Matt Doyle-another wonderful low-key coming out..

So,have we turned a corner? In the past few years, so many performers have come out (Cheyenne, Gavin, Groff, and I am sure I am forgetting some) and now I read that Matt Doyle casually came out. Granted, Matt is not exactly a household name, but he is a young actor with a growing career. I just hope this is a trend that continues, because each time it happens, it gets a little less news-worthy.

As more gay stage performers come out we can reclaim theatre as being a bastion of the gays again, and upset the pissy straight people who get defensive when we make those kinds of comments! Yay!

I never knew he was in the closet.

Updated On: 12/16/09 at 04:34 PM

Where did he come out? Magazine, interview, etc?

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I agree with the "coming out" thing. Why MUST there be an official statement of any kind?

When I don't have to announce my heterosexualtiy....no one else should have to announce their homosexuality.

The gay community has made some great strides, but I fear there is still a long journey ahead.

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No on has to announce anything, but I think it's a little silly and patronizing to act like it doesn't matter when someone comes out publicly.

Why do they have to announce it? For starters, if they don't but you mention them being gay on BWW the thread will be deleted, which reinforces the notion that saying someone is gay is an insult.

Because we live in a homophobic country, that has been enacting anti-gay legislation for yours. Perhaps the more people come out in the spotlight, more people out of the spotlight will and we'll finally have enough power to let people trample all over us.

There are a million more reasons, but I'm tired of having to get into them.

Eris, come out as straight all you want.

They look so sweet together.

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Two very lucky guys.

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PRS - great post. Thank you.

Thanks, AC126748. I had missed that photo set on Bway.com. Nice. Based on this discussion, I was expecting something grander and more "official" as a coming out statement.

What I can appreciate is that it's not really a coming out per se. It's just presented casually, normally, as fact, just another part of the story. I see that as very postive. Same as his twitter postings - no trumpets announcing anything - just living truthfully.

And agreed that he and Wes make a very cute couple.

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I am laughing only because I recently started watching the Rock Of Ages production videos on Youtube starting when the show was at New World. One of the scenes in one of them was Wesley Taylor talking about how he is worried about the show going to Broadway and what it means for him in getting future work. In that he fears that he would be tapped as "the gay guy" when he is actually so much more as an actor.

PRS, I get it I really do. But, I think that dramamama611 is right. Now, I don't know if I am a bit of a forward thinker but if someone comes out I think nothing of it. Not to say that I think it is a bad thing because I don't. But, I mean that if someone were to tell me that they were gay I really wouldn't see that as a big deal. I don't see the need to have someone announce their sexuality because I feel like in this day and age it shouldn't matter. Does it matter, unfortunatly yes, but it shouldn't.

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"Considering that we live in a heteronormative society where people have to "come out" as gay, you could say that everyone is technically "in the closet" until they officially state their sexuality."

Perfect way of describing it. Agreed 100%

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You could just say "thank you for sharing that with me."