Y&R's Thom Bierdz releas tell-all sex memoir Young, Gay & Rtls | The Young and the Rtls on Soap Central

Contents:

• Y, THOM BIERDZ IS GAY, MEET HIS PARTNER RON MAN FAY AND NET WORTH
• Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS
• THOM BIERDZ'S GAY STORYLE ON 'YOUNG & THE RTLS' BEGS
• IS THOM BIERDZ GAY?

Y, THOM BIERDZ IS GAY, MEET HIS PARTNER RON MAN FAY AND NET WORTH

Thom Bierdz ma headl when he me out as openly gay, proudly clarg his sexualy to the world.

Bierdz, who ially kept his sexualy hidn when he first entered the entertament dtry, has now e out as openly gay.

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

He has wrten several books, cludg the memoir Fivg Troy and the self-help book Young, Gay, and Rtls. But Thom broke all those hearts when he me out as gay. However, he lov to share his love for his partner on social Also: Mark Lowry Rponse To Gay Rumors Amid Married Qutns!

Unexpected Datg Stat, Gay Talks Add-OnApart om his blissful love life wh his boyiend, Thom had been through some heart-wrenchg fay Bierdz’s Tragedi: Mother's Death, Fivg Brother To Brother's SuiciThom liv a life full of succs and happs now, pecially wh his partner by his si, but he has emerged om a dark place and many stggl related to his fay.

THOM BIERDZ'S GAY STORYLE ON 'YOUNG & THE RTLS' BEGS

In 2006, he published another book name 'Young Gay and Rtls, ' where he talked about his experience wh his relatnships wh men. 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. In one of the bt-guard top-secret soap opera returns and story l history, gay actor Thom Bierdz returned a stunner of a cliffhanger this past Friday on The Young and the Rtls as a character referred to as "Langley" -- but is he actually the real Phillip Chancellor III back om the ad?

Will he be playg a gay versn of Phillip or someone else?

IS THOM BIERDZ GAY?

His triumphant return and eagerly awaed story le have given him the opportuny to e back to daytime as an out gay man -- fact, Bierdz is the only out gay man on daytime Y&R will not ment on the story le that is brgg Bierdz back to daytime's top-rated soap, blogs have reported that former Guidg Light star John Drisll will be takg on the role of Phillip Chancellor IV, son of Phillip and Na. Another footnote -- the character Rafe (played by Yani Gellman) has jt nfirmed he is gay. Y&R is beg hh-hh, but 's safe to say fans are for the ri of their soap opera subjects rangg om his early days servg drks a gay bar Milwkee -- equented by Jefey Dahmer, no ls -- to wonrg if his former star Lralee Bell (Cricket, now known as Christe) knew he was gay when they worked together, Bierdz is not only outspoken this exclive -- he's an stunng revelatn on this past Friday's cliffhanger took everybody by surprise!

I read a quote a while back that you would nsir g back to Y&R if they rporated your artwork and beg a gay man to the story. So to e back now as an out gay man and to know that I don't have to hi anythg about myself is a great feelg. I thk 's a very excg time, all over the place and pecially my you were on the show the late '80s, was difficult beg a younger leadg man soaps, when you were gay?

This is when AIDS was beg prevalent, and a lot of people thought if you were gay that meant you had AIDS.

It was a sry time to e out, and I thk sce then we realized gay do not mean AIDS.

We have had so many more homosexuals on TV and our liv through realy TV and wh shows like Ellen that people are not stereotypg homosexualy as much as they ed to.

In terms of e-mails -- I get tons of e-mails om gay guys who are married and don't know how to tell their wiv. I get e-mails om gay schoolteachers who are aaid to e out small stat aEUR| and I get the oppose e-mails om out gay teachers small ci and stat.

I was bartendg a gay bar at 20 and 21 Milwkee. Then I moved to Milwkee and immediately got a job bartendg a gay bar.