now?

I AM A STRAIGHT GIRL, BUT WISH I ULD BE WH A GAY GUY.

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DANIEL FRANZE REVEALS HOW PLAYG DAMIAN 'MEAN GIRLS' HELPED HIM COME OUT AS GAY

That news has gone viral over at Buzzfeed, who piled the g outs of each Mean Girls actor earlier this Franze, who played Damian the film, me out as gay then, Franze has been an important voice for LGBTQ+ rights and appeared on queer shows like Lookg and RuPl's Drag Race.

He didn't e out as gay himself until 2017.

MEAN GIRLS STAR DANIEL FRANZE WANTS TO SEE MORE SEXY BIGGER GAY MEN ON TV

He even reprised his role as Aaron Samuels for a quick meo Ariana Gran's "thank u, next" mic to round out the list, Rajiv Surendra, who played Kev G, me out as gay 2018 to KajalMag.

"I know full well that if I was an openly gay actor, there was no way I’d be nsired for the role of a sixteen-year-old relig Indian kid a movie that Fox was puttg $100 ln to, " he said the terview. "We're so grateful to all the st for makg Mean Girls even gayer than already was!

Larry Gaynor...