Former Disney star and 'Love, Simon' actor out as gay - Queerty

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• ‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS
• AT U.S. OPEN, SCTY OVER NTROVERSIAL MENTS ABOUT GAY PLAYERS
• FORMER DISNEY STAR AND ‘LOVE, SIMON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY
• 'THEY JT WANTED TO SILENCE HER': THE DARK SI OF GAY STAN CULTURE

‘LOVE, VICTOR’ STAR SAYS GAY ROLE SPARKED HOMOPHOBIA OM HIS FAY, ATH THREATS

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AT U.S. OPEN, SCTY OVER NTROVERSIAL MENTS ABOUT GAY PLAYERS

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FORMER DISNEY STAR AND ‘LOVE, SIMON’ ACTOR OUT AS GAY

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Michael Cimo, the straight star of Hulu’s gay-themed g-of-age seri “Love, Victor, ” says he has been attacked by some the LGBTQ muny and even some of his own fay members. In a new terview wh Attu, Cimo — who plays the tular Victor — says: “I got some homophobic ments — I kd of expected that to happen.

'THEY JT WANTED TO SILENCE HER': THE DARK SI OF GAY STAN CULTURE

”He add, “Some of them reached out, sayg, ‘You ed to be so ol; now you’re so gay. “It’s weird … [the Latx muny] is liberal when to thgs about Latos, but when to gay rights, ’s like, eh, qutn mark, ” Cimo said the terview. ”In the Attu terview, Cimo said, “There’s nothg wrong wh beg gay.

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