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TV: Flash’s Rick Cosnett Comes Out

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Rick Cosnett from Instagram

The Flash actor Rick Cosnett came out as gay in a touching video, imploring the world to live their truth “everyday”. With the blessed DNA of being Hugh Grant’s cousin, the director, who plays detective Eddie Thawne on the television series, case out over Instagram. In the clip captioned “Just me, hello”, Cosnett begins with a “dramatic pause” before leisurely declaring: “I’m gay. I just wanted everyone to know because I made a promise to myself to live my truth everyday. Full Story from Pink News

TV: Batwoman Officially Comes Out On CW Show

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In a shocking rebuke of lesbian newscaster Rachel Maddow, Batwoman came out as a lesbian and gave the story to rival journalist Kara Danvers. The hit CW superhero show features Maddow in a voice role as television and radio personality Vesper Fairchild. While Maddow is a lesbian in real-life, Fairchild had a romantic relationship with Bruce Wayne in the comics. Actor Ruby Rose plays Kate Kane, Wayne’s cousin, who takes over his role as the caped crusader. But instead of the broody heterosexual Wayne, Kane is an out, masculine-of-center lesbian who faced a critical decision in this week’s episode. The … Read more

TV: Is Dr. Who About to Come Out?

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Dr. Who

Thanksgiving has just ended but Doctor Who and the BBC have fans, especially LGBT and ally fans, awaiting New Year’s with great joy. A sneak peek of the show’s New Year’s episode has some fans wondering if the Doctor is going to come out of the closet. The show’s Twitter account posted pictures of Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor wearing a rainbow scarf with fireworks behind her. Some fans have read the look as a hint that the 13th Doctor will start a queer relationship with her colleague Yaz. This possibility has previously been implied by characters in the show. Others think … Read more

Black Furry Gamer Wins World Title, Comes Out

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Dominique “SonicFox” McLean

A black furry video game player has won the Dragon Ball FighterZ title at the 2018 Evolution Championship Series – and instantly announced he was gay. Earlier this year, a video game was released which helps people to understand what it’s like to have gender dysphoria – but like most industries, there is still a great deal of progress to be made.  After Dominique “SonicFox” McLean cemented his fourth Evo title on Sunday, in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the Las Vegas event and online, he took his phone out and tweeted: “im gay.” “Also the … Read more

TV: ‘Arrow’ Star Bex Taylor-Klaus Comes Out as Enby

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Bex Taylor-Klaus

“Arrow” and “Scream” star Bex Taylor-Klaus has come out as transgender non-binary. Taylor-Klaus, 23, made the announcement on Twitter posting “I came out as trans non-binary in a room full of people today. Guess it’s time for me to do that on here, too …Hi. I’m Bex, and the rumors are true. I’m v enby.” Taylor-Klaus made a similar announcement about their sexuality on Twitter in 2016. “hello my name is bex and yes the rumors are true I am v gay,” they posted. By Mariah Cooper – Full Story at The Washington Blade

FILM: New Short Musical Film Takes on Coming Out, Time Travel

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Closets the Musical

We are all used to the idea of coming out of the closet. But in my new musical, Closets, two teens step into a closet to time-travel in LGBTI history. My original short film, Closets, is about two gay teenagers, one living in 1986 and the other in 2016. Both have the same bedroom and their wardrobe is a portal between the two periods, so they can meet. How Closets came into being I had made my first LGBTI feature films aged 20 to 27. I financed them mainly by credit cards with fingers crossed, and often met with mixed … Read more

TV: The Riddler Actor Comes Out

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Cory Michael Smith

Gotham star Cory Michael Smith has spoken about his sexuality publicly for the first time – as he stars in a drama set during the AIDS crisis. Smith is best known for playing Edward Nygma, AKA supervillain The Riddler, on Fox’s popular Batman prequel TV series.  In an interview with the Daily Beast, Smith revealed that he identifies as queer. He had been discussing his new film ‘1985’, which debuted at SXSW this month and tackles the AIDS crisis head-on. By Nick Duffy – Full Story at Pink News

Flash Star Keiynan Lonsdale Reflects on Coming Out as Bi

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Keiynan Lonsdale

Actor Keiynan Lonsdale has spoken about his experience since coming out. The 25-year-old Australian actor stars in CW show The Flash. He came out as LGBTI with an Instagram post in May. Originally, he had not planned to come out. Lonsdale said: ‘I never had any plans to come out until I was like in my 80s. Until then I’d just live a nice sad life.’ He attended his first LGBTI event since coming out, GLSEN’s Respect Awards, last Friday (20 October). The Hollywood Reporter asked him about life post coming out. Lonsdale explained: ‘It’s been a wonderful experience, a … Read more

Heroes Actor Thomas Dekker Comes Out

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Thomas Dekker

You may remember that Dekker’s Heroes character was slated to be gay on the show, but Dekker’s agents at the time objected. Thomas Dekker, who played Zach on the TV series Heroes, has come out as gay after he said he was outed by “a prominent gay man” in an awards acceptance speech. Wrote Dekker on Instagram: My sexual orientation once again came into question this week when a prominent gay man used an awards acceptance speech to “out” me. While he did not mention me by name, the explicit details of his reference made it easy for the public … Read more