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Zachary Quinto Comes Out as a Gay Man

Zachary Quinto publicly came out today -- and did it without the fanfare of posing on the cover of People Magazine.

Instead of a huge article about his sexuality, the "Star Trek" star chose to nonchalantly confirm he's gay in a New York Magazine piece centered around his role in a movie about the financial crisis and his 8-month stint on Broadway in "Angels in America."

It's the latter that really got Quinto to open up, saying the role of Louis Ironson was the "most challenging thing I've ever done as an actor, and the most rewarding."

"At the same time," he continues, "as a gay man, it made me feel like there's still so much work to be done, and there's still so many things that need to be looked at and addressed."

He addresses his sexuality again later in the article, saying "You have the legalization of gay marriage in the state of New York and three months later you have Jamey Rodemeyer killing himself, yet another gay teenager bullied into taking his own life. And, you know, again, as a gay man, I look at that and say there’s a hopelessness that surrounds it."

"Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?" he adds. "We're terrified of facing ourselves."

UPDATE: Quinto has revealed his reasons for coming out in a new post on his blog. Read it, in his own words, below:

"when i found out that jamey rodemeyer killed himself - i felt deeply troubled. but when i found out that jamey rodemeyer had made an it gets better video only months before taking his own life - i felt indescribable despair. i also made an it gets better video last year - in the wake of the senseless and tragic gay teen suicides that were sweeping the nation at the time. but in light of jamey's death - it became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it - is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. our society needs to recognize the unstoppable momentum toward unequivocal civil equality for every gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered citizen of this country. gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying. parents need to teach their children principles of respect and acceptance. we are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. we are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government. i believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. jamey rodemeyer's life changed mine. and while his death only makes me wish that i had done this sooner - i am eternally grateful to him for being the catalyst for change within me. now i can only hope to serve as the same catalyst for even one other person in this world. that - i believe - is all that we can ask of ourselves and of each other."

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Comments (57)

BritBird: 585 days ago

I always had heard, but who cares? You're a toofab actor and hunky as all heck. Your decision will help lots of people, Z. So congrats for making a difference in this cruel world.

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jim : 585 days ago

Well thank you Marie:) just reading the childish responses , that really proved my point. you all did to a tee exactly what I though you'd do .You justified your sins so you can keep heading for the dark . Remember he is right there when you make up your mind to meet him

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MM: 585 days ago

Zachary Quinto is gay. Today I ate a bowl of cheerios.

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Ben: 584 days ago

Gay people are tearing down the fabric of society? Marie, Jim, the individuals who agree with you -

People - no, pardon me; strike that.

Sinister hatemongering monsters like yourselves are responsible for the 'tearing down of society.' With your cherry-picked interpretation of an already flawed religious (see: 'mythical', 'fairytale' ) text. I bet you even feel some since of wicked joy hearing about incredibly young and tormented souls taking their lives because of you and people like you.

Go confer with your family and friends who keep the national divorce rate inflated about why you think the 'family structure' is being tarnished today. Your moral perception is as antiquated as racism, but you probably support that too.

Please, for the sake of us all, and for the fabric of society, do not live long, do not prosper, and for God's sake do not reproduce. Not until you grow a brain.

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Ben: 584 days ago

Lastly, for everyone posting ridiculously ignorant comments about this story:

You do know you're spewing your BS on a Celebrity News site called "TooFab," right? You all must be lost.

...On many levels.

Please go away.

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MWflipped: 584 days ago

Homosexual: A person who is sexually attracted to people of their own sex.

The Closet: To publicly announce a belief or preference that one has kept hidden. E.g.
Sexual preference.
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Being in the closet can be more of a statement than coming out: It suggests that you thought that you were different because of your sexuality; and you felt the need to hide who you were because it seemed easier than embracing diversity. When you finally come-out of the closet you feel empowered because you aren’t afraid anymore, and now you can finally just be yourself. Some people (Zachary Quinto) feel the need to share their new-found realization with everyone that will listen. Unfortunately you’re sharing the wrong information! Putting a spotlight on your sexuality doesn’t have anything to do with accepting love as more than a gender choice...Your sex-life is not something that everyone can empathize with, and it’s only inspirational to those who are still afraid. By doing this you end up sending the message that being gay is abnormal. As far as public statements go—whatever happened to love? Part of coming-out is realizing that you’re capable of love, and that you shouldn’t have to hide that love out of fear. Wouldn’t it make more sense to “come-out” and say that I love men and women as equals? Has love become conditionally based on what happens in the bedroom?

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lanie: 584 days ago

Wow. He should be utterly embarrassed. His spelling and grammar are horrendous. For the spelling issue, he could have easily used a spell-check. There's nothing to help the grammar though. You either made it through high school and know proper grammar or you don't.

I would be REALLY embarrassed if I had posted something that full of errors.

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Sheila: 584 days ago

Homosexuality is a sin, period! It's an abomination! But, you can hide your head in the sand all you want o. This world is suffering for this and other sins...Please read Romans Chapter 1...

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Kyle: 583 days ago

What I don't understand is the condemnation of homosexuals. Whether it is right or wrong, isn't it god's will to decide. One of the main focus in all major christian religions is that god gave his only son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. It is by the grace of god we are saved. That grace is unwavering too.

Hebrews 12:15 See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled

1. Romans 5:6-8 "For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7- For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8- But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Jesus died so that we as humans, the imperfect beings we are can live without fear of persecution like the kind of persecution the pharisees gave to the gentiles. I am not against opinions, nor am i judging you for having them. it just sometimes worries me about the lost views of grace, and the way Jesus lived. Jesus was there for the weak, the broken, the sick, the needy, the wealthy, and anyone else who needed him. This is the reason I am a christian, and find our religion to be so great.

Romans 14:1-13
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him. Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he will be upheld, for the Lord is able to make him stand. One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ...

Luke 6:37
“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

2. Romans 3:23 - "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"

So to all god's children who may read this. Take what you want from this, do with it what you may. I feel like god has his own path set for you, through all your trials and errors go live your life however god had it planned out for you. God bless everyone

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MWflipped: 583 days ago

When I was a kid I fell backwards head-first out of a two-story building, and I ****tered my skull on rocks and Two-by-four. When I woke up from a 3 week coma most of my right cranial hemisphere was damaged and removed. I lost brain-to-nerve communication, and therefore I became paralyzed as well as blind and deaf on the left side of my body.

Suffering a traumatic brain injury can cause changes in the way your body functions sexually, so my childhood curiosity became a curious obsession—leading me to believe that I was gay at the age of ten. I felt romantically attracted to boys and girls my age, but the attraction felt like more than lust. I was afraid of my feelings because there were no words to describe what I felt. I looked up Bi-sexual on the internet, and found pictures, videos and articles that sent me down a path of fear, denial, and self-hatred. Since I had to deal with so many disabilities already, I ended up burying my deep dark secret and then I set up camp in the closet. I lived in fear, and convinced myself that I wasn’t capable of love; and because my attitude remained static for most of my adolescence it became a reality. I rejected every sexual scenario, and I sabotaged every bit of love that I felt. In my final year of high school I made a friend, who became like a brother to me, and he was the only person that I ever let in, he restored my ability to love in a way that wasn’t sexual. I decided to finally take a leap of faith, and expose my deepest secret I shared everything with him, and then I thanked him for reminding me that love is not determined by gender or sexual orientation, and because of his friendship I was able to dissolve the closet that I thought I lived in. I didn’t tell the world about my sex life, but instead I changed my own paradigm towards sexuality in general and for the first time in my life I felt balance. The next day my friend realized that my feelings scared him, so he cut me out of his life by telling our friends that I tried to rape him.

It was ironic in a way because the friendship that helped me end my fear ended over fear. He was afraid just like I was, and just like so many people are today. I guess the only way to dissolve this fear is to empathize, and show a little compassion before referring to certain people as an abomination. What kind o*****od support*****red and disgust?

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MWflipped: 583 days ago

Corrections: My last post didn`t paste properly...
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****tered my skull

What kind of god support*****red and disgust
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DiamondLil: 583 days ago

Zac,....go forward and be happy,.....so proud that you had the courage to do so. Reading some of these bigoted,hateful coments,...luckily the two faced hypocritical lying sacks of crazy azz s*it are sooo in the minority. Marie,....may you be blessed with many loved ones who are trangender or gay,....you truly deserve this,.....maybe then you hateful bi-atch, you learn about true acceptance and love. Feel sooo sorry for you, who must carry around such blackness in your heart and soul,.....sad, sad, sad

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Adam: 582 days ago

That is one of the most idiotic things that I ever read. Do you know how long the bible has been around? Do you know how long mankind has been around? Do you know that the Bible is a collection of books written during 500 years many times by gay priests and clergy man?

Perhaps you should read the Bible again and focus on what really matters Tolerance, Love, Compassion... Horrible things have been done in the name of God... the Bible was around during the dark ages and some of the most horrible moments in history, the bible was around during World War I, World War II, etc... So don't put your faith in a book, put your faith in the kindness of Men, your friends, family and neighbors, accept them as they are. Being straight, gay, whatever is not a sin, you are just being who you are supposed to be. No one should be prosecuted for being something, be it deformed, of different color or creed.

How can you say that you have gay friends? Do you even understand the meaning of friendship? Be kind to others!

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John: 530 days ago

This is over 50 days old, but it bugs me that this remains the issue of the day. People are using slippery slope logic to get their point across. Arguing that a gay guy somewhere in Hollywood that you will never meet or ever see has more influence on your life than what you may have on your own child makes me really sad.

The breakdown of the family is caused by parents who don't teach their kids values of life, fail to give the gift of thinking independently, lack rapport with kids, and blame outside sources for their failure as parents (divorce, gay marriage, television, movies, etc.).

Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I respect yours, but I hope you understand that the true breakdown or growth of the American family starts with you - there is no one else. If people would realize that, they would fight issues that directly affect them, maybe we would not be doing so terribly in unemployment, poverty, and a joke of an educational system.

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