The actor on growg up gay bible belt Texas, what his new film says about the progrs of LGBTQ+ rights – and what he learned om his son g out as straight
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Photograph: Everett/REX ShutterstockAs someone who grew up gay the 1980s and 1990s, he is stck by the generatnal difference attus today. Whe Collar actor Matt Bomer recently discsed his marriage and his journey to g out as gay an terview wh Out magaze. It was not an environment where was safe to be gay.
The actor, who realized he was gay while performg classics such as Romeo and Juliet and Joseph and the Amazg Technilor Dreamat at the Utah Shakpeare Ftival, knew tellg his parents would be a challenge. Matt Bomer and his hband, Simon Hall, have three sons together, and the ually private actor jt opened up about his fay an appearance on RuPl's talk show, the "Magic Mike" star spoke about a recent nversatn he had wh his elst child, 14-year-old asked the 41-year-old what would happen if his kids were to e out as straight to his gay SWIFT GIVES SURPRISE PERFORMANCE AT STONEWALL IN FOR PRIDE MONTH“Our olst me out to as straight.