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JOSH FLAGG OFFICIALLY COM OUT ON "MILLN DOLLAR LISTG"{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 23, 2011/2:21 PMBY MICHAEL JENSENMARCH 23, 2011 / 2:21 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"JOSH FLAGG OFFICIALLY COM OUT ON \"MILLN DOLLAR LISTG\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2011-03-23T18:21:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2011-03-23T18:21:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MICHAEL JENSEN","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN "NEWS" THAT WAS LEAKED WEEKS AGO, LOS ANGEL REAL TATE AGENT JOSH FLAGG, ONE OF THE STARS OF BRAVO'S MILLN DOLLAR LISTG, OFFICIALLY ME OUT ON TUDAY NIGHT'S EPISO. WHILE 'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN ANYONE OUT, THE NEWS THAT FLAGG IS GAY WAS GREETED MOSTLY WH SHGS, PROBABLY FOR A VARIETY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR STARTERS, FLAGG WASN'T EXACTLY THE CLOSET EXCEPT ON MILLN DOLLAR LISTG. HE'S BEEN SEEN AROUND L.A. WH BOYIEND COLTON THORN A NUMBER OF TIM AT PUBLIC EVENTS WHERE THEIR ATTENDANCE AS A UPLE WAS REPORTED, AND HE SPECIFILLY TRODUCED THORN AS HIS BOYIEND DURG ONE TERVIEW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE SCE LAST YEAR (AS OPPOSED TO SOME HOLLYWOOD STARS LIVG THE GLASS CLOSET WHO HAVE NEVER MA ANY PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THEIR SAME-SEX PARTNER AND CLE TO ANSWER THE QUTN WHEN ASKED).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR ANOTHER THG, GAY VISIBILY ON TELEVISN IS DRASTILLY IMPROVED OVER WHAT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, SO THE NEWS THAT A MOR REALY STAR IS GAY ISN'T EXACTLY EARTH-SHATTERG. ON TOP OF THAT MLD ISN'T EXACTLY AMERIN IDOL AND FLAGG WAS HARDLY THE MOST POPULAR OR TERTG PERSON ON THE SHOW. THAT HONOR WOULD PROBABLY GO TO MADISON HILBRAND, WHO ME OUT AS BISEXUAL 2008 (WHEN HE ALSO POSED FOR PLAYGIRL).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE SHOW TEASED FLAGG'S G OUT AS A SOMEWHAT MOMENTO CISN BEG DRIVEN BY THE FACT THAT THE 25-YEAR-OLD WAS WRG HIS MEMOIR (THAT CINTALLY ME OUT JT THIS WEEK). ONE SCENE OM LAST WEEK'S EPISO SHOWED FLAGG DISCSG THE BOOK WH HIS BS MANAGER WHO OMOLY WANTED TO KNOW IF FLAGG HAD DISCSED ALL OF THE TAILS WH CERTA PARTI BEE ONCE THE BOOK WENT TO PRT, THERE WOULD BE NO GOG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE "CERTA" PARTY THIS SE IS THORN, FLAGG'S BOYIEND OF THREE YEARS. CLEARLY VIEWERS WERE MEANT TO THK THAT THIS WAS GOG TO BE SOME SORT OF BIG SHOCK TO HIM SCE THE EDG IMPLIED FLAGG HAD TOLD HIM NOTHG ABOUT THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT LED TO THIS WEEK'S EPISO WHERE FLAGG SS THORN DOWN TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK AND, A SCENE THAT IS AS STAGED AS THE LN DOLLAR HO FLAGG SELLS, THEY DISCS WHETHER OR NOT HIS MEMOIR SHOULD CLU RMATN ABOUT THE FACT THAT FLAGG IS GAY. WHILE 'S POSSIBLE THE TWO HAD NEVER BEFORE DISCSED THE ISSUE, HARDLY SEEMS LIKELY AND THORN WASN'T EXACTLY SHOCKED. (FRANKLY, IF FLAGG HAD NEVER DISCSED WH THORN, I'D SUGGT UPL UNSELG FAST.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL ALL, THERE WASN'T MUCH THERE THERE. IT'S GREAT THAT FLAGG IS OUT PUBLICLY, AND I THK SAYS SOMETHG ABOUT GAY VISIBILY TODAY THAT THE SHOW ULD BE SO ... GLIB ABOUT SOMEONE G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOSH FLAGG AND FELLOW REALTOR JOSH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN AN TERVIEW WH THE SAN DIEGO GAY AND LBIAN NEWS, FLAGG DISCSED HIS CISN TO E OUT, AS WELL AS PARG HOW HE DID PARED TO HILBRAND. FLAGG OFF MOSTLY WELL THE TERVIEW, AND FELY BETTER THAN HE UALLY DO ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED WHY HE CHOSE TO E OUT NOW ON MDL, FLAGG TOLD THE SDGLN, "YOU KNOW MY SEXUALY DO NOT FE ME, IS NOT WHO I AM, BUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} IS PART OF ME, AND I DID NOT EVER WANT PEOPLE TO THK OF ME AS '{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY REAL TATE GUY,' I DID NOT WANT THAT TO BE THE ONLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT WAS WATCHG ME ON TV OR THE ONLY MOGRAPHIC TO ASSOCIATE WH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM VERY GLAD I DID THGS THE WAY I DID BEE I FEEL I EASED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TO AND I MA PEOPLE FORTABLE WH ME, AND THEN KD OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DROPPED THE FACT THAT I LIKE GUYS STEAD OF GIRLS. MANY PEOPLE KNEW,{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY HAD NO IA."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ASKED HOW BEG OUT ON THE SHOW WILL AFFECT HIS RELATNSHIP WH HILBRAND WHO ".. [FLAGG] TO THE PUNCH G OUT," A FENSIVE FLAGG SAYS, "MADISON DID NOT BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. MADISON JT CID TO E {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON NATNAL TELEVISN BEFORE I DID, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, I WAS OUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PEOPLE I WANTED TO BE OUT TO WELL BEFORE MADISON WAS. ... HOW WILL AFFECT MY SUATN WH MADISON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WELL, I CERTALY DON'T THK NEGATIVELY. YOU KNOW MADISON CHOSE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUT ON TV AND MAKE A BIG TO DO ABOUT , WHICH I RPECT. I TOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DIFFERENT APPROACH, A MORE SUBTLE APPROACH, AND I KD OF LIKE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BRAVO DID ... SLOWLY REVEALG MY LIFE..."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A DIFFERENT APPROACH? A MORE SUBTLE APPROACH? SERLY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

When Josh Flagg penned an say about growg up gay Beverly Hills, the Milln Dollar Listg Los Angel agent promoted the piece as one of the most ndid works he's pleted to date.  * gay guy from million dollar listing *

In a powerful piece lled "Let's Get One Thg Straight — I'm Not" on the blog Don't Hi It, Flnt It, the Milln Dollar Listg Los Angel power agent looks back on his childhood, when he wasn't que sure he was gay, but knew there were many signs that showed he was not que the same as other boys his age. He thought about how his summers travelg to Europe wh his parents and a gay uple they were iends wh shaped him. "It was never weird or anythg as a thirteen-year-old hangg every day wh my gay uncl.

However, I still don’t thk I was one hundred percent sure I was gay yet. When he me out to his grandmother, she was very acceptg and didn't thk was a big al; she even told Josh about a gay relative they had. His parents were siarly great about : "When I me out my dad, he said to me: 'I thought I was gay once.

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"Tellg people outsi of the fort of my home I was gay wasn’t that easy.

Even though I was never terribly flamboyant or feme, everybody already assumed I was gay bee I jt had such different terts than most guys my age. I wasn’t gettg my nails done and shoppg for a really tight cloth so I was probably not the stereotypil gay, but I liked thgs that most of the kids didn’t.

"Unbeknownst to me another stunt at school placed a book about beg gay my backpack. Even back then, LA was pretty hard to fd a kid who grew up a hoehold where their mom wasn’t bt iends wh a gay rator or their parents didn’t socialize wh a gay uple.

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"But while I n see that kids now are much more open and acceptg of someone who is gay, I would tell someone that is stgglg to e out that they should thk about thgs longer term, " he wrote. When Josh Flagg penned an say about growg up gay Beverly Hills, the Milln Dollar Listg Los Angel agent promoted the piece as one of the most ndid works he's pleted to date. In a March 26 Instagram post, which lked to the piece on Don't Hi It, Flnt It's webse, Josh had this to say: "I recently published an article about what was like for me growg up gay Beverly Hills.

Though Josh's fay was supportive when he me out as gay, he did endure some bullyg at school. Unbeknownst to me another stunt at school placed a book about beg gay my backpack.

"Even back then, LA was pretty hard to fd a kid who grew up a hoehold where their mom wasn’t bt iends wh a gay rator or their parents didn’t socialize wh a gay uple. "That night after we were done wh the big part of the party, we all went to Hell's Kchen and hopped around to a bunch of gay bars.

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