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Coming Out
"It started with us hanging out as roommates, then as friends, and then in a way I couldnt quite name. It felt completely different than any crush Id suffered through with a boy."
"'This is who I am,' I thought. ... It was one of the happiest moments of my life."
The singer had several reasons for why going public about his sexuality was never a big deal to him.
"The Lord of the Rings" actor looked at how his decision to come out as gay sparked changes "almost overnight" more than three decades ago.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The British actor acknowledged feeling disappointed in having to address his sexuality last year after being accused of "queerbaiting."
"The heteronormative life Id chosen was largely a big 'f**k you' to my mother. But in my attempt to be different from her, I inadvertently rejected parts of myself."
"My family cant easily flee Uvalde or Texas, escape the people who hate people like me. Nor do we want to. What will happen to us?"
The 27-year-old's announcement makes him one of the most high-profile male soccer players to publicly identify as a member of the LGBTQ community.
The actor, who stars as Will Byers in the Netflix hit, came out in a cleverly captioned TikTok video.
House, who pitched for the Cleveland and the Toronto teams, also announced his engagement to Ryan Neitzel.