Jo Soaps as we pay tribute to the out-and-proud gay primetime TV stars and daytime actors.
Contents:
- YOUNG & RTLS’ CHRISTIAN JUL LEBLANC UNPACKS THE BAGGAGE OF HOMOPHOBIA: ‘I STILL LIVE WH THE LEGACY OF THAT AS A GAY MAN’
- THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS: IS CAMRYN GRIM GAY REAL LIFE?
- YOUNG AND RTLS’ GAY ADAM STORYLE THAT’S BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SWEPT UNR THE RUG
- Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS
- Y&R’S CHRISTIAN LEBLANC OPENS UP ABOUT THE STGGL OF LIVG AS A GAY MAN
- TODAY IN GAY: "YOUNG & RTLS" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN "INPENNCE DAY 2"{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;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013/3:51 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013 / 3:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TODAY IN GAY: \"YOUNG & RTLS\" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN \"INPENNCE DAY 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}KNOWN TO MANY AS THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS' KEV FISHER, GREG RIKAART MA OFFICIAL WHAT MANY FOLLOWERS ALREADY KNEW: HE'S A BIG OL' GAY. THE EMMY WNER TWEETED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND ACTOR/WRER BOYIEND ROBERT SUDDUTH, WH THE MSAGE: "NOT GETTG MARRIED ANYTIME SOON, BUT CELEBRATG #EQUALY TONIGHT NOHELS."{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;}WHILE RIKAART NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY THE PRS, HE DID SH-KICK Y&R -STAR MELISSA REEV FOR PRAISG CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY POLICI. AT THE TIME, HE TOLD TV GUI, "PEOPLE WONR WHY THERE IS AN EPIMIC OF BULLYG THIS UNTRY. WELL, 'S BEE KIDS ARE LEARNG OM THE GROWNUPS, OM PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA REEV WHO IS A GROWN-UP BULLY."{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;}IF GREG LOOKS FAIAR TO NON-SOAPERS AMONG YOU, THAT'S BEE HE PLAYED JACK'S BOYIEND A LN YEARS AGO ON DAWSON'S CREEK. AND IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, JT SUBSTUTE GOSSIP GIRL. IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I N'T HELP {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;}{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;}EVANGELIL NUTBAGS THE DOMIN REPUBLIC ARE ALL A BUNCH OVER PRINT OBAMA NOMATG A GAY MAN, WALLY BRTER, AS THE UNTRY'S AMBASSADOR. REV. CRISTOBAL CARDOZO LLED THE APPOTMENT “AN SULT TO GOOD DOMIN CTOMS.” WHILE VIR PABLO CEDANO SUGGTED, “IF HE ARRIV, HE’LL SUFFER AND WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.” GUS ALL THAT LEGENDARY CARIBBEAN HOSPALY AND IENDLS IS JT FOR 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;}ROLAND EMMERICH, THE OUT ACTN DIRECTOR OF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AND WHE HOE DOWN TOLD HUFFGTON POST'S RICKY CALERI HE'S PLANNG ON PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER INPENNCE DAY 2. (DID WE KNOW THEY WERE MAKG AN INPENNCE DAY 2?) WELL, WHOEVER IS WE HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE WAY OF HARVEY {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;}AND SPEAKG OF INPENNCE DAY, THERE'S A MIL OF THE 1996 BLOCKBTER THE WORKS—AND 'S GOG TO STAR CHAZ BONO. APPEARG ON GOOD DAY L.A., BONO LOOKED MUCH FTER THAN WE'RE ED TO SEEG HIM. "IT'S VERY FAST PACED, VERY FUNNY," HE SAID OF THE 30-MUTE EDIC ADAPTATN. "YOU ARE AND OUT OF THERE AND 'S AMAZG THAT [-STAR/CREATOR] BROOKE [SEGU] IS ABLE TO GET EVERYTHG THAT IS IMPORTANT THE MOVIE THERE SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME."{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 FRIDAY, RACHEL MADDOW VOTED HER TALK SHOW TO THE RETURN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAG CALIFORNIA, AND AIRED THE GOLN STATE NUPTIALS OF PROP 8 -PLATIFFS KRIS PERRY AND SANDY STIER AND PL KATAMI AND JEFF ZARRILLO. THE UALLY POSED MENTATOR LATER TWEETED "FOR A PERSON WHO CRI AT THE DROP OF A HAT, THIS IS REALLY TOO MUCH FOR A TV HOST TO BEAR." AW, BOO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
YOUNG & RTLS’ CHRISTIAN JUL LEBLANC UNPACKS THE BAGGAGE OF HOMOPHOBIA: ‘I STILL LIVE WH THE LEGACY OF THAT AS A GAY MAN’
In the latt edn of Mrice Benard's State of Md, Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Young and Rtls) out as gay. Way to go! * who is gay on young and the restless *
Young & Rtls’ Christian Jul LeBlanc Unpacks the Baggage of Homophobia: ‘I Still Live Wh the Legacy of That as a Gay Man’. Hell, “not till after Stonewall did anyone take a gay man ser.
“I still live wh the legacy of that as a gay man, ” he add. The Young and the Rtls fans are wonrg if Camryn Grim is gay real life. “Not gay, but if I was I WOULD SHOUT IT FROM THE F**KING ROOFTOPS.
THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS: IS CAMRYN GRIM GAY REAL LIFE?
Camryn Grim plays Mariah Copeland, a gay woman on The Young and the Rtls and now, people are askg if Camryn is gay real life. * who is gay on young and the restless *
Not gay, but if I was. Camryn Grim is not gay real life, but she is proud to play a gay woman on televisn.
Young and Rtls’ Gay Adam Storyle That’s Been Completely and Totally Swept Unr the Rug.
Instead, Victor showed his son rare passn and acceptance for beg gay. To throw him off the trail, Adam told Rafe, who was gay, that he had feelgs for him, and was implied they had a sexual relatnship, though wasn’t shown on screen.
YOUNG AND RTLS’ GAY ADAM STORYLE THAT’S BEEN COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY SWEPT UNR THE RUG
Rememberg Adam Newman's fotten gay storyle on The Young and the Rtls that led to an emotnal moment wh Victor Newman. Should be revised? * who is gay on young and the restless *
She, of urse, told Victor his son was gay, which led Victor to nont his son. Yet, Victor needn’t have bothered bee once Adam and Rafe were done, Adam beg gay or bi was never mentned aga, but should have been? 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. ” So Miguel’s former portrayer publicly disclosed his 2011 memoir that he is gay.
The Young & Rtls vet whose character Phillip played ad for years rather than e out to his fay is also gay real life. The One Life to Live scene stealer — now and forever David Vickers to soap fans — announced durg a 2013 talk-show appearance not only that he was gay but that he’d bee a sgle father of two. “For me, beg gay was a dirty word growg up, and now this is my tth.
Y&R'S THOM BIERDZ RELEAS TELL-ALL SEX MEMOIR YOUNG, GAY & RTLS
The Young and the Rtls' Thom Bierdz (ex-Phillip Chancellor) reveals all the tails of his sndalo sex life his new memoir Young, Gay & Rtls. * who is gay on young and the restless *
” The Emmy wner even created After Forever, a Web soap which he plays a gay widower. He and his hband, oime Amazg Race nttant Jaym Vghan, beme the first gay uple to grace the ver of The Knot.
“As a gay guy, you have to e out all the time, ” he told Entertament Weekly.
Y&R’S CHRISTIAN LEBLANC OPENS UP ABOUT THE STGGL OF LIVG AS A GAY MAN
* who is gay on young and the restless *
“People thk g out is the first time [someone] says they’re gay when realy g out is a nstant procs. When Heartstopper st s superlative teenage leads, Locke was already out as gay.
In addn to his daytime rol, he starred 2020’s Dashg December, one of the first mastream TV movi to make Christmas a gay old time.
TODAY IN GAY: "YOUNG & RTLS" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN "INPENNCE DAY 2"{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;}CULTUREBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013/3:51 PMBY DAN AVERYJUNE 29, 2013 / 3:51 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"TODAY IN GAY: \"YOUNG & RTLS\" SOAP STAR COM OUT, A GAY IN \"INPENNCE DAY 2\"","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-06-29T19:51:07.000+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":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CULTURE"}{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;}KNOWN TO MANY AS THE YOUNG AND THE RTLS' KEV FISHER, GREG RIKAART MA OFFICIAL WHAT MANY FOLLOWERS ALREADY KNEW: HE'S A BIG OL' GAY. THE EMMY WNER TWEETED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND ACTOR/WRER BOYIEND ROBERT SUDDUTH, WH THE MSAGE: "NOT GETTG MARRIED ANYTIME SOON, BUT CELEBRATG #EQUALY TONIGHT NOHELS."{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;}WHILE RIKAART NEVER DISCLOSED HIS SEXUALY THE PRS, HE DID SH-KICK Y&R -STAR MELISSA REEV FOR PRAISG CHICK-FIL-A'S ANTI-GAY POLICI. AT THE TIME, HE TOLD TV GUI, "PEOPLE WONR WHY THERE IS AN EPIMIC OF BULLYG THIS UNTRY. WELL, 'S BEE KIDS ARE LEARNG OM THE GROWNUPS, OM PEOPLE LIKE MELISSA REEV WHO IS A GROWN-UP BULLY."{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;}IF GREG LOOKS FAIAR TO NON-SOAPERS AMONG YOU, THAT'S BEE HE PLAYED JACK'S BOYIEND A LN YEARS AGO ON DAWSON'S CREEK. AND IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, JT SUBSTUTE GOSSIP GIRL. IF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I N'T HELP {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;}{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;}EVANGELIL NUTBAGS THE DOMIN REPUBLIC ARE ALL A BUNCH OVER PRINT OBAMA NOMATG A GAY MAN, WALLY BRTER, AS THE UNTRY'S AMBASSADOR. REV. CRISTOBAL CARDOZO LLED THE APPOTMENT “AN SULT TO GOOD DOMIN CTOMS.” WHILE VIR PABLO CEDANO SUGGTED, “IF HE ARRIV, HE’LL SUFFER AND WILL BE FORCED TO LEAVE.” GUS ALL THAT LEGENDARY CARIBBEAN HOSPALY AND IENDLS IS JT FOR 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;}ROLAND EMMERICH, THE OUT ACTN DIRECTOR OF THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW AND WHE HOE DOWN TOLD HUFFGTON POST'S RICKY CALERI HE'S PLANNG ON PUTTG A GAY CHARACTER INPENNCE DAY 2. (DID WE KNOW THEY WERE MAKG AN INPENNCE DAY 2?) WELL, WHOEVER IS WE HOPE THEY DON'T GO THE WAY OF HARVEY {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;}AND SPEAKG OF INPENNCE DAY, THERE'S A MIL OF THE 1996 BLOCKBTER THE WORKS—AND 'S GOG TO STAR CHAZ BONO. APPEARG ON GOOD DAY L.A., BONO LOOKED MUCH FTER THAN WE'RE ED TO SEEG HIM. "IT'S VERY FAST PACED, VERY FUNNY," HE SAID OF THE 30-MUTE EDIC ADAPTATN. "YOU ARE AND OUT OF THERE AND 'S AMAZG THAT [-STAR/CREATOR] BROOKE [SEGU] IS ABLE TO GET EVERYTHG THAT IS IMPORTANT THE MOVIE THERE SUCH A SHORT PERD OF TIME."{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 FRIDAY, RACHEL MADDOW VOTED HER TALK SHOW TO THE RETURN OF SAME-SEX MARRIAG CALIFORNIA, AND AIRED THE GOLN STATE NUPTIALS OF PROP 8 -PLATIFFS KRIS PERRY AND SANDY STIER AND PL KATAMI AND JEFF ZARRILLO. THE UALLY POSED MENTATOR LATER TWEETED "FOR A PERSON WHO CRI AT THE DROP OF A HAT, THIS IS REALLY TOO MUCH FOR A TV HOST TO BEAR." AW, BOO!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Though the rap in and Equalizer star told the New York Tim as recently as 2008 that “I don’t feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don’t re if people thk I’m gay or not, ” she fally end all the speculatn at the 2021 BET Awards when, acceptg a Lifetime Achievement Award, she thanked partner Eboni Nichols and the son that they share. “She’s an absolute tch, and I thought, ‘If I’m not gog to feel the super sparks wh her… probably means I’m gay. Four years after As the World Turns stopped spng, the actor who ma history as half of daytime’s first gay male kiss me out publicly an terview wh The Fight Magaze.
The Grey’s Anatomy vet’s g-out wasn’t exactly the easit: His sexual orientatn was ma known after stmate Isaiah Washgton ed a gay slur on set, leadg to a wily reported altertn.
While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most tertg part of me.