"I often wonr how different thgs would’ve been if I were allowed to be who I was when I moved to town: a hopeful kid nfint his sexualy," he wr a new say about beg gay Hollywood.
Contents:
- COLTON HAYN: 'I WAS TOLD THAT MY DAD KILLED HIMSELF BEE HE FOUND OUT I WAS GAY'
- COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'
- COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
- COLTON HAYN NFIRMA QUE GAY Y EXPLI POR QUé Jó 'ARROW'
- COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST DIDN’T GET ‘TEEN WOLF’ ROLE OVER GAY MAG
- COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
- COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST WASN'T ST TEEN WOLF BEE OF GAY MEN'S MAGAZE SHOOT HE DID
- COLTON HAYN SAYS HE'S STOPPED GETTG ROL SCE G OUT AS GAY
- COLTON HAYN WAS OPENLY GAY. THEN, HE MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD.
- COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST WASN'T CAST ON 'TEEN' 'WOLF' AS HE POSED FOR A GAY MAGAZE AS A TEENAGER
COLTON HAYN: 'I WAS TOLD THAT MY DAD KILLED HIMSELF BEE HE FOUND OUT I WAS GAY'
"Beg gay is worth celebratg. I wish I’d figured that out sooner, but I’m so glad I know now." * gay colton haynes *
Though Colton Hayn said that publicly g out as gay has ma him happier than ever, was a btersweet end to a longtime stggle that began at home.
COLTON HAYN CONFIRMS HE'S GAY: 'IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO GET TO THIS POT, BUT I'M DOG SO GOOD'
Before Colton Hayn me to Hollywood, he was nfintly queer. Years of mixed msag the dtry changed that. “To be a gay actor Hollywood, even 2021, Hayn wr, is to be undated wh mixed msag.” * gay colton haynes *
’ But I was told that my dad killed himself bee he found out I was gay. Though Hayn has known that he was gay sce the first gra, he veiled his sexual orientatn for fear that would negatively impact his reer.
“Then, all of a sudn, I’m the worst, I’m a terrible person, and I’m a shame to the gay muny. Colton Hayn Confirms He's Gay: 'It Took Me So Long to Get to This Pot, but I'm Dog So Good'. In this week’s issue of Entertament Weekly, the former Arrow star publicly addrsed his sexualy for the first time, officially g out as gay.
Speculatn started January after he reblogged a fan’s Tumblr post about his “secret gay past” and rpond: “Was a secret?
COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
"I often wonr how different thgs would’ve been if I were allowed to be who I was when I moved to town: a hopeful kid nfint his sexualy," he wr a new say about beg gay Hollywood. * gay colton haynes *
“People who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don’t realize that actg 24 hours a day is the most exhstg thg the world. In an emotnal Instagram post over the weekend, the 32-year-old actor shared an image of the March 2006 ver of XY Magaze, a long-nng, gay publitn. "Partly bee so many ppl Hollywood told me I would never work as an openly gay actor, but part of was bee I was credibly ashamed.
""Beg gay is worth celebratg, " Colton nclud his heartfelt post before wishg all of his followers and supporters a happy Pri Month. After speculatn about his sexualy started circulatg onle, Colton cid to publicly and openly live his tth 2016, and sce then, he has regularly been bookg projects as a film and TV actor and has bee a great example of what means to be an out and proud gay man.
COLTON HAYN NFIRMA QUE GAY Y EXPLI POR QUé Jó 'ARROW'
El actor Colton Hayn nfia públimente que gay y habla sobre cómo le stó renocerlo públimente por tar ntro la dtria Hollywood. * gay colton haynes *
But I felt like I was lettg people down by not g forward wh the rt of what I should have who are so judgmental about those who are gay or different don't realize that actg 24 hours a day is the most exhstg thg the world, " Colton told Entertament Weekly at the time. "RELATED | Colton Hayn, Elt Glazer Are Workg On a TV Show About InstaGays.
I began go-go dancg at a gay bar Wicha that same year — fake ID hand — after sneakg one night wh a few stmat om my muny-theater program. When I got a msage on Myspace 2005 askg if my then-boyiend, Jay, and I would pose for a gay magaze lled XY, I didn’t thk twice. ” Co for gay.
COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST DIDN’T GET ‘TEEN WOLF’ ROLE OVER GAY MAG
Colton Hayn said he had to go back the closet, bee he was told he was "too gay" for Hollywood. * gay colton haynes *
Clockwise om top left: 2006: Hayn’s photo shoot appears the gay men's magaze XY. Your voice, your mannerisms — they’re still too … gay. The thg that ma me valuable private — my nspicuoly gay sexualy — was a liabily as I tried to make my way through the dtry.
COLTON HAYN WAS TOLD HE WAS 'TOO GAY' WHEN HE GOT TO HOLLYWOOD — AND WAS ACHED TO HI
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This was an era when sual homophobia was still a regular punch le on TV ss. There are still few gay leadg men Hollywood who are out of the closet.
COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST WASN'T ST TEEN WOLF BEE OF GAY MEN'S MAGAZE SHOOT HE DID
In his new memoir, Colton Hayn reveals he almost wasn't st 'Teen Wolf' bee of a past shoot he did for a gay men's magaze. * gay colton haynes *
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COLTON HAYN SAYS HE'S STOPPED GETTG ROL SCE G OUT AS GAY
Colton Hayn, who is bt known for playg Jackson Teen Wolf and Arsenal Arrow, publicly me out as gay 2016." name="scriptn * gay colton haynes *
I’m eternally grateful to the handful of gay men who created opportuni for me: Jeff Davis, Greg Berlanti, and Ryan Murphy. But people also published thk piec sayg had taken me too long; another gay actor implied the way I’d done was wardly.
Now, the only dns I get are for gay characters, which rema sparse.
It’s no different for the young gay actors I see g up today, tryg to make a system that isn’t built for them.
COLTON HAYN WAS OPENLY GAY. THEN, HE MOVED TO HOLLYWOOD.
Colton Hayn was openly gay as a young teen and mol. When he moved to Los Angel to bee an actor, Hollywood shamed him back to the closet. * gay colton haynes *
To be a gay actor Hollywood, even 2021, is to be undated wh mixed msag: Consumers are mostly straight, so don’t alienate them. But lots of the cisn-makers are gay, so play that game! On some level, he had been right: I was too gay.
COLTON HAYN SAYS HE ALMOST WASN'T CAST ON 'TEEN' 'WOLF' AS HE POSED FOR A GAY MAGAZE AS A TEENAGER
In a new first-person say, Colton Hayn shar his experience of navigatg Hollywood as a gay teen and now actor, 33, om MTV’s Teen Wolf and the CW's Arrow, wr about his heartbreakg journey, g to L. He faced moralizg experienc along the way — like beg ached to be ls gay and beg directed to act out graphic sex scen.